The NUC team, led by Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, said this on
Thursday while on an accreditation visit to three of the departments of the
university in Oye-Ekiti.
Gbilekaa, an erudite scholar in Theatre Arts added that
there had been an impressive improvement in infrastructure development in the
university.
The NUC accreditation team was at FUOYE to assess three of
the academic programs being offered its students. They are Theatre and Media
Arts, Sociology and Demography and Social Statistics.
Prof. Gbilekaa led the team to assess FUOYE Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Profs.
Uche Isiugo-Abanihe and Gyong Emmanuel led the team to assess the Departments
of Demography, Social Statistics, and Sociology respectively.
Also, a renowned Professor of English from the University of
Ibadan (UI), Prof. Remi Oriaku, led the team to assess FUOYE’s Department of
English and Literary Studies.
All the team members while speaking after their assessments
lauded the institution for its giant strides in its infrastructural
development.
“Having visited the campuses before and seen little
beginning from infrastructure development you had then, we are impressed with
the improvement in FUOYE today.
“And going by the words of the Deputy Director of Corporate
Affairs of the university, Mr Yinka Ademuyiwa, this may be the fastest-growing
young university in Nigeria.
“I want to also assure you that we will be fair in what we
have come to do,”he said.
Similarly, Prof.
Oriaku said that the team had come for the assessment with an open mind.
“We have come with an open mind to assess what is on the
ground and the adequacy of the existing facilities in FUOYE to the programs in
English and Literary Studies.
“We have seen your impressive structures and we want to see
those other things that will complement the structures,” he said.
Reacting on behalf of the Management, the Deputy
Vice-Chancellor of FUOYE, Prof. Olusola
Omotola, implored the accreditation team to first consider that FUOYE is a
young university.
Omoyola, who represented the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi
Fasina, also reminded the team that young universities had since its inception
been equally affected by the paucity of funds being made available to federal
universities.
He added that despite the challenges of funding, the
institution had done its best to fulfill its mandate by providing conducive
teaching and learning environment and adequate facilities for its students.
“We express the willingness of our university to cooperate
with you to accomplish all your tasks.
“No system is perfect and given the challenges of funding
facing all federal educational institutions in the country, we are bound to
have our little shortcomings.
“But we have given our best in delivering on our mandate, we
will continue to live up to the expectations. I am sure when you go round, you
will not be disappointed.
“There may be challenges here and there, we will welcome all
your comments on how we can improve on them and how to tackle those
challenges,”he said. (NAN)
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