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  • AAUA final year student commits suicide after church vigil

    AAUA final year student commits suicide after church vigil

    A 500-level student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba (AAUA), Ondo State, Ayandare Modupe, has committed suicide.

    Ayandare, the President of the Department of Agronomy, was said to have committed the act about 4am after attending a church vigil.

    Her body was found beside the church around Sportless Villa.

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    Spokesman of the Students Union Government, Olaogbebikan Noble, in a statement, said the student’s body was in agony over the incident.

    According to the statement, “The law enforcement agency has been informed and all hands are on deck in getting to the root of the situation. Be rest assured that justice will be served and the law enforcement agency will do a thorough investigation.”

  • Union president accuses AAUA mgt. of low funding

    Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) students’ union president, Comrade Samuel Adesomoju, has alleged that the school management is starving his administration of funds and other benefits for kicking against the upward review of tuition fees.

    Adesomoju said out of N4.5 million due to the union, only 1,047,000 has so far been disbursed. Adesomoju spoke during an interview with CAMPUSLIFE.

    He said: “My administration has not enjoyed anything because of the way we tackled the management (over increase in tuition). We were denied a lot of things.

    “Our administration has been on board for over eight months without leadership training because it was cancelled by the school management.

    “Since the inception of this administration, only N1,047,000 of N4.5milion due to us has been disbursed; all because of our involvement in the protest against the hike in tuition.”

    Ademosoju flayed the students’ impatience over the protest, which according to him, could have cost him and others involved their studentship.

    He explained that had the students been resolute like their counterparts in Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), whose fees were equally jerked up, government’s decision would not have stood.

    He said:” We had low turnout of AAUA students during the school fees protest compared to the turn out of the students of Ondo State University of Science and Technology

    “Besides, if AAUA students had been more supportive and cooperative, there was a higher probability that the (Ondo State) Governor (Rotimi Akeredolu), would have back pedaled on the raise in tuition.

    “We were clamouring for reduction in school fees when most of the students had already abandoned the struggle and were now desperate to resume. It took the grace of God for us not to have forfeited our studentship.”

    Ademosoju also bemoaned the manner the students made fun of his appearance and utterances in a short video after the meeting between the students leaders and Governor Akeredolu ended in deadlock.

    “Instead of them to condemn the government, they were busy making jest of me. We were teargassed and I fell in the heat of the commotion where everyone was trying to avoid inhaling the gas.

    “After I got up I had to remove my shirt to cover my nose. President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Comrade Danielson Akpan, recorded the video outside the Government House.”

    He said the whole encounter had taught him lessons, adding that what he went through was never envisaged. “Students unionism is not what myself and my executives imagined it to be. With the school fees saga we realised the kind of nature students of AAUA possess.

    “You fight for them but should you die alone, no one cares. As a leader one needs to employ diplomacy in dealing with the students and also agitating for them. In all, we learnt our lessons,” he said.

    Reacting, Dean of student affairs, Olusegun Owelewa, denied ever underfunding the union for any reason. He said funds so far disbursed were according to available school fees paid by students.

    He said: “That’s what they (SU)should get by the available school fees paid. They were the one who underfunded themselves. The amount they charge as union due is low. It is the lowest in the whole of Nigeria.

    “EKSU (Ekiti State University), pays N1,500 per student, In (University of) Benin it’s N2,500 per student, but AAUA pays N300 naira. So, when they pay the lowest they can’t expect much.

    “That’s what was due to the union as at the time it was released. They’ll multiply N300 by the number of students that have paid their school fees. So, it has not been underfunded in any way, it is undersubscribed and SU are not being punished. “

    Concerning cancelled training for union leaders, Owelewa added: “I would not expect him to say this because he knows what happened. After we had made necessary preparations, they said they were not ready for the leadership training.

    “It was the time they were doing aluta on school fees. We also prepared a kind of guided tour to Abeokuta and I showed it to him and his executive but they said they were not ready. When they now knew they had lost an opportunity they are now turning back to ask for it.

    “The university has a way of doing things; they cannot be deciding for the university. The university is not prepared for it. A new executive will soon come on board so they’ve wasted their time.”

  • Ondo varsity decries sexual assault on student

    Authorities of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State have condemned in strongest term, the sexual assault on one of its students by one of the soldiers stationed at a check point between Akungba Akoko and Ikare Akoko.

    The University, after its preliminary investigation, noted with concern and amazement that a soldier of the Federal Republic Nigeria, whose duty, among others, is to protect lives of its citizens can turn round to exhibit such reprobate tendencies.

    The Institution, while commending the swift action taken so far by the Brigade Commander on this inhuman and brazen assault on a defenseless and innocent student, called on the authorities of the Nigerian Army to deal decisively with the perpetrator(s) of the act against humanity.

