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  • NUC accredits six undergraduate courses in Landmark University – VC

    NUC accredits six undergraduate courses in Landmark University – VC

    Prof. Aize Obayan, Vice-Chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, says the National University Commission (NUC) has accreditation six undergraduate courses in the institution.

    Obayan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran on Thursday, that the NUC letter conveying the approval of the courses was received by the management on April 3..

    She disclosed that the approval was the fall out of NUC team’s visit to the institution for the November/December 2016 accreditation when the courses were presented.

    Obayan listed the accredited courses and programmes as Computer Science, Economics, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Sociology.

    She further said that the approval was significant, showing clear demonstration of the success of the exercise for an institution that had penchant for best academic practices.

    The vice-chancellor also attributed the feat to God’s faithfulness upon the institution as well as the exemplary leadership style of its Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regent, Dr David Oyedepo.

    She said the courses which were highly rated by the NUC would be for five years.

    Obayan also said other courses such as Accounting, Banking and Finance as well as five other engineering programmes had also been given full professional accreditation status by ICAN and COREN respectively.

    “Recently, the Computer Professional Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) conferred full accreditation status on the institution’s Computer Science programme”.

    The vice-chancellor reiterated the commitment of the institution to pursue an agrarian revolution drive toward attaining sustainable agriculture production in fighting poverty and unemployment.

    Obayan, who commended members of staff and students of the institution for their dedication and cooperation toward achieving the feat, promised that the university would maintain high level of academic performance.

  • Entrepreneurship: Expert laments inconsistency in government policies

    A finance expert, Dr Joseph Falaye, has blamed inadequate entrepreneurship development in the country to inconsistency in government policies and programmes.

    Falaye, a lecturer in the Finance and Account Department, Landmark University, made this assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Wednesday.

    He noted that lack of continuity in implementing government’s long term framework on entrepreneurship development plans was doing more harm than good to transforming the sector.

    “Things must be well coordinated, especially at the level of government to achieve the desired result.

    “There has been lack of workable vision and sustainable development mechanism towards utilising entrepreneurship as a viable alternative for economic recovery.

    “Policies, programmes and ideas of successive governments in the country have been lopsided.

    “They have remained stagnant, subjected to individual influence and inconsistency contrary to what obtains in developed economies,” he said.

    Falaye said appointment into headship of the nation’s financial body such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should be on merit, devoid of any political interference to move the sector forward.

    He also lamented the difficulties in accessing credit facilities and lack of adequate feedbacks on government public intervention programmes to address the grey areas.

    Falaye said that irregular financial regimes as regards the lending rate by successive administrations had continued to dampen the morale of potential entrepreneurs in the country.

    “The problem persisted in spite of the genuine passion, interest and efficient productive mindset shown by these teeming unemployed youths,’’ he said.

    The don called for a synergy between the three tiers of government in the areas of adequate financial backing and infrastructure to boost investment in entrepreneurial and skill acquisition development.

    According to him, such intervention is needed, especially at this critical period to encourage youth active participation in entrepreneurial programmes, thereby promoting self reliance.

     

  • Oyedepo proffers solutions to nation’s food deficit

    Oyedepo proffers solutions to nation’s food deficit

    Bishop David Oyedepo, Chancellor, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Wednesday said that raising agricultural practitioners was one of the best solutions to food scarcity in the country.

    Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Worldwide International, also known as Winners Chapel, gave the suggestions during the institution’s 6th Founder’s Day celebration in Omu-Aran.

    He said that there was no substitute for food and the software needed to address the challenges posed by food insufficiency.

    “The best solution is raising agricultural practitioners through quality and innovative education to tackle the difficulties in the sector, including the notable food deficit.

    “Despite the breakthroughs in the development of information technology, there is yet to be any substitute to food and software in addressing the challenges posed by its unavailability.”

    Oyedepo, represented by Prof. Aize Obayan, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, said it was high time agriculture stakeholders stopped paying leap services to its transformation and development.

    He said that substantial part of the nation’s abundant land resources scattered around its six geo-political regions still remained under-utilised.

    According to him, there is the need to evolve practical solutions to improving agriculture through productive learning, product research and development.

    “We cannot drive leverages in agriculture without innovative thoughts and thinking.

    “This is because every land you find around you is a gold mine, which must be explored,” he said.

    Obayan, in her own speech, said the institution since its inception six years ago, has continued to maintain stable academic calendar and life-applicable qualitative education.

