We shall reposition EKSU for academic excellence- oyebanji
… promises intervention through collaboration with stakeholders

Ekiti state Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has said his administration would reposition Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti as a centre of academic excellence with a strategic collaboration with the University Council, management and unions , students body, parents and other stakeholders.

The Governor stated this on Saturday evening while receiving a delegation of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) led by its Vice President, Mr Akinteye Babatunde in his office.

He said he had to constitute the University council after rigorous but careful consultation and came up with people he believe could add value to the institution and help solve the myriad of problems bedeviling it.

He assured that his government would do what is administratively 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 NANS leadership has 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.

Governor 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.

He stressed the need for all the stakeholders of the institution to have a meeting where the development and repositioning of the institution would be discussed and bring an end to all problems once and for all.


Governor Oyebanji, who noted that the institution was without electricity supply for more than ten years promised to restore electricity supply to the institution through the state owned Independent Power Project (IPP) as well as the timely completion of the 12kilometer road from Ado-Ekiti through the University gate to Iworoko Ekiti to make the campus more conducive for academic work.

He commended the maturity displayed by all unions in the institution thanking them for their perseverance, sacrifice and for having interest of the state and the students at heart.

“I’m obligated to EKSU, EKSU produced me and I’m proud of it. So, I plead with you to show patience and see what we are going to do, because I have confidence in the ability of the newly appointed council members to bring to bear there wealth of experience in ensuring that we have a university that works, university that gives you pride and which guarantee a stable educational system.

“As a government, we are working so hard to ensure that we get electricity to that place, we are constructing the road to Iworoko. Part of the reason why we are doing that is to ensure that you have thoroughfare to campus and we’ve spent billions of Naira on that road just to make life easy for you.

“EKSU is sick, extremely sick and its in ICU and we have a choice to either live it to die and close it down or we attempt a revival of that institution.
“One thing I can assure you is that we can’t be emotional about the problem in EKSU, students complain that they don’t graduate on time, workers are not been paid regularly. You spoke about subvention.

“We have a choice either to push for a 21st century institution or a glorified secondary school, I went to the same university and I knew how it was then compared to now with respect to quality of education not minding the physical structures. I don’t know if you are aware, Mr Vice President, that for the past ten years, EKSU has no electricity despite having students studying Engineering and Computer Science, last week I demanded for what it will cost government to extend that state’s IPP to the university and they said it will cost N500Million, I will rather do that than ask the university to bear the cost.

“The reason I am saying this is for you to know that we have a stake in the University because most of the cabinet members including myself were alumni of EKSU. I have an endowment of N250,000 in the institution for the best student. So, all of us are critical stakeholders in that University. The Governor stated.

Earlier, the Vice President of NANS, Comrade Akinteye Babatunde requested the intervention of the Governor to make EKSU management reverse the hike in the tuition of the institution saying education was a right of every Nigerian and should not be allowed to be commercialized.

Akinteye noted that high tuition fees of the institution has led to drastic reduction to student enrolment at EKSU stressing the need for government to increase subvention to the institution to enable it meet its responsibility to its workers and offset its debt of N13Billion.

Also at the meeting were the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Habibat Adubiaro, Head of Service, Barr. Bamidele Agbede, Special Adviser on Education, Science and Technology, Dr Bimpe Aderiye, Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, My Yinka Oyebode, Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Dr Kayode Arogundade and former President of NANS, Comrade Sunday Ashefon.

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Wow

Nde ofe nmanu

Only Staff and Students of Eksu, eksuth can really say how far
Meeting of NANS and Governor? all of that is pure politics

You no fit read...@poster above me

Yes its true, how can a whole university that uses computer for exams be using generator?

G

We don here

Another Governor who will do nothing

ok

Odiegwu

Nothing can come out of APC Government if not lies and deception and finally destruction

Princessstee:
Yes its true, how can a whole university that uses computer for exams be using generator?

No innovations at all in our universities, at least a university should be off grid or what do u think?

With the numbers of Professors in Ekiti... EkSu should be leading UI

Scam


Regretted going to this sch

My alma mater gosh…

Okay

Eksu my school..
If u can survive here , I’m 100% sure you’ll be able to survive anywhere in the world.
I love Eksu ..
But nah 7k fuel I Dey use for 6days.
Food stuff around school area is not for the poor.
Difference between Eksu is just a state private university with poor infrastructures.

The school where the students are paying 343k. God almighty is watching u all

Ekiti strike university (Eksu)

This school that has refused to give my wife her transcript after 6 months of processing the request and even paying for fast track. Everything for this country just dey unnecessarily stressful

Good

Ireportlive:
With the numbers of Professors in Ekiti... EkSu should be leading UI

The professors are in UI, Unilag, Unilorin, etc.

Like Igbos who are experts at developing places other than theirs, they are developing other universities not their own.

Ireportlive:
With the numbers of Professors in Ekiti... EkSu should be leading UI

Leading UI? LOL

No light for almost a decade, why I don't find this surprising when even the country can generate a thousand megawatts of electricity.

It's the same thing over and over again.

AngelGabbyShara:
We shall reposition EKSU for academic excellence- oyebanji
… promises intervention through collaboration with stakeholders

What plans does he have for primary, vocational and secondary schools? How many teachers has he employed and is planning to employ each year, to increase the number of enrolled children by what percentage?

How did supposedly progressive Fayemi do on these indicators, despite his own education and exposure to oyinbo standards?

Eksu and her powerful cabals.

A lecturer will threaten to fail u and will tell u that even d VC or the state governor cannot make him change his mind.

Oyebanji should just pass and go. Even Jesus ask us to give Caesar his dues. There are some things that cannot be changed in this world no matter ur position and power.

O need e o!

My problem is not with Oyebanji making false promises like every other politicians does.
The problem is with NANS president (national association of Nigerian student) being a 40+ years old man with kids....
We never get it right for once...