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  • FUOYE okays 25-year plan

    FUOYE okays 25-year plan

    Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, says the university will transit  into a “digitally driven, entrepreneurially oriented and globally connected university in the next 25 years.”

    FUOYE, it said, will strengthen  its financial sustainability and resilience through “revenue diversification, including endowments, alumni-giving, public-private partnerships, grants and enterprise-based income streams while maintaining affordability and access.”

    These decisions, a statement by Spokesman, Foluso Ogunmodede, said were reached at a two-day retreat in Lagos.

    At the retreat: “FUOYE beyond today: Strategic Alignment, Governance, Partnerships and Financial Sustainability for the next 25 years 2025-2050,” the management  lauded outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, for his raising academic development, research visibility, infrastructural expansion and institutional strengthening.”

    New Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, also got kudos for the seamless, transparent and credible appointment.

    Although both the outgoing and the incoming Vice-Chancellors were actively involved in the initiation and development of FUOYE’s 25-year strategic plan, a factor considered critical for leadership continuity, institutional stability and the smooth and effective implementation, the proposed 25-year strategic plan would provide a realistic, phased and costed roadmap for FUOYE’s future development.

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    However, in a communique, the Council-Management resolved to work collaboratively with a view to ensuring that FUOYE by 2050 would stand amongst world’s leading universities, digitally empowered, financially sustainable, ethically grounded and socially responsive.

    Accordingly, they resolved amongst others, that;

    The Federal University Oye Ekiti would deliberately transition into a digitally driven, entrepreneurially oriented and globally connected university over the next twenty-five years in line with the vision articulated in the strategic plan;

    The university shall strengthen financial sustainability and resilience through the diversification of revenue sources, including endowments, alumni giving, public-private partnerships, grants and enterprise-based income streams while maintaining affordability and access;

    Governance systems and processes shall be reinforced to ensure clear role delineation, transparency, accountability, ethical leadership and performance-based management across all levels of the university; and

    Risk management, campus safety and institutional resilience shall be mainstreamed into strategic planning and operational decision-making to safeguard the university’s stability, reputation and long-term sustainability.

  • Pro-chancellor unveils plan to make FUOYE Africa’s best varsity

    Pro-chancellor unveils plan to make FUOYE Africa’s best varsity

    Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Governing Council at Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State,  Kayode Ojo, has assured host communities of innovations, infrastructure and renewed academic standards.

     According to him, he would engage stakeholders with a view to achieving the purpose of putting FUOYE as best university on the continent.

     The pro-chancellor said this in Ekiti State where he met with stakeholders and the management on how to advance FUOYE project during a visit to the university.

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     He, was, however, received by top management, led by Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Fasina. Ojo was accompanied by council members .

    FUOYE Governing Council, with other federal tertiary institutions were inaugurated in Abuja on July 4.

      At the Oloye palace, he told the Oloye-in-Council, Oloye of Oye, Oba  Oluwole Adugbole III and the community that he was on a mission to make the university greater.

     He  sought the community’s partnership and collaboration in FUOYE’s project, urging the community leaders to invest in the university.   Leveraging on the peace between Oye and the university, he pleaded with the community to invest in the university for seamless infrastructural development.

  • Owo calm as traditional burial rites commence for late monarch

    Owo, an ancient city in Ondo State, wore a mournful look on Thursday following the demise of its traditional ruler, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, at 77.

    The news of the death of Oba Olateru-Olagbegi, which filtered in on Wednesday morning as a rumour, was officially confirmed on Thursday morning.

    A NAN correspondent, who visited Owo, noted that people were seen discussing the development in groups in some strategic locations of the town.

    It was observed that there were no human or vehicular restrictions in the town while economic activities were ongoing except at the palace and the king’s market.

    When NAN visited, the palace was not accessible as the palace guards were on standby to prevent unauthorised persons from entering the palace.

    NAN also observed that trees within the market had been cut off as part of the traditional rites for the late monarch.

    Speaking with NAN, Chief Niran Osuporu, the personal assistant to the late king, said that the monarch died Tuesday night in his palace after a brief illness.

    Osuporu added that traditional burial rites for the late king had started according to the customs of the ancient town.

    He said that there was no restriction on movement as all processes were peaceful.

    Osuporu, who is one of the high chiefs of the town, said that the king’s market had been temporarily moved to another location until another king would be selected and installed in line with tradition of the town.

    He told NAN that all chiefs were forbidden to put on their beads as a mark of mourning of the late king.

    Mr. Shina Olateru-Olagbegi, a younger brother of the late monarch, said that the death of the king was shocking but noted that the town was still calm and peaceful.

