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  • Elizade varsity maiden convocation Sat.

    Five first class graduates will lead thirty others at the maiden graduation of Elizade University, Ilaramokin, Ondo State, on Saturday.

    This was announced by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Theophilus Fadayomi, at the pre-convocation briefing.

    He said all courses offered by the university have been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC), adding that there are 31 programmes spreading across five faculties.

    Fadayomi said N18b has been expended on the university by its Founder, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, to raise the standard of tertiary institution in the country.

    Fadayomi called on the Federal Ministry of Education to re-examine its stance on the mode of disbursement of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and allow private universities to also benefit, considering their contributions to the economic growth of the country.

  • Elizade boss to anchor Maple’s Master class

    Elizade boss to anchor Maple’s Master class

    Founder and Execu-tive Chairman of Elizade Group of Companies, Chief Michael Ade Ojo, is set to share his leadership and entrepre-neurial experiences at the forthcoming Leadership and Entrepreneurship Master Class organised by BNC Conferences in conjunction with Maple Travel Ltd.

    Scheduled to hold between June 19 and June 21, 2016 at the serene Smokin Hills Golf Resort in Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, the Master Class is designed for business owners, senior managers, middle managers, golf professionals and golf enthusiasts while the training targets everyone who can contribute ideas to shape and change the dynamics of a business.

    The training will be a bi-annual master class aimed at supporting managers in the private and public sectors with insights and mentorship from the masters – Nigerians who have succeeded in life, business and profession – in order to buoy confidence in a generation of leaders that will take corporations and the nation to economic and financial prosperity.

    Chief Ade Ojo who will be sharing his experiences also founded Elizade University and has interests in Elizade (Nig.) Limited, Crown Motors (Nig) Limited, Classic Motors Ltd, Odua Creations Ltd, Baun Limited, Imperial Telecommunications Limited, Crown Drinks Limited and Moorhouse Sofitel Company Limited.

    According to the organisers, ‘l eadership and entrepreneurship is now known to make the difference between success and failure among individuals, organisations and nations.

    “So as we begin to see 2016 present interesting scenarios in the economy of nations and organisations, we believe that leadership and enterprise will make the difference in the lives of organisations.”

    During the retreat a session will be dedicated to a Golf Clinic for golf enthusiasts and attendees will have the opportunity of becoming members of Smokin Hills Golf Club.

  • Why we invested in Chinese brands, by Elizade MD

    Elizade Nigeria Limited Managing Director Ademola Ade-Ojo has said that the company’s investment in Chinese brands is to provide more vehicular options to customers.

    Ade-Ojo spoke at the unveiling of $2 million showroom, which will take care of sales, services and spare parts.

    The showroom was meant for JAC Motors, a popular Chinese brand.

    Ade-Ojo added that JAC brands through Elizade Autoland “is poised to be meeting point for cost effective, quality vehicles for our loyal customers and others willing to believe in what we have discovered over the last three years.”

    He said it took the company three years to launch the brands because “we needed to be absolutely convinced that the JAC brand will not be a disappointment to Nigerians willing to use it for their everyday needs”.

    JAC, he said, is ranked in the top 10 auto manufacturers in China with sales close to 600,000 units last year and almost 60,000 units exported.

    On after sales, the junior Ade-Ojo said: “We intend to continue to develop other facilities across various states to further cement our conviction about the brand and to ensure that our customers will never suffer any disappointing experience whatsoever but in the meantime, our branch locations nationwide will provide needed services to customers who purchase the vehicles outside of Lagos,” he said

    Earlier, Elizade Nigeria Limited founder, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, promised that the brand would one day be ranked among top vehicles like Toyota.

    This, he said, would indeed be a great success story for us.

    Recalling his over 40-year experience with the Toyota brand, Chief Ade.Ojo said it appears that history is about to repeat itself with the JAC brand.

    “Toyota, you can say was like a diamond in the rough back in the 70s, but today, everybody knows that the rough is totally removed and the diamond is now etched in perfection. JAC is the diamond in the rough today that Toyota was over 40 years ago.

    “The last thing I would want to do is to disappoint my customers who have come to rely on us and trust that we would offer them nothing but good vehicles,” Chief Ade-Ojo said.

    Elizade Chairman Dr Herbert Ajayi said the organisation was committed to satisfying customers’ needs and establishing best quality.

    Ajayi said: “This facility defines the value we are projecting to all our customers at Elizade and that is to provide quality products while offering genuine spare-parts and after sales value at all times.”

