Ondo gov gives employment to best-graduating student
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has announced automatic employment for the best-graduating student of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Miss Adedayo Janet.
The governor also announced the approval of a sum N1.2b grant to the institution to complete some of the abandoned projects on the campus of the university.
Aiyedatiwa, who is the Visitor to the school, said this at the second convocation ceremony of the university, held on Monday, in Okitipupa.
The Visitor said, “I am specially honoured to address this second Convocation. This marks my historic and inaugural attendance as a Visitor to the university, since my assumption of office in the last 69 days.
“I do not doubt that your upcoming School of Maritime Transport and Logistics at Ugbonla which is at 60 per cent completion by OSOPADEC (Ondo State Oil-producing Areas Development Commission) is very timely and will be of immense advantage to the Ondo State Deep Seaport Project and the development of Blue Economy in the country at large.”
The governor said the approval of the N1.2b capital grant in the 2024 budget to the OAUSTECH, was for speedy completion of abandoned buildings of the School of Science and others.
He reiterated that the institution’s monthly subvention of N91m would also be given due consideration to enhance the operations of the school.
The governor also promised to facilitate the completion of the abandoned hostel buildings being funded by the Niger Delta Development Commission and the OSOPADEC.
While congratulating the graduating student on the feat, the Visitor admonished them to always make the school, Ondo State, the country and their parents and guardians proud wherever they found themselves in the world.
Earlier, in his welcome address, the Pro-Chancellor, Prof. Adebo Adesomoju, thanked Governor Aiyedatiwa for directing the continuation of the ongoing construction of some internal roads in the institution.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, disclosed that a total of 1,202 were conferred with first-degree at the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions of the university. ro
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