EKSU alumni charges new VC on transformation

The Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, Alumni, Ekiti State chapter, has charged the new Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Joseph Babatola Ayodele to do his in transforming the university.

The Chairman of EKSU Alumni, Mr Adetunji Aribasoye, stated this when he led his team to pay a courtesy visit to the new Vice-Chancellor.

The Chairman, who congratulated Prof. Ayodele on behalf of the Excos and members of the chapter on his appointment as the 9th substantive EKSU Vice-chancellor, said the task would be challenging.

Aribasoye said, “Do not hesitate in taking hard decisions that will revamp the institution without minding whose ox is gored.”

The body also used the opportunity to make some demands and called the VC attention to some issues including restructuring of the post-graduate study of the institution with students who should spend nothing less than two years spending more than five years.

“The chapter wishes to project the College to the world to bring in more students and boost the internally generated revenue of the University at the long-run. In addition, we recommend a whistle-blower policy that will allow students to have seamless access to relevant information with genuine evidence to the Vice-chancellor without the fear of being victimized or molested,” he said.

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“We also want the EKSU management to approve some pieces of land owned by the University for the chapter to use for farming to generate IGR for the chapter to meet up with some of its needs and runnings of the Secretariat.”

Responding, the Vice-chancellor thanked the Excos, the Global President of the Alumni Engr. Dipo Bamisaye for all the support and encouragement given to him since becoming the Vice-chancellor of the University.

Ayodele who expressed confidence that he would keep enjoying their support as an alumni member of the institution said God, diligence, hard work, and faith were factors that helped him in his pursuit as he admonished the chapter Excos to put their administration into God’s hand to achieve all 5h3ir goals and vision.

The Vice-chancellor informed that the Postgraduate issues were handled on his assumption of office saying the Provost of the college had been directed to jettison all the draconian rules impeding the smooth running of the college.

He added that the alumni had invested so much in ensuring that transcripts and certificates of ex-students are processed seamlessly as against what was obtainable previously, ensuring that the University Management shall complement the lofty efforts to ensure transcript processing does not exceed 72 hours from application.

The VC approved all the proposed programs of the Chapter as outlined by its Chairman Aribasoye.