Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji has said his administration is considering a strategic collaboration with the university council, management and unions, students’ body, parents and other stakeholders to reposition Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado- Ekiti, as a centre of academic excellence.
Oyebanji said the university council was constituted after rigorous but careful consultation and came up with people he believed could add value to the institution and help solve the myriad of problems bedeviling it.
He promised that his administration would do what is possible to return EKSU to its pride of place and save it from total collapse as he would not want to be seen as usurping the power and responsibility of the university council and that of management.
The governor stated this in Ado Ekiti at the weekend when he received a delegation of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) led by its vice president, Mr Akinteye Babatunde, in his office.
The NANS leadership had sought the intervention of the Governor in the tuition fee issue in the University in the meeting held at the Governor’s Office, Ado- Ekiti.
Oyebanji, who is also the visitor to the university identified what he called “politicization of school fees” by some political leaders as one of the sources of crises in the university.
He said a situation where school fees were reduced for political reasons without recourse to or consultation with council and management in order to arrive at a realistic fees chargeable would always lead to crisis.
