NAUS pledges support for Federal University, Oye Ekiti

The National Association of University Students (NAUS) has said it will continue to support Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) in its technological drive and vision to lead the pace among public institutions in Nigeria.

Senate President of NAUS, Comrade Ibrahim Lawal, spoke on Tuesday when he led a delegation of the Senate Leadership of NAUS on an unscheduled visit to the University.

The NAUS Senate President said the unscheduled visit to the university enabled the delegation to have first-hand information of happenings in the university since the resumption of Prof Abayomi Fashina as the substantive Vice-Chancellor and also conducted an on-site assessment of infrastructures in the university.

The students passed a vote of confidence on the management of the University, after they engaged all the critical stakeholders, including the leadership of Students Union Government and conducted a facility tour of the institution.

He noted that the FUOYE is unarguably, one of the fastest-growing public universities in Nigeria today, given the consistency of leadership and the vision of the current management team of the university

He said: “NAUS is greatly impressed by the excellent corporate governance practices the university operates since the assumption of office of Professor Abayomi Fashina which has earned the trust and commendation of staff and students.

“Let it be noted that all the staff unions in the university also pass a vote of confidence on the Vice-Chancellor and most importantly the Students Union Government gave an excellent testimonial of the performance of the Vice-Chancellor in the area of infrastructural development and prioritising of student’s welfare.

“It is therefore expedient to commend the management of the university under the able leadership of Prof Abayomi Fashina for turning the university around within a very short period and operating a very transparent leadership, involving staff unions and students unions in the critical decision-making process of the university.

“Federal University Oye Ekiti is arguably one of the fastest-growing public universities in Nigeria today given the consistency of leadership and the vision of the current management team of the university.

“NAUS will continue to cooperate with the university and its leadership to achieve its corporate and academic objectives. We have witnessed unprecedented revolution in the management of the university. All the stakeholders in the university feel involved and carried along and the students which are the most critical stakeholder in the university gave unanimous approval of the great work the Vice-Chancellor is doing in the university.

“It is therefore imperative to call on all other Vice-Chancellor of Federal Universities in Nigeria to adopt the management model of Prof Abayomi Sunday Fashina in repositioning their universities and improving the welfare of students as we believe this will directly impact scholarship and research.”