FUOYE reminds FG on renaming of Varsity to Adeyinka Adebayo Varsity
Almost one year after non-action on the renaming of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti after the late Gen.Adeyinka Adebayo, a former South Western Regional military governor, the institution’s authorities on Thursday reminded government on the stalemate.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kayode Soremekun at the 7th matriculation ceremony of the university that many of the students and their parents, including other stakeholders had been asking questions as to what was delaying action on it.
He said authorities of the institution had taken a number of actions, including writing letters of reminder to the appropriate quarters, and that there were assurances that the federal government would soon follow-up in its promise to rename the university.
The Federal government, had in May, 2017, through the then Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo pledged to rename the school as ” Adeyinka Adebayo Federal University”, in honour of the late general.
Soremekun said a total of 5,377 fresh students were newly matriculated into the institution, out of the many that applied for admission was a sign that the university was ahead of others established at the same time.
He urged them to shun cultism by facing their studies squarely and refused to be influenced by people of shady characters.
” Though we are a young and growing university, we are on track for accelerated growth, development and excellent achievements
” We have also commenced school of Post Graduate Studies, since January 2018 with the National Universities Commission, (NUC) giving us approval to run 27 programmes while in our undergraduate level, 45 programmes already have full accreditation status out of the 49 programmes.
” We are also unwavering in our resolve to make the university a household name in the nation’s education sector”, he said.
According to him, the institution is currently the only federal university operating multi campus system at both Oye Ekiti and Ikole Ekiti, and that it had moved from its initial 512 students in 2011, to 12,163 in 2018.
” We have moved from four faculties and 29 departments to seven faculties and 49 departments.
“ As I speak, Law and Pharmacy are starting soonest, faculty of Basic Medical Sciences is also about to start.
” Our drive to make the university a huge construction site will receive a boost in the coming months so as to add to the current speed of physical infrastructural development on campus” he said.
