The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, has called on all and sundry to support federal universities to achieve their teaching, learning and research mandates without compromising standards.
The Vice-Chancellor said this when he commissioned the self-help renovated Head of Department’s office in the Department of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Education.
According to him, in a statement by Principal Assistant Registrar/
Public Relations Officer of the
Directorate of Public Communication, UI, Adejoke Akinpelu,
inadequate funding by the government, as well as limiting policies to tertiary institutions, had been affecting the federal universities adversely.
The Vice Chancellor pointed at adequate funding as very critical to sustaining tertiary institutions and making teaching and learning conducive, and in a bid to sustain the legacy of Nigerian tertiary institutions, he called on private institutions and individuals to support the three government interventions which include Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Needs Assessment, and Capital Appropriation Grant that the federal government had made available to institutions.
In his words “government alone cannot run universities; some hands must have to come to support. We run around to scout for funds for the university.”
The VC said that he was pleased to commission the multimillion-naira self-help project that was donated by alumni and friends of the Department of Human Kinetics.
Earlier in his speech, the Head of Department, Prof. O. A. Adegbesan had said that the project was one of the ways to support the department.
He added that the donors were happy to accomplish the projects and sustain the department.
