EKSU to honour Sanusi, Dankwambo, Ajimobi at the University’s 22nd convocation
As Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti founded 35 years ago celebrates 22nd convocation this week, Governors of Gombe and Oyo States, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwambo and Senator Abiola Ajimobi respectively, as well as the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi , are to be conferred with honourary degrees by the University.
The University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Samuel Oye Bandele, who made the disclosure at a press conference heralding the convocation in Ado Ekiti explained further that the university was honouring these four distinguished Nigerians for purpose of acknowledging their contributions to academic, philanthropy and humanitarian gestures, as part of activities lined up for convocation ceremony.
The convocation lecture titled: ‘the cyclical Nature of Nigeria’s problems’, will be delivered by Chief Wole Olanipekun SAN on Thursday as the university is to churn out a total of 10,200 degree graduates with 37 of them coming off with first class honours, while not less than 398 will bag Ph.D, Masters, Professional Masters and Post Graduate Diploma degrees.
Bandele who listed achievements of the university since his assumption of office as Vice Chancellor of the University revealed that the university has also commissioned its block industry while tremendous and appreciable works have been done on its bakery factory, which he said will commence operation soon.
The VC said: “In pursuance of strengthening the internationalization agenda of this university, we are into Memoranda of Understanding with the University of California, Faculty of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama , USA and University of Nottingham University, UK in agriculture , engineering and sciences.
“The collaborative efforts would give opportunities for staff exchange in engineering, science, , mathematics and agriculture and also encourage bulk lecturing where an academic staff could come from abroad and lecture EKSU students”.
Bandele however said the dream of making EKSU a full-fledged residential institution is gradually being realized with the 20,000-bed space hostels being constructed that would accommodate large number of students’ population, adding that the business innovations will help in shoring up the internally generated revenues of the institution.
The wife of the Governor, Mrs Feyisetan Fayose, also commissioned the N70 million Water factory built by the university, describing the entrepreneurial policy of the institution as outstanding.
