He counseled the university’s administration to concentrate their academic study primarily on issues that would resolve on a national level.
Sen. Jibrin Barau, the Deputy Senate President, on behalf of Tinubu, provided the assurance at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) 8th Convocation Ceremony, which was conducted at Oye-Ekiti.
He declared that his administration was committed to raising the bar on education in Nigeria so that all state-level impoverished students may take advantage of the student tertiary loan program.
Tinubu wished the university’s graduating students luck in all of their future endeavors and congratulated them.
Also, the president congratulated leaders of the Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance; Sen. Solomon Yayi and Chairman, House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gadgi for an Honorary Doctoral Degree given to them by the institution.
He, however, sympathised with the families of two late traditional rulers killed by suspected kidnappers, assuring that his administration would track, arrest and prosecute the perpetrators and eradicate kidnapping in the state.
The Leader of the House of Senate, Bamidele, who spoke on behalf of the awardees, thanked the management of FUOYE for the award of an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Public Law conferred on him.
He also thanked the management for the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Accounting conferred on Yayi and the Honorary Doctoral Degree in Political Science conferred on Gadgi.
Bamidele assured the management of the university that they would ensure that adequate facilities needed in the university were provided.
Also, the Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji, commended the management of the university for the achievement they have made within a few years of the establishment of the institution.
He advised the management of the university to focus mainly on research that would solve national problems in their academic research.
Oyebanji assured the institution of his administration’s continuous support and charged the graduating students to be modest in their celebrations after the convocation ceremony.
He advised them to get a copy of the book on the convocation lecture of the university, delivered by the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, titled ” The Failure of Success”, and find quality time to read.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dignitaries from the hometown of Yayi in Ogun state and Bamidele from Iyin-Ekiti attended the programme alongside traditional rulers from various towns in Ekiti.
Some vice-chancellors and registrars from various universities were also in attendance.