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    A statement by its Acting Registrar, Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa said “We are not unaware of the security situation in the country, we strongly request that the checkpoint be dismantled and the soldiers moved to between Oba-Akoko and Ose where kidnappings and robberies occur, almost, on a daily basis”.

    The University however called for calm and assured students that it would continue to ensure that adequate security measures are put in place to enable them continue to pursue their academic activities without molestation.

     

  • Ondo varsity denies alleged increment in fees

    AUTHORITIES of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Ondo State have debunked the report that its school fees have been raised to N250,000 per session.

    A statement by the Acting Registrar, Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa, described the claim as a blatant lie and too malicious.

    It stated: “There is no new increase of school fees in AAUA. Current school fees in AAUA range between N80,000 and N150,000. Students are even allowed to pay twice between N40,000 and N75,000 per semester.

    “The demand during the recent protest of students was for the university to allow those who have not paid their school fees to write tests/examinations while they pay their school fees later.

    “Parents and guardians are advised to ensure that their children and wards pay their school fees without delay, especially since they have the option of paying twice over two semesters.”

    According to the statement, the schedule of school fees charged in AAUA, with effect from April 2018  range between N80,000 and N150,000 per year, depending on course or level of study.

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    “The above figures were negotiated with relevant stakeholders, including the students and their parents, and finalised in April last year. It is instructive to note that almost a session has passed since then and students have paid without any issue.

    “It is, therefore, surprising that some people are now coming up with the issue of reduction in school fees – an issue that was negotiated, agreed upon and finalised in 2018, a period of over a year ago”.

    The statement urged the public to note that the school fees payable in AAUA remain as negotiated with the students since April last year, saying “all lies, insinuations and rumours contrary to the above-stated facts should be ignored and discountenanced.”

  • Police arrest Ondo Varsity students for alleged public disturbance

    Some students of Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo state, who embarked on protest against the new policy of payment before examination on Wednesday have been arrested for illegal procession and public disturbance.

    The school was officially shut down on Wednesday and students were asked to vacate the University premises.

    However, Thursday morning, some students were reportedly regrouping to foment trouble when police clamped on them and made several arrests.

    Efforts to speak with Akungba Divisional Police Officer(DPO) proved abortive, but one of the students Tobiloba Ajaguna who was wrongly arrested on his way to board vehicle to Ikare ,her home town, noted that those arrested were taken to the custody of Ikare Akoko police station.

    The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Ikare, Yinka Agbola, a Chief Superintendent of Police(CSP) confirmed the arrest of students in Akungba for unruly behaviours.

  • Ondo Varsity shut over students’ rampage

    Students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) in Ondo State Wednesday protested over what they described as “obnoxious” policy of the school management.

    Sources hinted that students were protesting the ‘No School Fee, No Test’ order by the management.

    Consequently, authorities of the University have asked the students to vacate the campus and proceed on Mid Semester break.

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    Sources said the move was to avoid any breakdown of law and order within the campus and school community.

    The statement by the school Register, Dr Sunday Ayeerun said; “The Management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has approved a Mid-Semester break for all students of the University.

    “All students of the university are, therefore, advised to proceed on the Mid-Semester break with immediate effect.

    “Students are to resume to campus on Monday, May 20”.

  • Ondo NYSC: CDS group mobilises support for camp clinic project

    Barely few hours after the foundation laying ceremony of the National Youths Service Corps, , Permanent Orientation Camp Clinic in Ondo State, the Camp Clinic Community Development Service group has embarked on massive mobilisation of resources to complete the project.

    The foundation laying ceremony which held recently in Ondo, was performed by the Ondo State Head of Service, Barrister Toyin Akinkuotu.

    The group which is made up of professionals in various fields mapped out strategies to ensure that the project does not tarry beyond the expected completion period of one year.

    The Camp Clinic CDS group has started to solicit for financial donations and materials.

    The group has as its members, two corps doctors- Gbenga Ijimoroti and Jane Ukwuoma.

    Other professionals in the group are Orji Onyeka, who is a Building Technology graduate; Inu Jamiu from Estate Management field; Asia Faith, an Electrical Engineering graduate as well as Onumajuru Blessing whose area of specialisation is Civil Engineering.

    The mobilisation team disclosed that Association of Permanent Secretaries in Ondo State through Pastor Gbenga Adelayi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance had supported the project financially.

    According to them, Ondo State Hospital Management Board under the supervision of Permanent Secretary, Dr. Niran Ikuomola, had pledged to support the project.

    Also, Dr. Durojaiye, Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Health, is said to have expressed the willingness of his ministry to partner NYSC on the project.

    The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko through the Vice Chancellor, Professor Igbekele Amos Ajibefun made a commitment while the management of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, through the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Lasisi Ahmed enlisted the support of the Principal Officers of the health institution to assist on the construction.

