The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, has enumerated the achievements of the university in the past four years, citing academic excellence and stability as top on the list.
Professor Fasina made the announcement during the 9th convocation ceremony of the university during the weekend.
Similarly, the chairman of the Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of the university, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, remarked that the varsity is the fastest growing in the country.
The convocation ceremony witnessed 8,191 students being awarded different degrees from the university with 177 of them having a First Class.
Also, 8,444 postgraduate awardees were decorated with various postgraduate programmes degrees.
Senator Ndoma-Egba, during his address to the convocation, acknowledged the immense support that FUOYE continues to enjoy from the President Bola Tinubu administration, saying: “this University is grateful to you, Mr. President as you have contributed immensely to our development in human and material resources.
“It is worthy of mention that FUOYE has benefited from the goodwill of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in bountiful ways, from TETFund Special Impact Projects to other interventions, NELFUND Students Loan Scheme, Federal Ministry of Education’s guidance in policy making, as well as other supervisory agencies like National University Commission (NUC) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Commission (JAMB).
“While thanking Mr. President, our visitor, for his immense support so far, we look forward to even more support to enable us achieve our mission and vision as the fastest growing university in Nigeria.”
The Vice-Chancellor of FUOYE, Professor Fasina in address listed the achievements of the university in the last four years, emphasizing on the “entrenchment of culture of peace and stability; academic excellence and accreditation” as the major achievements of the university.
According to him, “Over the past four years, FUOYE has welcomed the National Universities Commission (NUC) for Resource Verification and Accreditation exercises, alongside professionalbodies such as the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), and the Council for the
Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
“These achievements are the reasons why admission slots into the university is over subscribed for more than 100 percent in the last academic year,” Professor Fasina said.
“It is gratifying to note that FUOYEhas consistently secured accreditation for its programmes. The University takes immense pride in prioritizing the delivery of high-quality academic programmes that meet and exceed regulatory standards,” the VC noted.
He remarked further that, “in response to the University’s rapid growth, driven by a significant increase in studentenrolment, several new academic programmes have been introduced overthe past four years. These programmes reflect the University’s commitment to meeting
emerging educational needs and expanding its academic offerings.”
Those new programmes, according to him include, Medicine and Surgery,Data Science and Analytics, Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development.
Others are Advanced Business Programmes such as MBA, DBA, MFA, DFA, PDFM, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Business Administration, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Public Administration andFinance, MPA, DPA.
The convocation ceremony also gave honorary doctorate to prominent Nigerians like two former Attorneys-General of the Federation, Senator Kanu Godwin Agabi, and Chief Bayo Ojo.
Others are Mr. Olusegun Alebiosu, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited and Chief Allen Onyema, the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace.
