The Ondo State Governor, Fortunate Aiyedatiwa, has introduced the approval of a N1.2bn grant to Olusegun Agagu College of Science and Know-how, Okitipupa, to finish a number of the deserted tasks on the campus.
The governor additionally introduced automated employment for the best-graduating scholar on the college, Miss Adedayo Janet.
Aiyedatiwa, who can be a Customer to the varsity, made the announcement on the second convocation ceremony of the government-owned varsity, held on Monday, on the campus of the college, in Okitipupa.
He stated, “I’m specifically honoured to deal with this second Convocation. This marks my historic and inaugural attendance because the Customer to the college, since my assumption of workplace within the final 69 days.
“I’ve little doubt that your upcoming Faculty of Maritime Transport and Logistics at Ugbonla which is at 60percent completion by OSOPADEC (Ondo State Oil-producing Areas Growth Fee) may be very well timed and can be of immense benefit to the Ondo State Deep Seaport Venture and the event of Blue Economic system within the nation at massive.”
In accordance with the governor, the approval of the N1.2bn capital grant within the 2024 funds to OAUSTECH was for quick completion of deserted buildings of the Faculty of Science and others.
He reiterated that the establishment’s month-to-month subvention of N91m would even be given due consideration to reinforce the operations of the varsity.
The governor additionally promised to facilitate the completion of the deserted hostel buildings being funded by the Niger Delta Growth Fee and OSOPADEC with out additional delay.
Whereas congratulating the graduating scholar on the feat, the Customer admonished them to at all times make the varsity, Ondo State, the nation and their dad and mom and guardians proud wherever they discovered themselves on this planet.
Earlier, in his welcome tackle, the Professional-Chancellor, Prof. Adebo Adesomoju, thanked Governor Aiyedatiwa for steering the continuation of the continued building of some inner roads within the establishment.
In his remarks through the ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the college, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, disclosed {that a} whole of 1,202 have been conferred with first-degree within the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 tutorial periods of the college.
The don stated, “General, we’re graduating 1,202 college students consisting of 62 college students in top quality, 527 college students in second class higher division, 552 college students in second class decrease division and 61 college students third class division.”
The don famous that the college had moved from a instructing college to a analysis establishment, having achieved so much within the space of analysis, including that a number of the college workers received N50mn and N250m in numerous analysis programmes at totally different instances in the previous.
