Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has offered an automatic employment to the best graduating Student of the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), Igbesa, Miss Yetunde Adedokun.
The governor, who announced the job offer at the 3rd Convocation ceremony of the institution, equally announced a cash reward of N50,000 for each of the 58 students, who graduated with distinction.
According to the governor, Adedokun, who graduated from the Department of Accountancy with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.85, needs to be recognised and rewarded for her academic excellence, while the 58 with distinctions must be encouraged not to relent on their academic pursuits.
He added that his Special Adviser on Youth Empowerment and Job Creation, Lekan Olude, would be instructed to give special preference to the 58 graduands in various youth empowerment schemes of his administration.
While commending the management of OGITECH for turning out world class graduates, Abiodun urged the 2,000 new graduates of the institution to embrace and explore opportunities in the agricultural programmes of his administration.
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The governor further urged the graduates of the institution to put their training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Engineering and the sciences to help in Ogun’s quest for technological development.
He commended the institution for constructing the internal road of the campus, building of a twin 2,000-seat lecture theatre and landscaping through internally generated revenue, saying that his administration would continue to support OGITECH and other institutions of higher learning in the state.
Earlier, the Rector of the institution, Mrs. Olufunke Akinkurolere, said the school had enjoyed positive ratings from regulatory bodies as a result of its framework designed to achieve quality and enhance academic excellence.
She, however, sought the intervention of the governor to save the school from land grabbers, who according to her, have encroached on a large portion of the institution’s land.
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