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  • Fed varsity Oye VC honoured

    An Abuja-based international non-governmental organization, Centre for Ethics and Self-Value Orientation, (CESVO), has conferred on the Vice Chancellor Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Isaac Uzoma Asuzu, its prestigious award of Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience .

    By this development, the organisation according to its Executive Director, Prince Salih Musa Yakubu, has recognized the Professor Asuzu as one of the most ethically responsible vice chancellors in Nigeria. The Centre also recognized FUOYE as the most ethically responsible federal university in the South-West geo-political zone and the sixth most highly ethical university in the country.

    The presentation of the Certificate of Credence to the university  at Oye Ekiti coincided with the induction, Professor Asuzu, into the Hall of Fame as Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience.  According to Yakubu, the award came as a result of a covert and independent research in which the organisation visited FUOYE three times in February, May and July 2014.

    The organisation scored the Vice Chancellor high on basic administrative principles, service delivery, project implementation, due process as well as mediation and conflict management and prevention.

    Prince Yakubu said the investiture was” purely a product of painstaking research that did not involve the Vice Chancellor or any member of the university’s management team”.

    The NGO’s spokesperson, while presenting Professor Asuzu with the gold medal of honour, described him as a “Solomon in wisdom” and one of the outstanding Nigerians worthy of emulation. He canvassed that award of honours in Nigeria must be given in recognition of the recipient’s ethical rectitude.  The Acting Registrar, FUOYE, Mr. Daniel Adeyemo also received a Certificate of Merit in recognition of his supportive role in the development of the institution.

    In his acceptance speech, an elated Asuzu, said he had wanted to dismiss the communication of the NGO’s award thinking it was one of the several others that had earlier approached him. He however revealed that “the organisation has proved to be different from the others as they attached no financial obligations in their correspondence” to him. The Vice Chancellor said he had no doubt the NGO’s research team truly visited FUOYE as they mentioned.  He appreciated the organisation’s work and expressed joy at FUOYE being recognised among many older universities.

    The Vice Chancellor then pledged the “preparedness of the university to continue to work harder in order to sustain the much cherished ethical values for more results in future”.

    Responding to the honour given to the university the Ag. Registrar, Mr. Daniel Adeyemo, said the young institution was overwhelmed by the award and pledged the institution’s continued contribution towards building a better Nigeria. Mr Adeyemo also reassured the NGO of the resolve of the university not to renege on the laudable ethics it has been identified with.

  • UNIPORT VC inaugurates rapid response committee

    UNIPORT VC inaugurates rapid response committee

    University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Vice Chancellor Prof. Joseph Ajienka has set up a high-powered rapid response committee to prevent the outbreak of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

    The committee members comprises of medical experts and professionals, who will adopt effective enlightenment procedures and global best practices to contain the disease on the campus.

    Members of the committee are: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Ethelbert Nduka, who will monitor the committee’s activities and Professors Kio Abo and Vincent Idemyor, of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

    Others are: Dr. Williams Wodi, of the Information Unit in the Vice Chancellor’s Office; Dr. Ken Umeadi, of the Health Services Department; Dr. Glory Amadi, of the Department of Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling; Doctors Christian Oriji and Dine Bari Badey, of the Department of Sociology.

    At the inauguration yesterday in Port Harcourt, Prof Ajienka said universities, being the factories for knowledge, should also be in the forefront of the fight against epidemics, including EVD.

    The academic said gathering and disseminating appropriate information on the Ebola virus and its mode of transmission should be left in the hands of people with the requisite expertise.

    He urged the members of the committee to devise functional measures to contain the disease and ensure that the rumour mill does not overrun vulnerable members of the university community.

  • LASU VC praises lawmaker

    Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Prof John Obafunwa, has praised a lawmaker, Dayo Bush-Alebisosu, for facilitating the donation of 110 laptops to the institution.

    He said at the university’s convocation that the donation followed the selection of the university as a beneficiary of the Advanced Digital Access Programme for Tertiary Institution (ADAPTI), a school support initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

    He said Bush-Alebiosu’s recommendation was instrumental to the university’s selection for the programme.

    Bush-Alebiosu, who chairs the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties and Agreements, said he believes in the power of education to prepare youths for leadership.

    He added that he facilitated a similar project for Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School – apart from various other projects he has implemented in schools within his constituency in Kosofe.