    The mobilisation train also called on the royal fathers in the Akoko Division of the state, namely Oba Akadiri Saliu Momoh, the Olukare of Ikareland; Oba Samuel Kolapo Adegbite Adedoyin, the Owa-Ale of Ikareland and Oba Yisa Olanipekun, the Zaki of Arigidi Akoko to seek royal blessings and their support for the construction of the edifice.

    Meanwhile, the NYSC management starting with the immediate family and staff of the State Coordinator, Mrs. Grace Akpabio are not left out.

    The Assistant Directors as well as Chief Inspectors and other cadres have indicated their willingness not to be left behind.

    Meanwhile, the construction company handling Ikare Akoko- Akure Road has notified the NYSC of their intention to supply the laterite sand for the multi million Naira project.

  • 23 ‘special’ students get scholarship

    To ensure that no student drops out of school on account of financial and physical constraint, the management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, has awarded N1.150 million worth of scholarships to 23 students. They were given N50,000 each.

    The scholarship scheme was part of various supports measures given to students by the Students’ Support Centre of the university. The scholarships were given to the physically-challenged students.

    Presenting cheques to the beneficiaries, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Igbekele Ajibefun, who was represented by his Deputy (Academics), Prof Francis Gbore, reiterated the institution’s commitment to assist the awardees.

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    Responding on behalf of others, a 400-Level student of the Department of Mass Communication Boboye Adeusi, appreciated management’s kind gesture. He appealed for the scheme’s continuation, which he described as a model and ideal initiative that should be emulated by other institutions.

    Earlier, Students’ Support Centre coordinator, Dr Adediran Ikuomola, said the institution values all students as demonstrated through the scholarship. He said the centre would continue to work on the challenges faced by the students and explore more creative ways to make the centre more functional.

  • 23 challenged students get scholarship

    As a show of commitment to making sure that no student drops out of school because of financial constraint, the Management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, has awarded scholarships to the tune of N1.150million to 23 physically-challenged students.

    The scholarship scheme was part of support to students by the Students’ Support Centre of the University, with each of the 23 beneficiaries getting N50, 000.

    Presenting cheques to the beneficiaries, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Igbekele Ajibefun, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Prof Francis Gbore, reassured the students of the university’s love for them and reiterated that the university would not relent in supporting them.

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    Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Boboye Adeusi, 400-level student of the Department of Mass Communication, appreciated the kind gesture of the University Management and appealed for continuation of the scheme, which he described as a model and an ideal initiative that should be emulated by other institutions.

    Earlier, the Coordinator of the Student Support Centre, Dr. Adediran Ikuomola, said the institution values all students as demonstrated in giving the scholarship. He said the Centre will continue to work on the challenges faced by students and explore more creative ways of making the Centre more functional.

  • 31 make First Class at AAUA

    • Akeredolu hails varsity on improved rating

    Ondo State Governor  and Visitor to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has expressed confidence in the push by the school to be one of the leading institutions in Africa. He urged its management not to rest on its oars in placing the institution among the top 10 in the country.

    The governor spoke last week, at the eighth convocation of the university.

    Represented by his deputy, Mr Agboola Ajayi, the governor expressed joy that the school has moved from 31st to 18th position in the Webometrics ranking. This, he said, is the reward of the support his government gave the school, adding that the school’s prudence in managing resources and members of staff’s hard work led to the success.

    Akeredolu said: “The government of Ondo State is proud of Adekunle Ajasin University an institution that has become a force to be reckoned with in its 19 years of existence at a period other universities are struggling to make name.

    “It is gratifying that graduates of this university are winning laurels and making waves globally. I would like to charge them to push further so that AAUA would be established as a global champion.

    “The time is now for everybody, including corporate organisations and wealthy individuals, to join hands with government in funding education because government alone cannot fund education.

    “As a government and proprietor to this university, we will contribute and continue to do our best to sustain the achievements of this great university. We will like to appeal to stakeholders to seek time-tested and creative ways that have been used by world-class universities and deploy similar strategies in building the university.”

    The governor, who appreciated the support of the school alumni, added that universities all over the world drew support from their alumni bodies.

    The governor congratulated all the 5,252 graduands, especially the 31 students, who graduated with First Class, wishing them the best in their future endeavours.

    The pro-chancellor and chairman of Governing Council, Dr Tunji Abayomi, listed the various steps taken by the council to improve the fortunes of the institution. He thanked parents and other stakeholders for showing understanding and support during the recent increment in the school fees.

    The Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Igbekele Ajibefun, promised that the management would continue to make inputs that would make the university stand tall among its peers.

    He pledged that staff members would be given assistance and support needed to improve on their skills and welfare.

    Highlights of the event included the unveiling of the 31 First Class graduands, including the  Overall Best Graduating Student, Ebenezer Olorunwa Komolafe, who finished from the Department of Science Education with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.74.

    Also, a businesswoman and philanthropist, Mrs Siju Iluyomade, was honoured with the Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa).