Bamidele Eleniola and Omowunmi Kayode
The Chairman House Committee on University Education, Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata has applauded Vice-Chancellor Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina for a series of giant infrastructure dotting the university in less than four years he assumed office as the 4th substantive Vice-Chancellor.
Hon. Fulata, who led an oversight visit to FUOYE described the Vice-Chancellor as not only a brilliant scholar but hardworking chief executive who laboured within a very short time to put FUOYE on the global map.
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Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata stood in for Birniwa, Kirikasamma, and Guri Federal Constituency in Jigawa State, commended the Vice Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, for the rapid infrastructural development being recorded at the university.
During the visit on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, the Chairman simply said Prof. Fasina’s giant strides stood tall. This is awesome, he enthused.
Fulata went on: “The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Fasina is doing a wonderful job and I want to commend him for that.
“We have also seen his good efforts toward the development of the ivory tower.
“The Vice-Chancellor, PROFESSOR ABAYOMI FASINA is doing a wonderful job and I want to commend him for that, and we have also seen his signature, the blue roof signature and I like his efforts towards the development of the university.
“The purpose of the oversight visit was to ensure that the university’s operations and infrastructure development align with the financial provisions in the Appropriation Act, fostering a better engagement between the committee and the university.”
However, Hon. Fulata acknowledged that the visit marked the first inspection by lawmakers since the assumption of office by the present administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Besides, the committee chairman emphasized that oversight visits played a crucial role in benefiting the university and improving the system for the greater good of Nigerians.
Following the official proceedings, the Vice-Chancellor and his team took the National Assembly members round various university projects, including the FUOYE Microfinance Bank, Freedom Park garden, maize, palm oil, and pineapple plantation farms, the new building for the Faculty of Law, and the university’s third gate among others.
Earlier In his welcome address, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina expressed his delight in hosting the committee and described FUOYE as a welcoming institution for all.
At the committee’s meeting were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, Professor Olubunmi Shittu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Professor Tajudeen Bolanle Opoola, Registrar, Mr. Mufutau Ibrahim, Bursar, Mrs. Adekemisola Adebolanle Debo-Ajagunna, Acting Director of Works and Services, Mrs. Bridget Olaiya and the Head of Procurement, Mr. Ateni.
photo credit : Toluwanimi Bamigbola
