Adeyemi College Education To Become A University

By Niyi Olutunde, Akure

The Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Professor Olukoya Ogen, has said that the college would soon be converted to a university.

Prof. Ogen gave the disclosure in Akure, Ondo state capital while paying a courtesy visit to members Correspondents’ Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists ( NUJ), Ondo State Council.

The Provost, who was represented by Mrs Oluseto Olatuyi, the Head of Information of the college, noted that the converting process of the college was at the last stage at Senate.

The provost added that the public hearing had been heard when the institution defended the needed of the conversion to university status for improved educational attainment.

According to him, the college has since been operating at university level in term of learning modules, research, thereby competing with other universities’ programmes.

“The bill is at the last stage at Senate and we pray that it will have  Mr President’s( Muhammadu Buhari) mercy for assent when finally passed.

“If attained the level, our responsibilities will be increased and we are up to the task,” he said.

Ogen enjoined the chapel of its all-inclusive collaboration and contributions towards information dissemination.

He said that there was need for better and improved relationship of the college with the chapel, adding that it was also a major stakeholder in information management.

“We are primarily here to seek your support and improved relationship in any area that you can be of help to our college as it relates to information dissemination and development of the school,” he stated.

While also speaking on the issue of security on the campus, Ogen said that preventive measures had been taken to forestall breach of security peace in and around the campus.

He noted that the college had installed Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in strategic locations on the campus to measure security.

The provost also maintained that all the students had been issued mandatory identity cards to identify the authentic students of the institution.

In his response, the Chairman Correspondents Chapel, Mr Ojo Oyewamide commended the visit of the provost, saying that he was glad that the representatives of the provost was the media head of the institution.

He blamed the heads of institutions for not employing experts in the management of information unlike Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo which has put the round peg in the round hole.

The chairman noted that the chapel was one and it is the soul of NUJ in the state even the country at large.

Oyewamide, therefore, said that the chapel was ready to continue to collaborate with the college to propagate its activities to boost its image and for mutual benefits.