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One "Crawford University", belonging to the Apostolic Faith Church, lists that it has an "Oye-Ekiti Campus" - for its College of Agriculture - but its main campus is at Igbesa, in Ogun State. It is listed as No. 16 of private universities on NUC's website http://www.nuc.edu.ng/pages/universities.asp?ty=3&order=inst_name
Here is Segun Oni during the turning of the sod of the new campus in November 2009:
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To ensure the smooth take off of the college, Oni pledged that his administration would ensure early completion of the 10-kilometer Oye-Ire Road project in the next six months.
"The government will also connect the campus to the national electricity grid and provide pipe borne water before the middle of next year," the governor said, explaining that the proposed airport project, being initiated by his administration, would focus mainly on airlifting of agricultural products.
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How far that campus has developed, I don't know.
There you have it...wonders will never cease....
Bolaji Aluko
Shaking his head
PS: Below, Crawford University announced its new Board of Trustees on September 23, 2010. It appears that Prof. Okebukola - immediate past NUC Executive Secretary - is on the Board, or is affiliated with EVERY NEW UNIVERSITY - private or public - since he left the NUC! According to press reports, Okebukola is Chairman of Council of Crawford, of the Osun State University and he University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and the Ekiti State University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti.
O ga o!..
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http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33900:crawford-varsitys-agric-college-for-ekiti&catid=634:education&Itemid=695
Crawford Varsity's agric college for Ekiti
Less than a month after the National Universities Commission (NUC) granted Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti an operating licence, to operate as the pioneer private university in the Fountain of Knowledge, another private university, Crawford University, is set to establish its College of Agriculture in state.
To college is to be located at Oye-Ekiti, an agrarian community in Oye Local Government Area of the state.
Performing the turning of the sod of the college, Governor Segun Oni, urged the Governing Council of the university to develop the college into a centre of excellence for agriculture, enterprise and tourism.
Besides, he charged the owners of the university to develop the college into an institution that would further enhance the frontiers of knowledge and commerce by focusing on other fields of agriculture such as large scale production of agricultural and agro-allied products for export.
Advising the university to harness the vast fertile land to the full advantage of the institution, where the college is located, he assured the authorities of the government's willingness to provide more land for the development of the institution as the need may arise.
To ensure the smooth take off of the college, Oni pledged that his administration would ensure early completion of the 10-kilometer Oye-Ire Road project in the next six months.
"The government will also connect the campus to the national electricity grid and provide pipe borne water before the middle of next year," the governor said, explaining that the proposed airport project, being initiated by his administration, would focus mainly on airlifting of agricultural products.
Oni, who praised the people of Oye for providing the land for the establishment of the college, spoke of plans by the government to compensate those who voluntarily released their farmlands and lands for the take-off of the college.
He urged the Apostolic Faith Church, the owners of Crawford University, to use the college to further advance the course of the gospel of Christianity by churning out graduates who are not only worthy in learning, but also in character.
The Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Worldwide, Rev Darrel Lee thanked the state government for its support and the provision of land and other infrastructure at the site of the college.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Moses Ige, assured the people of the state that the university would maintain high standard and provide qualitative education that the ivory tower is noted for.
In his remarks, the Oloye of Oye, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju praised the Oni-led administration for its support and efforts towards the establishment of the college and for the numerous developmental projects in his domain.
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Crawford Varsity gets board
The District Superintendent of the Apostolic Faith West Africa, Rev. Emmanuel Adeniran , on Tuesday last week inaugurated a new Board of Trustees for the church's ivory tower, the Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun State.
The institution got its operating licence from the National Universities Commission (NUC)) in 2005.
He said the board was put in place to ensure a sustainable funding for the university by grants and endowment, and also approve development plans for the university.
It will also be in charge of ratifying the yearly report of the university, and also okay the general development policies and goals of the university yearly.
The new members of the Board of Trustees are Dr Gabriel Ajayi (chairman), Prof Peter Okebukola, Rev Segun Ogunseye, Rev James Olaleye, Prof M.T. Ige, Prof. Rueben Kolo, Dr. Jonathan Amakiri.
Members of the Governing Council are with Prof. Peter Okebukola (chairman), Dr Albert Abe, Dr Issac Adigun, Prof. Oye Ibidapo Obe, Chief Tunde Lemo, Prof Oyemaobi, Mrs Fola Onanuga, Rev James Olaleye, Mr J.B. Osho and Prof. B.A. Babalola.
The chairman of the board of trustees said he and his team will transform the university into a world class tertiary institution by developing individuals intellectually and morally with higher learning standards of teaching to build the country.
He also promised not to leave any stone unturned, and will, to the best of their ability, aim higher at all times.
The newly inaugurated members were charged to carry out their duties with strictest adherence to professionalism, discipline, transparency and accountability, while making selfless service their watch word.
At the event, solemn silence was held in remembrance of the late pioneer Chancellor of the University, the Late Rev. Dr Paul Ogechukwu Akazue, who Rev Adebayo, described as a strategist and transformational leader.
59 hearty cheers for Okebukola, UNIOSUN council chair
Osogbo main campus of the Osun State University (UNIOSUN) was aglow penultimate Wednesday, where eminent scholars, friends and colleagues of Professor Peter Akinsola Okebukola gathered to honour and celebrate him.
The event was the 59th birthday of the Professor of Science Education and former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC).
At the Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola Auditorium, venue of the event to celebrate, Okebukola, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the university; Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Crawford University Igbesa, Ogun State; The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and the Ekiti
State University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti, were Professor Olu Aina, former Executive Secretary of NABTEB; Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos and Mr Yusuf Ali (SAN), the guest lecturer at the occasion.
