Governor Oyetola expressed the belief while receiving the
report of the university of Ilesa implementation committee led by professor Olú
Aina in his office.
Speaking on what informed his administration’s decision to approve
the conversion of Osun State College of Education
to a full fledged university,the governor slighted numerous multi billion naira projects executed
by the ijesas through Communal efforts , urging other towns to follow suit.
“A community that builds a palace without asking other person to contribute to it, lo and behold, within a short period again, the have a Centre made up of about 1. 2 billion naira. They have proven to me without any reasonable that if indeed every community has this level of passion for development, whatever they ask for they should automatically have it.
He stated further that funding would not be a problem for
the university because the law establishing it was predicated on collaboration among
government, community, stakeholders organizations and industries .
“ I thank the team member professor Olú Aina for a wonderful
job well done, it is on record that the university was processed within 3 to 4
months… and I want to assure you that we will ensure implementation of all your recommendations here,….. the beauty
of this one is the fact that it is not just a conventional university, it is
designed to take care of professionalism, that is Mining, Agriculture, Health
sciences, ICT and things like that “
Earlier, the Chairman of the implementation committee,
professor Olú Aina while presenting the committee’s report to the Governor reminded
him of his charge to the 12 man committee at its inauguration on
August 24, 2022, stressing that vision of the government is to increase
access to quality education.
“It will be recalled that in November 2020, the Osun State
government lost its part ownership of LAUTECH to Oyo State in order to put to
rest the perpetual crises over the management of the institution, today, we are
happy to deliver to you, a unique partnership arrangement for the success of
take off of a long terms Sustainable management of the university of Ilesa
which I call the legacy to behold”.
Professor Aina said in keeping to the terms of reference for the committee, his team among others had worked with the state assembly to evolve q the appropriate law for the university, develop academic brief and fiscal master plan to ensure its systematic growth and development.
According to him the committee had developed other necessary
documents relevant to meet the needs for certification by the NUC which was
obtained on November 9, 2022 and put it in the league of beneficiary
institutions of JAMB, NYSC and TETFUND.
Using world standard processes and procedures, we have screened and recommended proven and credible individuals who we believe would be assets to pioneer the governing council, function as principal officers as well as the development foundation…., we have also made adequate provisions for the smooth progression of the careers of staff and students of the defunct College of education”.
The principal officer designates are : professor Kayode Ijaduola-
VC, Mr Oluwole Olalere Dada –registrar, Mukaila
Oyekanmi- Bursar, Dr Helen Komolafe Opadeji- Librarian, Dr Adedokun Oluwafemi Ojelabi-
director of academic planning, Mr Babatunde Mathew – Director of Public Relations
The presentation was witnessed by representatives of
the University of Ilesa planning committee including the chairman, the Sawe of
Ilesa, Chief Akinwande Akinola, The Lumobi of Imobi Ijesa, Oba Adetayo
Haastrup, Barr. Dupe Ajayi Gbadebo, Chief Afolabi Igbaroola, Mr Wale Idowu, Mr
Femi Esan and prince Isaac Haastrup.
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