Kunle Adelabu
It has been revealed that the dream of the founding fathers of the Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG) was to replicate the same edifice built as the Ikorodu Town hall in other major towns in the division.
This was revealed by the immediate past Secretary of IDRDG and the Chief Executive Officer of the HOMAT Group of Schools, Alhaji Amusa M.T Olawale, in an exclusive interview with THE IMPACT.
While speaking on plans of the IDRDG for the development of the division, Alhaji Amusa stated that the plans of founding members of the group, popularly called Resource Group, is to build the replica structure of the Ikorodu Town hall across the division.
He revealed that a piece of land has been procured in Bayeku town in Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Ikorodu Division for the construction of the town hall and that work would commence any moment from now.
“To replicate what we are having as the Ikorodu town hall, a piece of land has been procured in Bayeku and the foundation will be laid any moment from now”, Alhaji Amusa stated.
“The plan is to have what we are having now in Ikorodu at every other part of the division. This was the plan of the IDRDG founding fathers. The piece of land at Bayeku town was given to us by the community, we only paid a commitment fee to the family.
“Ikorodu town hall was built by the entire division and it was completed through the efforts of the founding members of the IDRDG. I could still recollect when I was still living at Owolowo area where my grandfather’s house was located. Around that period, the edifice was abandoned for several years and it was the founding members of the IDRDG that completed it”.
The educationist also stated that the foundation of the proposed Prof. Adegbola Science Centre would be laid to kick-start the construction of the centers at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus.
“The group is equally working towards having one of the biggest science centers which will be sited on 5 acres of land at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus. We have acquired the land and it has been fenced”, Amusa stated.
“In the next few months, the centre’s foundation will be laid. After completion, the centre will aid research and serves as source of revenue generation to the Lagos State Polytechnic and lkorodu division”.
