Foluso Ogunmodede (PRO)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Strategic Partnership Research, Innovation and Linkages (SPRIL), Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, Nigeria, Professor Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole played host to official of Schlumberger Foundation and Project Manager, Ms Aseye Mimi Nutsugah, who represented the Foundation at a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Aseye Mimi Nutsugah was in FUOYE, representing the Foundation which donated Seeding/Schlumberger Lab Scientific equipment to the university valued at $250, 000.
It was at an elaborate ribbon cutting ceremony hosted at the Faculty of Science, Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor SPRIL, Professor Ogunwole, however, welcomed the project manager, Schlumberger Foundation at the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference room.
Besides, he delivered the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina’s goodwill message, saying the Vice-Chancellor commended the Foundation, describing its support as legendary.
Also, Professor Ogunwole delivered Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olubunmi Shittu’s goodwill message, pledging for more support from the Foundation like Oliver Twist.
Specifically, Professor Ogunwole while delivering felicitations of his bosses, said the efforts by the Foundation would go round to strengthen the university.
“There’s huge enthusiasm here which must translate to wealth,” DVC SPRIL added.
At the event were the DVC SPRIL, Registrar, Mr. Mufutau Ibrahim, Dean Faculty of Science, Professor Akeem Ajiboye, duo of Professors Olayide Lawal and Cecilia Akintayo, who fast-tracked the equipment to FUOYE, Secretary to State Government of Ekiti State (SSG), Professor Habibat Adubiaro, Otugboyega Joseph Olusoji and other officials from the Department of Chemistry.
However, Schlumberger Foundation Project Manager, Ms Aseye Mimi Nutsugah gave a brief background of the Foundation, describing it as an independent non-profit organization with a long-standing commitment to support education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
Besides, she described Schlumberger Foundation as encouraging gender parity in science,empowering and energizing women and girls by creating conditions that would enable full access to and participation in a STEM curriculum.
According to Aseye Mimi Nutsugah, the Foundation Supported development of highly successful scientists and robust leaders to act as change-agents in their countries by creating a more sustainable futuredeveloping practical solutions to the most pressing sustainable development problems of “our age across a diverse range of categories.”
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