The UI coach, Momoh Zika, said the institution’s female team could not participate because the school was currently on break.
The chairman, Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Oyo State Tertiary Institutions, Kola Lawal, disclosed this in Ibadan.
He, therefore, called on stakeholders for collective responsibility to ensure that the educational system did not create barriers but built bridges.
Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), The Polytechnic, Ibadan, made the appeal on Thursday.
“NBTE guidelines state that only people within the system should be allowed to be rectors in a polytechnic system.’’
Governor Seyi Makinde has appointed Olaide Salawu as the deputy rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
Mr Tinubu on Friday inaugurated three faculty buildings sponsored by TETFund at The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
The NATE National President, Dominic Udoatan, berated rectors across the country for not doing enough to reverse the trend.