    Beneficiary schools include Expressway Primary School, Ikosi-Ketu;  Oworonshoki Primary School, Oworonshoki and  Orishigun Primary School, Ketu where blocks of classrooms were built, desks, benches, teaching aids for their teachers and instructors as well as textbooks for pupils, instructional materials have been provided.

    The lawmaker concluded that though the primary responsibility of lawmakers is to make laws for the good governance of the country, he would always put in his efforts in the provision of developmental projects and amenities the constituency and the state at large.

     

  • VC praises SSANU Cooperative

    The Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, (AAUA) Ondo State, Nigeria, Prof. Femi Mimiko, has praised the leadership of the institution’s Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU) Cooperative Multipurpose Society (CMS), for providing governance to the society.

    He spoke at the inauguration of SSANU CMS building.

    Mimiko, who turned the sod of the building, said: ”I really appreciate you for the great effort you have put into building this beautiful structure. The leadership of the society promised to deliver in six months’ time, but we are inaugurating the building in less than five months. I will like to salute the leadership of the society and vision that went into this building. This is simply beautiful and I am proud of you.”

    Mimiko urged SSANU leadership to always be proactive by adding values to their members.

    He said: “When we have opportunity to lead our unions, the focus should not be how to wrestle down management or authority. It should be how to add value to what we have. Unionism is also something that may be proactive. We can chart a new course. We can think out new ideas. We can dream dreams. Unionism that is still operating at the level of mere agitation is living behind time. Unionism must be able to come out with creative things like this new facility.”

  • VC decries non-patronage of research findings

    VC decries non-patronage of research findings

    The Vice-Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai, Prof Ibrahim Kolo, has blamed the stunt in the country’s economic growth on non-patronage of research findings churned out by the universities.

    He accused development agencies of not putting the findings to use.

    Kolo, who spoke while opening the institution’s third inaugural lecture delivered by Olusegun Olorunsanya, a professor of Animal Production, said academics and researchers have become discouraged about conducting research that is not put to use.

    The vice chancellor lamented that several research produced by universities had perished over the years for lack of patronage by the concerned sectors of the Nigeria economy.

    “Ours is to make the research, we make available our findings and it is left for the development agencies to put the research findings into use. These agencies are being contacted accordingly to sell our knowledge to them for them to buy into the package of knowledge we have,” he said.

    Kolo pointed out that despite several contacts, such agencies were yet to express interest in the university’s research findings adding: “you know Nigeria is such a difficult country unlike other places where you see agencies putting research findings to use.”

    In the lecture titled: Meat for belly, belly for meat, Prof Olorunsanya allayed the fears of the audience about eating meat because of the threat posed by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).  He noted that domestic animals do not carry the virus and urged people not to avoid eating them.

    To forestall frequent clashes between the Fulani herdsmen and farmers, he recommended that government at various levels should establish adequate grazing reserves to allow for the raising of more animals for meat.

    Olorunsanya also stressed the need to upgrade local animals with exotic breeds through artificial insemination to optimise animal production in the country.

    Meanwhile, the former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has praised the management of the university for academic feats it has recorded within its short time of existence and for promoting the image of the university.

    Speaking when he received Prof Kolo and other principal officers on the occasion of his 73rd birthday, Babangida said: “I am happy and proud of the good things that you are doing and how you have positively portrayed my name within and outside the country”.

    He promised to support the university.

    During the visit, the VC conferred on him the institution’s Grand Honorary Fellowship award and expressed gratitude to him for allowing the university to use his name and also for his financial and moral support.

    Kolo attested that Babangida’s name hads opened several doors for the university.

    He assured the former military leader that the university will continue to maintain high standards in education of students in the provision of manpower to Niger State and the country.

  • UNIBEN VC returns hale and hearty

    UNIBEN VC returns hale and hearty

    THE Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin, Prof Osayuki Oshodin, has made a surprise appearance at the university premises, provoking jubilation among workers.

    Dressed in a grey shirt and jacket on black trousers, Oshoding presided over the meeting of Appointments and Promotion Board of the institution. Management staff were seen singing songs of praises to God for his return since he was flown abroad for medical attention in May.

    At a briefing, members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), described calls for Oshodin’s replacement as ‘selfishiness driven by greed’, saying the tension created by the Oshodin’s absence slowed activities in the university.

