Oyebanji Tasks Newly Inaugurated Councils to Reposition Education in Ekiti
Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji
By Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti
Ekiti state governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has inaugurated the Governing Councils of the three tertiary institutions in the state with a call on members to come up with new ideas on how to reposition the state education system.
The new councils inaugurated are: Ekiti State University (EKSU), with Prof. Akin Oyebode as Pro-Chancellor and Council Chairman; Bamidele Olumilia University of Education, Science, Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI), with Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, as Chancellor and Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, (EKSUTH), with Dr. Adedamola Dada, as Council Chairman.
At the ceremony held yesterday Governor Oyebanji appreciated them for accepting the responsibility, adding that they were all carefully selected to be part of the state transformation agenda due to their pedigree and track records.
The Governor stated with emphasis that the institutions must act rightly and cause a progressive change in the life of the institutions under their care.
Specifically, Oyebanji said they must work assiduously with the management and other stakeholders to end the precarious situation the institution find themselves now.
“Forge a way forward on how to end academic instability, students restiveness, unpaid salaries, bureaucratic slackness that makes it impossible to get certificate and transcript ready on time and a whole lot of problems that continue to confront the development of the institutions,”he said.
The governor pointed out that these institutions are still faced with the challenge of meeting their emolument and overhead costs, just as institutional governance is a big issue.
“There has been too many instabilities in the academic calendar of the institutions, especially EKSU, which has greatly eroded stakeholders confidence in its stability and competitiveness
“I urged the council to work towards ensuring stability in the academic calendar and full accreditation of programmes”
Responding on behalf of the governing councils, the pro chancellor and chairman, EKSU Governing Council, Professor Oyebode expressed the readiness of members to work assiduously and justify the confidence reposed in them for the appointment.
He thanked governor Oyebanji for the opportunity and called for the support and cooperation of all stakeholders in the state towards ensuring that the governing councils effect positive changes in the state’s tertiary institutions.
