Ondo Govt Partners Elizade Varsity to Develop Education System

The newly-appointed Vice Chancellor (VC) of Elizade University, Prof. Kayode Ijadunola, has stressed the need for strong collaboration between the state government and the university to enhance educational development.

Ijadunola said that the initiative would address the challenges of nation-building.

The VC, who spoke during a courtesy visit to Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at the Governor’s Office, Alagbaka, Akure, said that the university’s founder, Michael Ade Ojo, had made significant investments due to his deliberate commitment to the development of the state.

He also said that the university had employed over 500 indigenous people of the state alongside others around the world that have been contributing substantially to the socio-economic growth of the state, as well as human capital, which is pivotal to sustainable growth and development.

Ijadunola said that though Elizade University is a private investment, it remains a worthwhile property in the state that will outlive the founder, saying that the institution will continue to prosper the state in a regenerative manner that will impact posterity and the entire human race.

He, therefore, urged the state government to extend its assistance of solar power to the university, which of course is the academic home of many students of the institution who are also of state origin.

The vice chancellor said he was in the office of the governor to inform him of his assumption of office as the fourth vice chancellor of Elizade University and to identify with the mood of the state over the demise of the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, while he prayed for strength and wisdom for the new governor.

On his part, Aiyedatiwa appreciated the new VC of Elizade University, whom he described as very agile and responsive, commending him for being thoughtful as well as for his empathy towards the state government.

He said the death of the former governor was a big loss because of the great contributions he had made in all spheres of human endeavour.

According to him, the burial of Akeredolu will not be a gloomy affair but the celebration of the life of a patriot who was true to life and mankind.

January 24, 2024