    Olateru-Olagbegi also confirmed that all necessary arrangements had been made for the traditional burial rites of the departed monarch.

    One of the indigenes of the town, Dr Adebayo Owa, told NAN that the demise of the king had put the whole town into a mourning mood.

    Owa, who is a lecturer at Federal University Oye Ekiti, described the reign of the late king as very peaceful.

    He prayed that the existing peace would continue in the town during the reign of the next king

  • FUOYE don tasks govt on petrochemicals alternatives

    A Professor of industrial chemistry at the Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State Prof. Cicilia Akintayo has urged the federal government to put up modern based chemical plants that would assist in producing bio-based chemicals.

    Akintayo said this would serve as perfect alternative to petrochemical products which have been a threat to human existence and environment.

    The university don made the disclosure in a maiden inaugural lecture delivered during the weekend at the large lecture theatre Hall, Faculty of Science, FUOYE entitled: ‘The place of plant oil derived products as sustainable replacement for petrochemical products in industries’.

    She explained there is need for a paradigm shift from petrochemicals which constitute biological hazard to a sustainable alternative where environmental impact will be reduced.

    She added application of natural products can provide sustainable alternative to petroleum based products through adequate and proper designing of bio-based products.

    Akintola opined a transition towards bio-based products will guarantee economic, social and environmental sustainability.

    She, however, urged the government to make a shift from monolithic oil- based economy to a diversify one based on systematic utilization of raw materials.

    “Since Nigeria as a country require adequate development strategies that are consistent with her natural resources endowment, then, there would be need to explore renewable products.

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    “The products from petrochemicals are wonderful and increasingly succeed in synthesising new, useful and highly competitive substances.

    “But they are cast aside because of their biological hazard and environmental impact.

    “So, there is huge cry for bio-based chemicals to replace petrochemical because biomas doesn’t contribute to carbondioxide in the atmosphere in contrast fossil fuels used by the latter,” Akintola said.

    Speaking further, she said adequate priority needed to be given to bio-based chemical plant taking cognizance of the social benefits attached to it.

    She, however, appealed to the government to take it as a national project, noting local chemical needs is an urgent requirement for bio-based economy and which is good for national prestige.

    This, she further said, would have multiplier effects on the economy, noting there will be rise in industries, reduction of unemployment and stabilise economic recession.

    According to her, government needs to invest more in her universities, especially in the area of research, adding that chemical research was the driven force of chemical industrialisation.

    “It is research that will improve the existing technology and provide abundant locally raw materials as alternative to the currently used one,” Akintola said.

    Commenting on Akintayo’s lecture, Prof. Shoremekun said: “The main thrust of Prof. Akintayo’s research is the need for the country to move away from our reliance on petrol chemical products, particularly petrol, and begin to rely on bio based chemicals that are less hazardous.

    “But the tragedy is that the Nigerian oil industry has remained fixated since 1958 till date, such that Nigeria lacks a viable petrol chemical industry.”

    This, he said, explains why the country has to rely on importing virtually everything, saying “the basis of industrialization can be found on two platforms which are Petrol chemical industry and the steel industry.

    “And we all know what happened to the steel industry. What the lecturer has done is to project for us the future where she is hoping the country would not lose that third platform,” he said.

  • FUOYE offers teaching appointment to Sunny Ade

    The Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has offered juju music legend, King Sunny Ade (KSA), a teaching appointment.

    The Head of Department, Dr. Adeseye Bifatife, disclosed this at a news conference to herald the 30th National Conference of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA).

    Bifatife disclosed that KSA is one of the entertainment icons invited to the SONTA annual conference to be hosted by FUOYE.

    The general theme for the three-day conference is “Theatre, Counter-Terrorism and the Nigerian Space.” It holds between October 30 and November 3.

    The don revealed that many Nollywood actors have been invited to the SONTA confab to inspire students of the department.

    He said: “This is an academic event, we are expecting King Sunny Ade, he is a national figure who has accepted to take one of our plaques. We are expecting some Nollywood artistes; we are proposing to King Sunny Ade to be coming here and teach a course on performance. The university is asking him to take a honorary chair to teach our students how he managed to make it to the top and to act as a model to them.”

    The actors, according to him will, during the conference, do a film on counter-terrorism.

    According to him, about 300 scholars in theatre and media arts have been invited to present papers on how knowledge in their field can be used to combat terrorism.

    He also disclosed that a roundtable on terrorism that will involve security top brass will also hold during the conference.

  • Two arrested for alleged murder in Ekiti

    Eight suspected cultists, one rape suspect nabbed

    Two men, Babatunde Akinola and Oguntoyinbo Odunayo, have been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for alleged murder of one Miss Olomola Kehinde.

