The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, on Friday charged the newly admitted students to prepare for serious academic activities to cover lost grounds during the 8 months Academic Staff Union of Universities strike.
Prof. Abayomi gave the advice at the 11th Matriculation ceremony of 7,433 students admitted to the university.
He said, “We are matriculating 7433 new students across 11 faculties. During the last matriculation ceremony, we celebrated the official takeoff of three new faculties: Pharmacy, Basic Medical Sciences, and Environmental Management and Design.
“The new faculties are up and doing, and by this time next year, our Medicine students will be part of this ceremony.”
The Vice Chancellor enjoined the students to face their studies and shun social vices that could ruin their careers , saying, “Our calendar is loaded with two streams running concurrently. We aspire to cover lost grounds without sacrificing academic excellence. This is in response to the realities on the ground due to the eight months lost to the ASUU strike
He stressed further that FUOYE is fulfilling its duties as the institution now ranked as the sixth most subscribed University out of 216 Universities in Nigeria.
He added that more than 53,000 students apply to FUOYE on a yearly basis.” Our target is to consolidate on this momentum and never rest on our oars until FUOYE is ranked as one of the leading universities across the world”
“l urge you all to seek this veritable platform to actualize your potentials and become national and international assets. I urge you to cooperate with us”
Some of the matriculants could not hide their joy as they thank God for being part of the celebration despite delay caused by ASUU strike.