    Maintaining that the vehicles were tested vigorously in Nigeria and adjusted to meet requirements in the country, the chairman said, “we can only assure you we will continue to drive customer value ahead and make life easier and better for Nigerians as a whole.

    “We did a 120-day test-run on the various models of the JAC vehicles which included passenger cars and trucks. We can confidently say that we have achieved what we set out for with the JAC brand, and would not relent in offering quality automobiles and services to our customers,” Ajayi said.

  • NUC okays ELIZADE varsity’s programmes

    The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given full accreditation to all eight programmes. This was the outcome of its accreditation teams at Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State.

    In a statement, Registrar of the university, Mr. Omololu Adegbenro, noted that the eight programmes started three years ago include: Computer Science and Microbiology (Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences), English and History and Diplomatic Studies (Humanities), and Accounting,  Business Administration,  Human Resource Management and Banking and Finance (Faculty of Social and Management Sciences).

    The NUC in a letter dated December 3, 2015 and signed by the NUC Deputy Executive Secretary, Prof C. F. Mafiana, said the full accreditation status is valid for five years.

    Elizade University was licensed as a private university on February 28, 2012.  It opened its gates to the first set of students on January 6, 2013.

     

  • Elizade VC seeks pact

    The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Kunle Oloyede, is seeking to collaborate with AAUA.

    He said this when he visited the Vice Chancellor last week with Principal Officers of the university.

    “We are looking for collaboration with sister universities such that we can create a new generation of graduates, who will understand that it is not just good enough to work technically. We are looking at how we can build our students to have sufficient awareness and developed minds in the area of entrepreneurship,” said the professor of Medical Engineering.

    Responding, the AAUA VC, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, welcomed the partnership.

    “I am glad to say that AAUA is ready to work with Elizade University. As a new VC of Elizade University with overwhelming experience from both home and abroad, I have a strong belief that working with you will be a great exploit for both Universities,” he said.

     

  • BEDC, Elizade varsity sign MoU on capacity development

    The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, to promote human capital development in the power sector.

    The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu, told reporters in Benin, Edo State,  that the MoU was part of efforts of the Disco’s core investor, Vigeo Power Ltd (VPL), to train new and existing personnel on best technical practices for addressing the needs of electricity consumers in the country.

    In a statement, Osibodu explained that the five-year partnership would cover the cost of training facilities in the university and remuneration of staff drawn from both in-house and private institution.

    She said the Disco  had recruited about 200 graduates in relevant fields in electricity management who had received on-the-job and  rotational training and were set to commence the classroom training in the university, which she said shared the vision of the company.

    “This signing of a MoU commits us to work together closely towards our common goal, which is grooming a crop of skilled workforce as a way of building capacity in the power sector.

    “Each party will pursue numerous significant activities such as effective classroom trainings, field work, physical activities and community development projects to mention a few,” she added.

    The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Valentine Aletor, described the initiative as a timely intervention to address major challenges such as human capital deficit and corruption practice in the power sector.

    Aletor  said: “VIPL-EU joint initiative is to engender government- industry-university partnership in research and innovation for the projection of local initiatives, which would ultimately lead to the building of home-made alternative, indigenous technologies that are easily adaptable to solving the emerging technical and engineering problems that have bedevilled electricity generation and distribution in Nigeria.

  • Elizade varsity offers N6m scholarship

    In fulfillment of his promise that no brilliant student would be thrown out of the University on account of financial incapability, the Founder of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Chief Michael Ade Ojo has awarded scholarship of N5.5 million to brilliant, but indigent students.

    The award went to the overall best student for 2013/2014 academic session, students with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.5 and above, as well as indigenous students with proven financial need.

    The overall best student with 4.89 CGPA, Williams Oluwapelumi John (200L Electrical Electronics Engineering), got N700,000. Other beneficiaries on the basis of good academic standing are Aladetuyi Ayomide (200L Information Communication Technology) with CGPA of 4.81; Ogunmola-Daomi (200L Accounting) with CGPA of 4.78; Takeme Stephanie (200L Business Administration) with 4.78 CGPA; Shola-Shittu Iyimide (200L Automotive Engineering) with CGPA of 4.76; and Jaiyeoba Oluwadamilola (200L Biochemistry) with 4.71 CGPA. Each of the beneficiaries in this category got N460,000.

    Beneficiaries under the Founder’s corporate social responsibility to the host community are Fajuko Michael Gbenga (200 Level Information Communication Technology), Alli Blessing Anuoluwaseyi (200L Accounting). These beneficiaries got N550,000 each.