    Kehinde was allegedly stabbed in the neck at the weekend in Igede Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area but she later died at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido  Ekiti.

    Also arrested by the command are eight suspected cultists believed to be operating in Igede and Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, in recent times.

    The suspected cultists are: Babatunde Jimoh, Shittu Dayo, Tope Adeleye, Omowaye Rotimi, Akinola Ajisafe, Femi Felix, Adebayo Tope and Tope Oluwabusuyi.

    A student of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Bamigboye Tolulope, was also paraded for allegedly raping a female victim in the community.

    Speaking during the parade of suspects at Police Headquarters on Monday, Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bello Ahmed, disclosed that the murder suspects were arrested after a distress call was received from the deceased’s twin sister, Taiwo.

    Parading the suspects at the police headquarters in Ado Ekiti on Monday, the Command’s Police Commissioner, Mr. Bello Ahmed, said the murder suspects, Odunayo and Akinola, allegedly stabbed the victim in the neck while perpetrating the killing.

    Ahmed, who spoke through the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the incident occurred on August 28 at Ilamoye area of Igede Ekiti.

    The CP revealed that Olomola died after he was rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti for medical treatment from the machete cut.

    “A team of police operatives upon investigation found one long axe with blood stain at the scene of the crime and that the two suspects, who had direct connection with the murder were immediately picked up and are being thoroughly grilled to be able to extract useful information from them”.

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    He said the suspects will be arraigned in court soon after the conclusion of the investigation by detectives.

    Ahmed added that the suspected cultists, who were alleged to belong to Aye and Eye Confraternities were arrested at Odo Igede on August 29.

    The police chief explained that all the suspects had confessed membership of the secret societies and that the command is perfecting charges against them to serve as deterrent to other.

    He added that the rape suspect, Bamgboye, was arrested in Oye Ekiti after threatening violence and forcefully had a carnal knowledge a victim (names withheld) in the town.

    He said the suspect had confessed to the crime and would be prosecuted as soon as the command gathers more evidence to substantiate its case.

    Ahmed said: “In our continued determination to fight crime and criminality in Ekiti, our operatives shall continue to clamp down on those with trying to undermine the security of this peaceful state.

    “I want to enjoin all Ekiti citizens to be security conscious, vigilant, and report any untoward incident or happening observed in their locality to the nearest police station or call the control room number 08062335577.”

  • FOUYE students don’t learn under trees, says VC

    A Management of the Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) has said its students do not learn under trees.

    Responding to a report in which students complained about dearth of the infrastructure of the Ikole campus of the institution, the Public Relations Officer, Mr Goffery Bakji, said FUOYE recently got the nod to start 19 new programmes, which could not have been possible without adequate facilities.

    In a statement, Bakji said: “It is worth mentioning that before the approval of these new academic programmes, a resource verification team comprising officials from National Universities Commission (NUC), JAMB and Federal Ministry of Education, visited the institution in a bid to ensure that it has commensurate facilities to accommodate the new faculties as well as the intending candidates. The resource verification team scored the young FUOYE high, hence its approval.

    “Therefore, one wonders why any student would say, they study under trees in FUOYE, most especially the Ikole Campus that accommodates only two out of the seven faculties.”

    At present the statement said FUOYE is 14th in NUC universities’ ranking for this year, a feat made possible by management’s determination to make the university a world class and create a conducive environment for learning.

    Goffery said a week before the protest the university management had held a meeting with Students Representatives Council and promised to look into their demands.

    “Therefore one wonders the spontaneous decision by the students of the (Ikole) campus to stage a demonstration barely a week after all demands by the Students Representatives Council were conceded to by the management.

  • Ekiti elders applaud FUOYE management

    A group of patriarchs in Ekiti –Ekiti Council of Elders, has passed a vote of confidence on the vice chancellor of the Federal University Oye Ekiti Prof Kayode Soremekun.

    In a statement made available to The Nation, the group made the declaration when it met with the management of FUOYE at Ekiti State University.

    The group led by Chief Bisi Ogbeyemi, noted that members are impressed by FUOYE’s management style, and pledged to continuously support Soremekun toward achieving more greatness.

    The meeting was part of measures to resolve the faceoff between FUOYE;s striking workers and management.

    The elders said they are pleased with moves so far made by the university management to adrres the issues in contention, adding that they would also extend invitation to the leadership of Non Academic Staff Uion (NASU), and the Senior Staff Academic of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), to ensure outstanding issues are resolved.

    Soremekun appreciated the inputs of the elders and assured that management would stop at nothing to ending the industrial action once and for all.