    The Vice-Chancellor said these sterling qualities had projected the institution as a cynosure among its peers and to the outside world.

    She listed the striking professional accomplishment of Mr Kenechukwu Okafor, a 500-level student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering who won the National Award of Global Student Entrepreneurship among the institution’s recent achievements.

    Mr. Ademola Olorunfemi, the guest lecturer, described the institution’s agrarian revolution as one that preceded the nation’s realisation of the need to be sufficient in food production.

    He spoke on: “Leveraging on Innovation and Engineering in Breaking New Grounds for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria.’’

    Olorunfemi said the nation’s economic recession was a good pointer to the timeliness of the topic as governments’ and stakeholders were making frantic efforts to use agriculture as a catalyst to solve food insufficiency.

    He said innovation in agriculture possessed the potential to expand yields, increase efficiency, reduce waste and address concerns about toxicity, safety and the environment.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institution under the Landmark University Community Development Impact Initiative (LMUCDII) had earlier donated some equipment to the Omu-Aran Medium Prison as parts of the founder’s day celebration.

    Other highlights of the celebration were products’ exhibition as well as planting of economic trees.

  • 400 students benefit from varsity career counselling initiative

    No fewer than 400 Senior Secondary School students in Omu-Aran, have benefitted from a career counselling initiative organised by Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme, which attracted students in SS III offering science-related subjects was organised under the Landmark University Community Development Impact Initiative (LMUCDII).

    The chairman of the initiative, Mr Abiodun Okunola, said the programme was part of the institution’s corporate social responsibility to the people of its host community.

    Okunola said the need for the students to be well guided in making the right choice of courses that would benefit their future academic career informed the organisation of the programme.

    “We felt the students getting to that stage in their academic pursuit needed a kind of professional counselling and tutelage to assist them to make the right choice of courses.

    “They needed to be wary of the requirements, prospect, challenges and benefit derivable from all the available courses that would suit their future plans,” he said.

    Okunola said the institution, through the initiative, had also partnered with some youths and had visited orphanages in its efforts to impact positively on the less privileged in the society.

    “We are already in partnership with Omu-Aran Youth Forum through our agrarian revolution drive toward encouraging the youths to embrace agriculture as a business and as a vocation,” he said.

    Mr Joseph Olisa, a medical officer at the Landmark Medical Centre, Omu-Aran, in a presentation, stressed the need for students wishing to offer medical courses to be patient, diligent and honest.

    Elder James Dada, Landmark University Farm Manager, in his remarks, said there was urgent need to make agriculture-related courses more attractive, especially to female senior secondary school students.

    Dada advocated for expansion of agriculture-related activities, such as farmers clubs in schools to allow for a wider participation of students in crop production and other aspect of farming.

    Mr Alabi Ifekunle, an SSIII student of Landmark Secondary School, Omu-Aran, thanked the organiser for their efforts, describing the programme as “an eye opener’’.

    The other schools that participated in the programme were Omu-Aran High School, ECWA Girls Secondary School, Omu-Aran, Government Christian College, and Ansarul Islam Secondary School, Omu-Aran.

  • Landmark University produces 59 first class graduates

    Landmark University produces 59 first class graduates

    No fewer than 59 out of 570 graduating students of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, on Friday graduated with first class honours at the university’s second convocation.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the breakdown of the figure showed that 298 females and 272 male graduated from the institution’s three colleges.

    The Institution’s Chancellor, Bishop David Oyedepo, in his address said both the government and the governed had solutions to the country’s present food security problem.

    He said the time was ripe for stakeholders to proffer a lasting solution to the nation’s perennial food insufficiency and poverty challenges to ensure desired growth and development for the country.

    “It is time for us to think, rethink and put actions to our thoughts in dealing with this monster of food insecurity and the impending danger of hunger and starvation,’’ Oyedepo said.

    He described agriculture as a catalyst for the nation’s socio-economic development and major employer of labour if properly harnessed.

    The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Afolayan, said the institution was vigorously pursuing infrastructural development plans that would enhance effective teaching and learning.

    Afolayan said the institution was also improving its community relations with the host community and its neighbours so that the impact of the new innovation in modern agriculture methods and techniques could be felt by them.

    Prof. Gbolagade Ayoola, President, Farm and Infrastructure Foundation, in a lecture said the recent political change in the country would offer several policy changes to enhance the development of the agricultural sector.

    Ayoola who spoke on “Agriculture, Policy and Tertiary Education in the Dispensation of Change” called for fine-tuning the nation’s present agriculture policies.