The Founding father of the Elizade College, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Chief Michael Ade.Ojo, has urged the federal authorities to come back to assistance from personal universities within the nation amid the prevailing financial downturn within the nation.
Whereas lamenting that non-public universities had been battling the difficulty of funding challenges, Ade.Ojo maintained that it had been the cog within the wheel of growth of the establishments, stressing that the founders of the colleges solely bear the duty of financing them.
The founding father of the establishment, who made the attraction through the mixed eighth and ninth convocation ceremonies of the college, said that the decision grew to become crucial, significantly that graduates of personal establishments contribute to the nation’s growth.
He stated, “The main problem dealing with personal universities in Nigeria is funding. It is a cog within the wheel of growth of those establishments. The founders of those universities normally solely bear the duty of financing them.
“Let me use this medium to name on the Federal Authorities by way of the Government Secretary, Nationwide Universities Fee, and the Honourable Minister of Training to plan technique of aiding personal universities for the reason that graduates produced by these establishments contribute immensely to nationwide growth.”
On his half, the Professional-Chancellor of the college, Prof. Olufemi Bamiro, said that, “Now we have enacted a revised Scholar Handbook to information and form scholar life, guaranteeing that our college students have a complete understanding of their rights and obligations.
“Furthermore, the college council has authorized a brand new gender coverage, now totally operational, which underscores our dedication to inclusivity, equality, and equity for all members of the college neighborhood.”
The Vice Chancellor of the college, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, emphasised that the establishment had been quickly rising within the space of analysis and modern growth.
“We’re a fast-growing college with a progressively towering analysis portfolio and popularity that must be correctly harnessed and packaged for world relevance.
“I’ll like to stipulate some landmark achievements of our employees and college students in analysis and innovation for growth since our final convocation in 2022.
In keeping with him, a complete of 51 graduates are within the first-class class, 196 are within the second-class higher class, 191 are within the second-class decrease class, and the remaining 46 are within the third-class class. Other than that, he stated the college awarded 16 postgraduate diplomas, 51 grasp’s levels, two Grasp of Philosophy levels, and 5 Physician of Philosophy levels.
Ijadunola stated the convocation ceremony was the primary time the college can be graduating college students from the lately created College of Allied Well being Sciences. He stated the general best-graduating scholar and recipient of each the Chancellor’s and the Vice-Chancellor’s prizes for the 2023/2024 session is Imogu Emmanuella Ifunanya of the Division of Civil Engineering, with a CGPA of 4.95.
