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  • Provost bags multiple awards

    Provost, Federal College of Education in Umunze, Anambra State, Prof Josephat Ogbuagu, has received three leadership awards in recognition of his contribution towards the school’s growth and service to humanity.

    The Transformation of Anambra Network (TAN) conferred on him the Award of Excellence as a pillar of community development and health empowerment; the Agulu Empowerment Committee and Youth Community Nigeria bestowed on him an award of honour in recognition of his contribution to youth development in Agulu community; and the Agulu People in Orumba Local Government Area (LGA) awarded him the Ugo Mba Agulu (The Eagle of Agulu Community) in recognition of his youth empowerment initiatives and exemplary leadership.

    Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Akabuike, who presented the TAN Award to him, extolled his leadership qualities and urged him not to rest on his oars. The event was attended by the Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on Political Matters, Hon Nkechi Ogbuefi, and many of other dignitaries.

    While presenting the Ugo Mba Agulu Award, Chairman of Agulu People in Orumba Local Government Area, Dr Chike Obienyem, lauded Ogbuagu’s capacity building initiatives, which he said motivated several youths to invest themselves in productive ventures.

    He said his leadership as the FCE (T) Provost opened windows of opportunities for infrastructural and human resource development in the institution.

    Dr Obienyem said: “Ogbuagu has run the institution with utmost prudence and efficiency, and enhanced the integrity of the NCE and degree certificates awarded by the college. His visionary leadership brought rapid transformation in the college, raising it to an enviable standard through the provision of infrastructure, spacious lecture and administrative blocks, and introduction of more courses for the students.”

    Responding, Ogbuagu expressed joy that his modest achievements were recognised. He stressed the need for selfless leadership that would enhance both community and national development and promised to sustain his zeal in pursuing policies and programmes that would make the college a choice institution and the nation’s pride. “Before assuming this office, I wrote my mission statement and I thank God that we have been striving to build a modern College of Education within the limits of available resources,” he said.

  • College Provost becomes Professor

    The Governing Council of the Federal University, Oye –Ekiti has approved the appointment of Mrs. Oyarekua as a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture of the University.

    Mrs Oyarekua, until her appointment as the Provost of the College of Education Ikere Ekiti was in the employ of the university.

    The university, in a letter by the Registrar and Secretary to the Council, Daniel Adeyemo, said Prof. Oyarekua has excelled in her field and the institution has no reservation in proclaiming and appreciating her excellence and expressed hope that she will see the elevation as a challenge to work more for the development of the university.

    Meanwhile, the authorities of the College of Education Ikere Ekiti have congratulated Prof  Oyarekua on her elevation.

    The Institution, in a statement  by the College Registrar Gbenga Ojo said they were not surprised by her appointment as she has distinguished  herself as great administrator and an outstanding educationist with a greater skill in human management for optimum results.

    He expressed optimism that the College will benefit more from her wealth of experience.

  • FCE Obudu gets new provost

    FCE Obudu gets new provost

    The Federal Government has appointed Dr James Bassey Ejue as the new Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Obudu, Cross River State.

    Until his appointment, Ejue was the Provost of the College of Education (COE), Akamkpa where he is reputed to have made immense contributions to the growth and development of the institution.

    Dr Ejue, who is from Idum-Mbube in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, had his first discipline in English Education from the University of Calabar in 1987. He obtained his M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 2003.

    A pioneer lecturer of COE, Akamkpa, Ejue taught at Cross River University of Technology where he attained the status of associate professor between 2002 and 2009. He was the Head, Special Education Unit of the university between 2003 and 2004.

    Ejue was appointed deputy provost of COE, Akamkpa, in 2011 and in 2014 he became substantive provost. Besides, he is a prolific writer with prominent books to his credit.

    He is happily married with three children.

  • Ekiti College reappoints deputy provost

    The Governing Council of the College of Education Ikere Ekiti has approved the re- appointment of Dr Olu Aturamu as the Deputy Provost of the College.

    Dr.  Aturamu who holds a Doctorate Degree in Agricultural Economics obtained from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), joined the services of the College in 1993 as an assistant lecturer and rose through the ranks to the status of a chief lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Education in 2011.

    He was appointed the Deputy Provost in 2014 for an initial term of two years and subsequently renewed for another term.

    Aturamu has occupied various positions within the College and at the same time carried out different professional consultancy works and has authored several scholarly publications.

    He is a member of different organisations and professional bodies including: American Agricultural Economics Association, Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria and International Agricultural Economics Association among others.

    Aturamu is a member of Rotary Club, Akure District 9125, an organisation he led as President between 2007 and 2008.

