Concerned students of the Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa, OSCOHEALTH, have raised questions over what they describe as inadequate attention to their institution by the member representing Ilesa East State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Oladiran Oyewole Olatunbosun, popularly known as De-Roy.

The students say their concern centres on basic infrastructure, particularly the continued absence of adequate lighting around the institution despite repeated appeals to political representatives.

Their complaints have gained renewed attention following a series of posts circulating within the student community questioning what tangible benefits OSCOHEALTH students have received from their constituency representative.

One of the major concerns raised is the continued darkness around the college at night, which students say has become both an inconvenience and a security concern.

The students specifically questioned why streetlights were reportedly provided along the route stretching from the Franciscan area towards Topfaj Junction, while OSCOHEALTH, which falls within the same Ilesa East constituency, allegedly remains largely without such lighting.

They said the issue had not emerged overnight.

According to the concerned students, several letters have previously been written and repeated visits made, with assurances allegedly given that their concerns would receive attention.

However, they say the expected intervention has yet to materialise.

“We sent several letters, made several visits and kept receiving promises,” the students said in one of the messages circulating within the campus community.

Their frustration is also directed at what they describe as the limited scale of visible intervention from the constituency representative.

The students claim that three waste bins provided to the student community remain one of the most visible interventions they can directly associate with the lawmaker, a situation they say falls below their expectations after more than three years of representation.

The concern is not that waste-management facilities are unnecessary.

Rather, the students argue that a tertiary institution with a sizeable student population has broader needs ranging from lighting and security to infrastructure, welfare and stronger political representation.

For them, three waste bins cannot become the benchmark by which representation of an entire student community is measured.

The official website of the Osun State House of Assembly identifies Olatunbosun as the lawmaker representing Ilesa East State Constituency, while regulatory records also place the School of Health Technology, Ilesa, within Ilesa East.

That connection, the students argue, gives them legitimate grounds to demand attention from their elected representative.

Their concerns also raise a broader question about the relationship between tertiary institutions and elected officials representing constituencies hosting large student populations.

Thousands of students live, study, trade and contribute economically to the communities surrounding their institutions.

For the concerned OSCOHEALTH students, representation should therefore extend beyond election periods to sustained engagement with challenges affecting their daily lives.

The students have also warned political office holders against underestimating the influence of the student community as future elections approach.

In one of the messages circulating among students, the writers pointed to previous election outcomes as evidence that young voters and students can influence political contests.

Their message was that elected representatives seeking continued political support should be able to point to visible, measurable interventions, rather than relying solely on promises.

At the centre of the current agitation is therefore a relatively straightforward demand: students want their institution to receive greater attention from the constituency it belongs to.

They are particularly asking for the lighting situation around OSCOHEALTH to be addressed and for a more sustained relationship between the office of the Ilesa East representative and the student community.

The students say their criticism should not be interpreted merely as hostility towards an individual politician.

Rather, they describe it as a call for accountability from an elected official whose constituency includes their institution.

Their position is that political representation should be judged not only by legislative activity in Osogbo but also by how effectively elected representatives respond to identifiable problems within the communities they serve.

For OSCOHEALTH students, the continuing darkness around their campus has now become a symbol of a larger frustration.

As one of their circulating messages put it, the question is no longer simply about streetlights or waste bins.

It is about whether the student community of OSCOHEALTH is sufficiently recognised, valued and represented within Ilesa East.

The concerns outlined by the students represent their account of engagements and interventions involving the lawmaker. Hon. Olatunbosun should be given an opportunity to respond to the specific claims, including the alleged previous requests for streetlights, the students' description of his interventions and any constituency projects undertaken for OSCOHEALTH that may not have been mentioned in their account.