Other dignitaries include Professor Sola Akinrinade, Vice-Chancellor of UNIOSUN, Professor Siyan Oyeweso, Provost of College of Humanities and Culture, Ikire campus of UNIOSUN; Professor Is-haq Oloyede, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin; Dr Olukoya Ogen, top government functionaries and principal officers of the university.
Setting the tone of the celebration tagged: "Toast at 59 - Celebrating the Quintessential Science, Computer and Environmental Educator", Ibidapo-Obe, described Okebukola as a man of honour whose life has touched so many people positively.
He prayed that the Almighty would grant him many more years in good health in the service of his fatherland.
In his citation, Oyeweso described Okebukola as "a highly cerebral scholar, a teacher of teachers, a professor of science, computer and environmental education, a great statesman, a devoted and dedicated family man, a loving husband, and man with passionate and insatiable sense of honour and duty, an erudite university administrator, a cosmopolitan citizen, a man with firm commitment to the rule of law, a decent and reliable gentleman and well as an intellectual network-builder."
Dressed in a black suit, white shirt and black shoes to match, Okebukola was born into the family of Apostolic Faith Church on Febraury 17, 1951, in Ibadan.
An alumnus of the University of Ibadan (UI), where he obtained his first degree in 1973 and Ph.D in 1984, Okebukola, a lecturer at the Lagos State University, served as the NUC Executive Secretary between 2001 and 2007.
A scholar of repute, Okebukola who specialises in higher education, science, computer and environmental education with specilised training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University and Cambridge University, has over 130 international published works and over 120 national and international conference presentations.
Extolling his virtues, Okebukola was described by his colleagues and friends as a honest, dilligent and committed personality, whose contribution to the Nigerian university educational system is undoubted, and assured.
In the College of Humanities and Culture Distinguished Personality Annual Lecture, entitled: "Promoting Ignorance in Nigeria in the Next Half a Century", in honour of Okebukola, Yusuf Ali, said that university education plays a leading role in moulding the future of nations.
"Although these nations may enjoy considerable riches and huge natural resources, the latter would run out even sooner than expected, and the nations concerned would turn into poor countries should they fail to train their citizens, that can exploit these riches and resources, and develop and master
them, for the good of their citizens", he added.
The university, according to the lecturer, represents the culmination and or apex of all educational institutions for the search of quality knowledge.
The high points of the occasion were cutting of the birthday cake, toast of the celebrant, presentation of gift, cultural performance by the university troupe.
Hypocrisy is holding others to standard you won't embrace.Subject: [EKITIPANUPO] Fayemi Announces Ikole as Site of New Federal Varsity in EkitiDate: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:41 AM
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FAYEMI ANNOUNCES IKOLE AS SITE OF NEW FEDERAL VARSITY IN EKITIEkiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, has announced the ancient town of Ikole-Ekiti, headquarters of Ikole Local Government Area, as
the site of the new federal university allocated to the Southwest geopolitical zone.
Fayemi who made the declaration on Monday while hosting the Minister of State for Education, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, said the decision to site
the university in Ikole-Ekiti was informed by the need to give the people of the northern part of the state an opportunity of enjoying
dividends of democracy.
While on an inspection visit to the site alongside the minister, the people of the town praised Fayemi for not toeing in the path of former
governors in the country who influenced the location of similar projects to their hometowns.
The new university will make use of the site of the Agricultural Development Project in Ikole town which satisfies the choice of
balance in the location of tertiary institutions in the state.
According to the minister, the choice of the location for the University is purely that of the number one citizen of the state,
which the Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting rightly exercised in the announcement of Ikole.
The Federal Government had two weeks ago signified its intent to establish new universities in all the six geopolitical zones of the
country with Ekiti being the only state in the Southwest without a federal university.
But it is the governor that has the final say on where the university would be located in the state.
Fayemi disclosed that the university will focus on Agriculture Engineering, Biotechnology, Mining which he believed would benefit
Ekiti which is an agrarian state.
The governor who had visited President Goodluck Jonathan on the new varsity pledged the support of his administration for the early
take-off of the university.
“As at last Thursday when I saw the President, he confirmed to me that we will have one in Ekiti. That is why the Honourable Minister is here
with his team.
“The one for Ekiti will focus on Agricultural Engineering, Biotechnology and Mining�, the governor said.
The Chairman of Ikole Local Government, Chief Biodun Akin Fasae, thanked the governor for his magnanimity on the choice of Ikole,
noting that the people will forever be grateful for this huge dividend of democracy.
Responding, the minister who was accompanied by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius
Okojie reiterated the commitment of the President to providing the access to education for all and sundry.
Gbagi who disclosed that the university will begin academic activities September next year said available logistics will determine the smooth
take-off of the institution adding that the Federal Government will expedite work on the project.Alhaji Mojeed JamiuSSA Media, EkitiNovember 22, 2010
_______________________________________________________________________ALUKO COMMENTARYWe must note the swiftness and non-contentious nature of this announcement, and the general acclamation that it has receivedby Ekiti citizens. It once and for all corrects a geographical imbalance (in being cited in Ikole, Northern Ekiti) and a numerical imbalance (in a federal university in the South-West now being sited in Ekiti State)Moving on....There will then soon be FIVE universities in Ekiti alone:1. The University of Ado-Ekiti (UNAD) - State2. The University of Education, Ikere (TUNEDIK) - State3. Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) - Private4. The Federal University at Ikole [FUI?] - Federal5. the inchoate University of Science & Technology, Ifaki (USTI) - StateFor our size (both population and geography) and revenue generation level (both state and federal) - bearing in mind all other responsibilities - that is too many already, and certainly close to Ado-Ekiti. We will have to rationalize the number and focus, certainly of the state universities, leaving UNAD intact. Maybe FUI will help in doing that.We shall see......Bolaji Aluko
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