    Other beneficiaries under the corporate social responsibility of the Founder to Ilara-Mokin community are Fakinlede Oluwafemi Joshua (300L Business Administration), Fakinlede Temidayo Helen (300L Business Administration) and Onifonboyede Temidayo Mary (200L Computer Science), who went home with N460,000.

    Speaking while handing the scholarship letters to the beneficiaries, the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the university, Prof. Valentine Aletor underscored the readiness of the founder to assist any student that demonstrates academic and moral excellence.

    Aletor said the scholarship was a continuous gesture to encourage other students to work harder and serve as incentive for the beneficiaries to keep their focus on excellence.

    The don commended Chief Ade Ojo for his passion for the educational development of the younger generation.

    The VC revealed that the award was free of ethnicity and tribalism as beneficiaries are from various parts of the country.

     

  • Benin power Co. to train Elizade varsity students

    The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has entered into a partnership with the Elizade University to train its students on Power Engineering.

    Managing Director of BEDC, Funke Osibodu, who made this known to journalists, said the partnership would allow the students “to understand the reality on ground” while they are still in school.

    She said such practical exposure to realities in the work place would benefit the students when the firm considers recruiting people.

    “Every year, we are open to their engineering students coming in during their vacation for internship. By the time they would be graduating the students might have spent eight months learning the practical aspects of their courses. We also have the chance to know them. It is easier for such people to get jobs through that process,” she said.

    Mrs Osibodu added that the firm would also run courses in collaboration with the university, located in Ilara-Mokin in Ondo State, to provide training for its workers.

    “The second aspect is that we are jointly setting up certain curriculum. We have it at three levels – there  is the beginners, basic, intermediate and executive levels. The location of the Elizade University makes it easy for us to run three-month training programme for our staff. We will make use of their lecturers and some of our staff. We have gone far. We will be having 30 engineers and 35 lines men that will be running three weeks training. It is the process of getting to retrain ourselves.”

  • Elizade varsity offers N8m scholarship to best students

    Elizade varsity offers N8m scholarship to best students

    Authorities of Elizade University (EU), Ilara Mokin in Ondo State have presented scholarship awards worth N8 million to five students who distinguished themselves in their various courses.

    The beneficiaries are Ezeji Daniel Onyekachi, Olatunde Mary Omojolola, Falodun Oyinkansola, Oladapo Ogunmoriyele and Adhuze Oluwadamiloola.

    They received N1.6 million cash each covering their tuition fees for the next three years. Speaking at the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Valentine Aletor said the institution was aimed at becoming a citadel of learning with the best traditions in the production of self-reliant, ethic-conscious, and globally competitive graduates imbued with requisite skills.

    Prof Aletor who spoke on behalf of the university’s founder, Chief Michael Ade Ojo said the scholarship is dedicated to academic and moral excellence. He added that the university has introduced 10 new programmes that have been approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) including Biotechnology, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Applied Geophysics, Physics with Electronics, Mass Communication, Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Performing and Film Arts as well as Computer Engineering among others.

    The Vice-Chancellor said the institution is also partnering with Toyota South Africa and Shenkar Arts and Design in Israel to boost its Automotive Engineering programme.

    His words: ”We are so committed to moral and academic excellence. We want to continuously exhibit moral standards in the society and this we will vigorously pursue.

    “We are preparing to turn this institution to ‘Harvard University’ in Africa.”

    The University’s Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council,Omololu Adegbenro said Elizade University’s learning environment comprises state-of-the-art Architecture and infrastructural facilities as well as teaching equipment ranked at par with those educational institutions in more developed countries.

     

  • Elizade, Alabama varsities partner

    Elizade, Alabama varsities partner

    Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State is set to partner Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, United States on course development and content infusion, amomg others.

    Speaking during a presentation to prepare the ground for the partnership, Stephen Babalola, a research Professor in College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Alabama A&M University, said the collaboration will also include joint proposal development workshops and training for professionals and career development for students.

    Babalola, who is also the Manager, Centre of Irradiation of Materials, described Elizade University as a good representative of the American University given the quality of its facilities.

    He said the students would gain the technical know-how of the operation of radiation detection for national security application which enables a compliant country to prevent terror attacks by detecting unauthorised weapons.

    He added that his university would also provide mentorship for the students.

    Responding, the Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University, Prof. Valentine Aletor, expressed delight at the collaboration, saying the university was ready to partner top-rated institutions that would help achieve its vision of producing globally competitive graduates.

    He said the university’s entrepreneurial and start-up centre was designed to make its graduates employers of labour and not job seekers.

    He promised the visitors that Elizade University will keep to its own side of the partnership and work harder to attract more beneficial collaborations.