The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly criticized Governor Ademola Adeleke for deploying 1,750 ad hoc teachers from the Imole Youth Corps to public primary and secondary schools across the state.
The party described the move as a “collective calamity” and a dangerous policy that threatens the future of education in Osun.
In a press statement signed by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, and issued on July 30, 2025, the APC accused Governor Adeleke of “bastardising the future of the pupils and students” in the state by placing untrained and inexperienced individuals in critical teaching roles.
“The news of the deployment of the Imole Corps teachers to the state government-owned primary and secondary schools in the state by Governor Adeleke is an indication that he is utterly confused and absolutely derailed in the act of quality governance which he swore to uphold during his inauguration as the state governor,” the statement read.
The APC condemned the rationale behind the deployment, describing it as a sign of “misplaced priorities” in the administration’s third year in office. The party expressed outrage that the state government could make such a decision while allegedly spending billions on non-essential projects.
“For God’s sake, it defies logic how a government that is constructing five needless flyovers with billions of naira, purchased multi-million naira vehicles for the unproductive members of his cabinet, with billions of naira to feed in the Government House, could have the lever to announce to the public that it is posting 1,750 untrained teachers to the public schools in the state,” the statement continued.
The party questioned the fate of thousands of qualified teacher applicants who had gone through interview processes and spent large sums of money on application forms but were never offered appointments.
“What will happen to the thousands of the teacher-applicants who had been interviewed and were expecting to resume at their different schools in the state without luck? How about the money with which the teacher-applicants spent in procuring forms for the teaching employments which is in millions of naira that never see the light of day?”
The APC alleged that the Adeleke administration had misled and scammed prospective teachers, creating a poor precedent in the state’s education sector. The party also recalled that Governor Adeleke had sacked 1,500 teachers employed by his predecessor without replacing them until now.
“One wonders why Governor Adeleke sacked the 1,500 teachers duly employed by his predecessor out of political victimisation immediately he assumed the mantle of leadership in the state about three years ago without any replacement since then,” the statement said.
In a scathing conclusion, the APC called for Governor Adeleke’s resignation, insisting he should apologise to Osun parents who voted for him.
“The only option left for Governor Adeleke is to resign his governorship position and tender an unreserved apology to the unsuspecting parents of these pupils who mistakenly wasted their votes on him during the 2022 elections. It will now dawn on Governor Adeleke that governance is not a tea party and it goes beyond dancing at any slightest opportunity which has become his infamous hallmark.”
The party urged stakeholders in the state to reject the policy and join in defending the integrity of Osun’s educational system.
