Adeleke inaugurates roads, faculty buildings in UNILESA

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday commissioned projects on the campus of the University of Ilesa, saying he has fulfilled his pledge to make the university a reality.

Speaking at the commissioning of five projects that include a remodelled Faculty of Law annex building, a remodelled Faculty of Public Health building, a reconstructed internal road network, new hostel buildings, a female medical hostel and a Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences building, Adeleke said the university has, within a short period, recorded an unprecedented growth.

He recalled how his government laid a strong foundation for the university by enacting the law establishing the institution, providing a framework for its governance, and securing accreditation for many courses.

The governor said, “To our royal fathers and the entire Ijesa sons and daughters, I have fulfilled my pledge to make this University a reality. Your dream, our dream, is a reality that nobody can play politics with.

From an audio pronouncement by the previous administration, our government enacted a state law establishing the university, providing a framework for its governance. We secured accreditation for several courses.

“I congratulate the Governing Council, the Vice Chancellor and the management of the university. You have demonstrated your managerial and academic capacities. Our baby is growing to become an adult. I am proud of you all.”

The governor listed some of his interventions in the school to include improved staff welfare, the appointment of world-class administrators, a smooth transition from the defunct Osun State College of Education, and the conversion of all temporary/contract staff to permanent and pensionable status.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Taiwo Asaolu, said the projects will directly enhance teaching, research, clinical training, and student life.

The VC lauded Adeleke for his interventions, saying, “Your Excellency, we are profoundly grateful to your administration. In just 3 years, UNILESA has grown from a vision to a thriving academic community of 12 Faculties, 1 College of Health Sciences, 110 academic programmes and over 15,000 students.”

Online reports that Governor Adeleke inaugurated projects executed by the management of Osun State University.

The governor also installed the Chief Executive Officer of Bovas Group, Mrs Victoria Samson, as the third Chancellor of the university.

Adeleke, who had earlier inaugurated the university sports complex, a three-in-one laboratory complex, a 500-capacity lecture theatre and a 750-capacity lecture theatre within the main campus of the institution in Osogbo, described Samson as a capable successor to the immediate past Chancellor, Apostle Folorunso Alakija.