The Director of the Ikorodu Study Centre of the 水果派 of Nigeria (NOUN),聽Prof. Saheed Ajibola, and his聽management team have commenced students’ enrolment聽at the new centre to signal the official commencement of academic activities.
The聽management of the centre has been聽assiduous in聽attending to inquiries and admitting new students into their choice of studies.
A senior officer explained that the centre had admitted over a hundred students within聽the聽few weeks of activities and that the students were so excited to have the study centre in their locality.
Additionally, the聽director, alongside聽his staff聽comprising of the Principal Assistant Registrar;聽Mrs. Bukola Edun, the Chief Accountant,聽Mr. James Oyewole, and the Chief Technical Officer in the person of Mr. Peter Olajimbiti, paid a courtesy visit to the Monach of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi.
The visit was facilitated by some indigenes of Ikorodu, the high chiefs of the palace, Otunba Abiru, Mr. Peju, and Engr. Adedayo Afolabi Esuruoso.
The centre鈥檚 director, upon introducing聽himself聽and his team, informed the Oba that the聽centre officially kicked off聽operations聽on Monday,聽February聽6, 2023.
Ajibola explained聽that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Peters,聽deemed it necessary for the聽university to officially notify the paramount ruler of Ikorodu of the presence of NOUN and to inform him that the聽centre had begun full operation.
He went on to inform the Oba of the many benefits Ikorodu indigenes聽stand to gain when they聽become聽students of NOUN.
He encouraged the palace to sponsor many of them, as he聽outlined the benefits of students choosing NOUN as聽the聽university of choice.
The former Faculty of Sciences dean聽said聽prospective students聽do聽not need JAMB聽as聽they would be issued NYSC exclusion letters at the end of their studies.
Responding, the Oba thanked the Vice-Chancellor for sending his team to pay a courtesy visit to him,聽and inquired about聽the requirements to study in NOUN.
He said he needed the information in order聽to advocate聽for聽NOUN on occasions聽and immediately announced the聽donation of five聽acres of land to聽the new聽study centre,聽advising聽that work聽should聽start in earne