  • Provost seeks creation of women/child health institute

    Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) Provost, Prof. Babatunde Solagberu, has advocated the creation of the Institute of Women and Child Health.

    He made this suggestion when members of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria, (MWAN) Lagos chapter visited him.

    The Provost, who noted that LASUCOM can be a base for the association, urged the members to remain focused.

    Solagberu said: “Remain focused on women and children and don’t be apologetic, because indirectly, men are also taken care of because the women are his wife, daughter, sister, mother and aunt.

    “Men love these women in their lives. You have the support of this College for it is looking outward, by embarking on an endowment fund. I urge this association to look beyond just outreach programmes and take advantage of the idea of creating of this institute in the College so as to form a stronger collaboration.”

    MWAN President, Lagos Chapter, Dr. Abiola Coker said the association had always been collaborating with the college,  hoping that the college’s new executive will continue to support the Association.

    “MWAN is an international organisation and the oldest medical association in the world. The mandate of the association rests mainly on the well-being of women and children.

    We will continue to pursue same, without resting on our oars,” she said.

    President-elect, Dr (Mrs) Omowunmi Bakare, a Consultant and Lecturer in the Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care of the College, said the association is passionate about issues bordering on women and children and has always developed programmes that would impact their lives.

    ”Apart from the organisation of educational programmes, the association also partners state ministries and non-governmental organisations to carry out its mandate. MWAN is already partnering LASUCOM/LASUTH on a massive cancer screening for women,” she said.

    A Consultant Dermatologist and  member of the Association, Dr. (Mrs) Frances Ajose said one of the responsibilities of the group is prevention of cancer in women. She urged the Provost to inform female students of the existence of a cancer preventive vaccine called Human Papiloma Virus (HPV). For it is the second (2nd) vaccine manufactured to prevent cancer. The other being Hepatitis virus vaccine.

  • Provost to students: Violence will attract dismissal

    About 350 new students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) have taken an oath of allegiance to the institution.

    At  the event, the Provost, Dr Samson Odedina, worried that many youths have lost the virtues of hard work, honesty, punctuality and sense of morality.

    He said it was an irony that this is happening to young people in a country that has been described as the most religious in the world.

    Odedina lamented that most of the agencies of socialisation have failed in their duty of moulding the character of the young ones.

    He said: “It is in realisation of this that FECA has chosen to rededicate itself not only to provide training in Agriculture, but also moulding the character of her students in order to become assets to their families, communities and the country.”

    The provost admonished them to avoid all forms of violence on campus, saying any violent act would attract outright dismissal from the college.

    Odedina re-emphasised the need for the freshers to take their studies seriously.

    The Registrar, Dr Pius Adebisi, administered the oath.

     

  • Don’t scrap JAMB – Rector

    Don’t scrap JAMB – Rector

    The Provost, Federal College of Education Okene, Kogi State, Dr Ajayi Iyela has condemned calls in some quarters for the scrapping of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

    He stated this in Okene over the weekend; saying instead of scrapping the board, the federal government should allow it to continue the responsibility of conducting entry examinations into tertiary institutions in the country.

    According to him: “Instead of scrapping JAMB, it is better for the examination body to continue to exist and the issue of post UME being organised by tertiary institutions in this country should be stopped because it is a duplication of effort”.

    He insisted that JAMB was doing wonderfully, adding that the recent computer based test it introduced has gone a long way in eliminating cheating.

    He said, “I think if there are little hitches in their operation, it should not be enough to call for the scrapping of the examination body. It is laughable when some people even advised that JAMB should revert to the use of pencil and erazer in writing JAMB test. This agitation will end up taking us backward while some countries even within Africa will be far ahead of us.

    “The use of computer based test employed by JAMB did not only reduce cheating  it has also eliminated the so called miracle centres where candidates in the past got high scores, but cannot defend it when given admission”.

    While calling on the people to advise JAMB on how best it can improve in performance, the provost attributed the “unreliable nature of JAMB scores” in the past to the analogue method employed, which he said was characterised by all manner of malpractices.

    He added, “The analogue method of writing JAMB examination paved ways for candidates to hire people to write the test for them. But today, and with the introduction of computer based test, shoddy deals is almost gone out of the system and this is an indication that institutions of higher learning organising post UME do not have reason for it.

    “I was at Kabba town in the western senatorial district of Kogi State during the recent JAMB examination where computer was used. Honestly it was not possible for any candidate to cheat. If the examination body can maintain this, the complains of unreliable JAMB scores will be permanently put to rest.”

     

  • No nation can prosper without agriculture, says provost

    Dr Olufunmilayo Adejimi, Provost, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan, has called on the government to invest in agriculture.

    Adejimi made the call at the conference organised by Wonderful Springboard Farms and Real People Concepts, Ibadan, for the students of the institution in Ibadan on Friday.

