FUOYE organises retreat for officers to brainstorm on varsity’s governance, others
Foluso Ogunmodede (PRO)
Determined to upscale culture of excellence and good governance in Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abayomi Sunday Fasina has gathered principal officers, Deans and Directors at the Royal Birds Hotel and Towers, Akure, the Ondo State capital to brainstorm on the “Imperative of University Governance.”
It’s a 4-Day retreat where scholars of international repute would take participants on a wide range of issues from imperatives of University Governance, roles of members of management as drivers of the university’s vision, team work in a university, University: Purpose, Culture and ceremonies, Finance in the university administration: Understanding the roles, responsibilities and limitations of the respective stakeholders for effective governance to Quality Assurance issues in a university.
The 4-Day retreat which kicked off on July 11, 2023 at the Royal Birds Hotel and Towers, Alagbaka, Akure parades one of Nigeria’s foremost Professors of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Prof.Oluwatoyin Ashiru, a former Vice-Chancellor University of Ibadan, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, a former registrar Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Dr. Omojola Awosusi, a former Bursar University of Lagos, Dr. Lateef A. Odekunle and the Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, National Universities Commission, Dr. Noel B. Saliu.
At the retreat and shortly after FUOYE Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina declared it opened, urging officers to advert their minds to a series of lectures coming up, Prof. Ashiru took participants through ” the imperatives of University Governance.”
According to the Prof of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, it was time the university administrators prioritized good governance in tandem with international patterns toward academic excellence with a view to unlocking initiatives and talents.
However, while FUOYE VC, Prof. Fasina will speak on team work in a university, former UI VC, Prof. Olayinka will examine roles of management as drivers of the university’s vision as the retreat progresses.