    Chairman of SSANU, Comrade John Alile and his counterparts at NASU, Comrade Joel Idonije and  Comrade Sunday Momoh noted that even in the absence of Oshodin, UNIBEN completed its first semester, resumed for second semester, while students who graduated have been mobilised for their mandatory National Youth Service Coprs (NYSC). This, they added, was in addition to the hosting of the 11th edition of Nigerian Universities Staff Sports Association games, among others.

    Said the unions: “It is sad to note how the pursuit of selfish interest could drive some persons to the point of losing sight of the uniqueness of the university system whose operations are largely guided by the rule of law.

    “We advise those calling for the appointment of an acting vice-chancellor to check the statutes for their own good. Anyway, we are delighted to make it known that Prof Oshodin is hale and hearty; he resumed duty today.”

    Alile said the appointment of two acting deputies to Oshodin was done with strict compliance with due process

  • Babangida’s name opens doors, says VC

    Babangida’s name opens doors, says VC

    The Vice Chancellor of Niger State-owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State (IBBUL), Prof Ibrahim Kolo, has said the name of the former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has open doors and paved the way for him and the institution.

    The university administrator spoke yesterday in Minna, the state capital, when he led the IBBUL management to the 73rd birthday of the former military leader at his Hilltop residence.

    Kolo said the government’s naming of the institution after the former military leader had brought several fortunes to the university from within and outside the country.

    He said: “Your Excellency, we, at IBBUL, are proud to be associated with you. Your name has opened doors and paved the way for this young state-owned institution and for me as the vice chancellor. Many people within and outside the country are always ready to assist the university whenever they hear your name.

    “The naming of the institution after you is of great blessing to us. It has tremendously been beneficial to the university and we are grateful for this honour. Your name has indeed earned the institution recognition at many fora.”

    The vice chancellor decorated Gen. Babangida with the institution’s Grand Honorary Fellowship Award for his contribution to the university.

  • VC advises on Ebola

    The UNILORIN Vice-Chancellor, Prof AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has appealed to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to intensify efforts to prevent the influx of people with the Ebola virus into the country.

    He made the appeal when the Comptroller of Immigration, Kwara State Command, Mr. Peter Aburime, visited him.

    Given the deadly nature of the disease, Ambali said the NIS must be vigilant to avert the spread of the virus into Nigeria. The Vice-Chancellor added that the University Senate has approved a sensitisation programme for the university community on how to prevent the disease.

    He urged the NIS to keep the university informed of the government’s directives on the virus.

    Aburime disclosed that over 1000 corps have been trained and are being deployed in the borders, noting that illiteracy, which he described as a major problem at the borders, has slowed down the ECOWAS regional integration plan.

     

  • BUK’s VC decries poor funding

    BUK’s VC decries poor funding

    Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed has said poor funding, over-crowding and decayed facilities are the most disturbing issues in the public university system.

    Prof Rasheed spoke at the weekend at the foundation-laying ceremony of the senate building complex of the Jigawa State University in Kafin Hausa.

    He said the over-crowding is as a result of shortage of facilities and poor funding.

    Professor Rasheed, who chaired the occasion, said of 129 universities in Nigeria, 39 were owned by states and 50 by private individuals.

    This, he said, “is inadequate owing to over-crowding in the public universities”.

    The vice chancellor said the establishment of more private or public universities is desirable to discourage over-crowding in the public university system.

    He said the country wastes so much resource on trivial issues and spends little on the education sector.

    “It pays to invest on education, as it is the tested tool for economic development. Jigawa has taken a step in its future”.

    Education Commissioner Prof. Haruna Wakili said the university would take off with three faculties, nine departments and 15 programmes.

  • Science wins VC Cup

    The Faculty of Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, has been crowned champions of the seventh edition of the Vice Chancellor’s Cup for the 2014/14 academic session, after defeating the Faculty of Social and Management Science 2 – 0 on penalties in the final match.

    The grand finale, which was decided on Tuesday July 22 at the institution’s Sports Complex, went into penalty shoot-outs after 90 minutes of exciting football.

    The goalkeeper, Andy, took centre stage for the NASS team in the shoot-outs by saving for penalties as his teammates converted two out of four spot-kicks.