    According to her, no nation can prosper without investing in agriculture.

    The theme of the conference is `Never Settle for Average’.

    She said that food, the basic need of life was from agriculture, adding “the nation will not exist if the farmers do not exist.

    “If you are not in agriculture better come in because it is the in thing now, it is actually where one will be able to make ends meet in life,” Adejimi said.

    She urged the students to make good use of the opportunity provided by the occasion for maximum benefit.

    The provost described the theme of the conference as apt, saying “Never settle for average, whatever you lay hands to do, do it very well so that you can be the first’’.

    Adejimi commended the organisers for organising such “a rare programme’’, adding that the event came at time when there were a lot of challenges in the country.

    The President of the farms, Mr Abiodun Abiola, said the programme was organised to correct the mindset of people who thought that average was good enough.

    Abiola said that such thinking was injurious to individuals and the nation at large.

    He said that it was part of the organisation’s contribution to rescue those trapped by `enemy called average’.

    He said that anyone who considered himself/herself as not worthy of `first position’ had doomed himself or herself to failure from the beginning.

    The president of the organisation urged the public, especially students, to always work toward first position and trust in God, saying that only God grants success.

    “We have no alternative to first position because nobody remembers runners up,” Abiola said.

  • Dress decently, Provost tells freshers

    The provost of Wavecrest College of Hospitality Surulere, Lagos, Rosana Forsuelo, has urged the 32 young women admitted into the institution to dress decently during their hospitality management and operation programmes.

    Forsuelo, who spoke at the institution’s 14th matriculation, said the issue of decency in dressing is very important in their profession.

    “When you dress well it adds up to the good personality of your person. An indecent dressing sends a bad signal to observers, who will not only be worried, but also form wrong impression about such a person,” said Forsuelo.

    She further advised them to take hospitality education seriously, adding that the economy is experiencing shift from the oil sector, and the government is seeking other options to drive the economy, one of which is hospitality and tourism.

    “We provide you with an exciting future. My hope is to see you grow into accomplished young women, whose success is defined not only by your grades, status or wealth, but by your pride in doing something meaningful. I wish you all a happy and productive stay in the college,” said Forsuelo.

    The Registrar, Ifeoma Nwabachili  said the institution is among those that will offer the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in Nigeria.

  • Money is not everything, provost tells doctors

    Forty-Four resident doctors have qualified as consultants at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba.

    LUTH Chief Medical Director (CMD) Prof Chris Bode, represented by the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Prof Olufemi Fasanmade, at an event to honour the  consultants, said when people sit for an exam and pass, it is a wonderful thing and a good feeling.

    Fasanmade said: “Twenty of the resident doctors are from LUTH. We have 24 doctors from other institutions. We have together 44 doctors who qualified as fellows and they are now consultants.”

    The event was to recognise the resident doctors’ workers. Fasanmade added: “Last year, the management decided to make it a culture to honour the efforts of outgoing resident doctors two times a year.”

    LUTH, he said, had left a mark on the fellows, urging them to portray the learning the institution has instilled in them wherever they go.

    On employment, Fasanmade said many find it difficult to secure a job in private hospitals, noting that budding hospitals cannot employ too many.

    “Many doctors are not employed but it is not because their services are not required but it could be that the government of that state is not financially stable to retain or employ. The private hospitals are also not able to retain all because of the cost to remunerate such doctors.

    “Unfortunately, LUTH too, can only offer employment to a small percentage of the fellows. Employment opportunities may be open in departments where there are shortages or people in the retirement age bracket, he said.”

    Provost, College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), Prof Folasade Ogunsola, said the profession was facing challenges.

    Mrs Ogunsola said: “We are there to help and not necessarily about the money. Along the way, we miss the road and it becomes a job. The reward of doctors has to be more than money. It has to be with the feeling of securing a life and doing well.”

    She said the profession might have lost its glory because many doctors place money as a top priority over the patients, adding: “The field of medicine is in jeopardy.”

    The judgment, she said, is what the patients say about the doctors, stressing: “The lack of beds should not translate immediately to the lack of care. In the absence of beds, you should do something to help before you let the patient go.”

    She urged the fellows to always work as a team because teamwork gets the best result.

    Former President, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Olubunmi Omojowolo is one of the fellows. He said he would associate with the residents.

    He pleaded with the National Medical Postgraduate College to help the resident doctors process their proposal on time because it is one of the things that delay.

    Omojowolo added: “I think maximum of three months should be fixed to access the proposal. Some people do not get their proposal back until nine months which is not good.”

    He urged the management to communicate their actions on time so that medics could be informed and there would not be conflict.