The polytechnic system in Ogun state was conceived and born "a child of circumtance" as the planning and execution were concluded to counter the disadvantageous effects of sharing one polytechnic among three new states of Oyo,Ogun and Ondo created from a single state in february 1976,The polytechnic, ibadan served the then western state of Oyo,ondo and ogun became joint owners of ibadan polytechnic.There was an agreement among the three states that the polytechnic will be jointly fiananced for 2years to give ogun and Ondo states time to plan for their own polytechnics..
THE SITE
The ogun state Government by notice No.392 of Ogun state of Nigeria Gazette. No.39 Vol.2 dated 22nd December,1977 acquired a parcel of land at the outskirt of Abeoukuta for the permanent site of the colledge of Technology later known as ogun state polytechnic and presently known as Moshood Abiola polytechnic..
The permanent site of the Polytecnic which takes its popular name ojere from a village bearing that name and which forms part of its eastern boundary along old owode road is located on the south western urban fringe of Abeoukta .its bounded on the west by the ogun river while the southern and northern boundaries of the site adjoin rural land.
Within the acquired land mass were well fifteen villages but only four of them-ijeun,Agbadu,Agejo and Adekambi remain as settlements within the acquired land to date..(Village that exist within Mapoly)....
Land mass acquired for mapoly was 959.984 hectares and was precisely mapped out in the permiter survey...
Contd on my post Mapoly History to date
Reference;Moshood Abiola polytecnic Historical Perspective By Sonola,Adebayo,Salami....
Credit to lawal ibrahim Abayomi a student of moshood abiola polytechnic,owner @ Amebomapoly.com
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