13022020

Vanguard, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020 — 43
Stanbic IBTC renovates facilities
at Olambe Community School
By Mary Obaebor
STANBIC IBTC Bank Plc,
a subsidiary of Stanbic
IBTC Holdings Plc, as part of
its CSR activities, recently
renovated buildings and
upgraded facilities at the
Community Comprehensive
High School, Olambe in Ogun
State.
Stanbic IBTC’s CSR activities
at the school involved reroofing
and painting of the
school’s buildings, provision of
a standard library furnished
with books, provision of flip
chart kits as well as provision
of 100 desks and chairs,
amongst others.
Dr. Oladipupo Oyefuga,
Head, Market Risk, Stanbic
IBTC Bank Plc, led the staff of
the Internal Control
Department of the bank to
commission the projects.
Oyefuga described Stanbic
IBTC as being passionate
about contributing to the
growth of education in the
country.
Speaking in the same vein,
Head, Internal Control,
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Taiwo
Ala, said that the bank
embarked on the project as part
of activities for the 2019
Ekiti Attorney-General visits
EKSU VC, Faculty of Law
By Glory Ojojo
THE Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice
in Ekiti State, Mr. Olawale
Fapohunda and his team from
the Ministry of Justice,
alongside some members of the
Ekiti State House of Assembly
have paid a working visit to the
Vice-Chancellor of Ekiti State
University, Professor Edward
Olanipekun and other top
management staff of the
university.
The Commissioner, while
speaking during the visit, said
he had the directive of Ekiti
State Governor, Dr. Kayode
Fayemi, to visit the university
on the need to develop the
university’s Faculty of Law and
improve on the Faculty of Law
students’ yearly intake to the
Nigerian Law School by the
Council of Legal Education.
Fapohunda, while
addressing the university’s
management team,
emphasized the need to sign
a Memorandum of
Understanding between the
Ministry of Justice and the
university, especially with the
Faculty of Law on the
internship of students, staff
exchange, publication of Palace
Court Judgement,
development of web-based or
online journal publication and
publication of Ekiti State High
Court judgements among
Internal Control Awareness
Week.
He noted that the project
would support effective
teaching and learning of the
students especially against the
background that the school is
a community secondary school
majorly financed by
community donations.
Mrs. Fakunle Adenike,
Principal, Community
Comprehensive High School,
expressed her profound
gratitude to the management
of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc for
renovating and upgrading
facilities in the school.
She said: “This kind gesture
has enlisted this school
amongst the best schools in
Olambe community.”
Speaking on behalf of the
Ministry of Education, Science
and Technology and the Ogun
State Government, Mr. Lasilo
Temitope, Zonal Education
Officer, Ifo, noted that the
recipient school could only
show gratitude to Stanbic
IBTC by proper utilisation of
the facilities.
He further pledged that the
school would use them as
instruments for propelling the
school into a citadel of
academic excellence.
others.
According to him: “There is
need for progress so that we
can compete with our
counterparts across the globe.”
He, however, stressed the
need for academic staff of the
Faculty of Law to shun all
forms of strife and
disagreements which were
capable of impeding or
reversing the progress made
over the years.
While responding, the Vice-
Chancellor of EKSU, Prof.
Edward Olanipekun,
appreciated the commissioner
for the visit and assured him that
there was no cause for alarm,
promising to do the needful to
ensure the university and its
Faculty of Law develop. The
Registrar, Mr Akin Arogundade,
on his part, appreciated the
Attorney-General for the
structural framework targeted at
developing the Faculty of Law
put in place by the Ministry of
Justice.
In another development, the
Attorney-General and his team
visited the management and
staff of the Faculty of Law.
The Dean of the Faculty of Law,
Prof. Isaac Olutoyin Babatunde,
while welcoming the team to the
faculty, appreciated the role of
Governor Fayemi in the last
accreditation exercise of the
faculty by the National
Universities Commission.
*From left: Chairman, Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited, Mr. Abdulrazaq lsa Kutepa; Ogun
State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and General Manager, Operations, Katchey Company, Mr.
Sam Nwogu during the inauguration of Waltersmith Science Laboratory Complex donated to Muslim
College by the oil company at the 70th Anniversary & Luncheon/Awards of the college organised
by the Old Students Association in ljebu Ode.
LASU, national ASUU on warpath over election of new officers
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LASU is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction, they
remained the recognised
executives of ASUU-LASU.
“Sir, there is no portion of the
ASUU constitution that supports
this claim. Rather, Article 3
subsection (1) and (3) categorically
state - (1) Any person who is
engaged full- time in a university
as a lecturer, researcher, fellow or
academic librarian in a university
shall be deemed to be a member
of the union and (3) Every member
of the union shall belong to the
branch of the union established for
the university or institution in
which he or she is employed.
“2. With this development, a
vacuum has been created and
according to Article 9 subsection
(5) and (6), the National Executive
Committee ought to have called
the branch congress with a view to
establishing a caretaker
committee to fill the vacuum, but
never did.
“Furthermore, subsection (7) of
the same Article 9 notes that each
branch shall hold at least three
general meetings every year. Such
meetings, ASUU- LASU never held
in the past two years. Yet, the NEC
remained silent on it, thereby
Abiodun lauds IMCOSA’s contributions to alma mater
By Elizabeth Uwandu
OGUN State Governor,
Prince Dapo Abiodun,
has praised members of Ijebu
Muslim College Old Students
Association, IMCOSA, for their
contribution towards the growth
of Western education and
indeed, the development of
their alma mater.
Abiodun said this at the
commissioning of a N50 million
worth Science Technology
Engineering and Mathematics
(STEM) 3-D Science laboratory
donated by Waltersmith
Petroman Oil Limited to
commemorate the 70th
anniversary of the college.
The governor, who applauded
IMCOSA on the school’s 70th
anniversary and the Chief
Executive Officer, Waltersmith
Petroman Oil Limited, Mr.
leaving ASUU-LASU to its fate.
“3. We wish to state that the
branches make up the NEC. If
there are no branches, the NEC
cannot exist. NEC has abandoned
ASUU-LASU for about two years,
leaving the corporate interest of
our members unattended to and
the local developments stagnated
as a result of leadership vacuum.
“The question arises, does NEC
expect ASUU-LASU Congress to
keep her fingers crossed
indefinitely without taking into
consideration the interest and
welfare of her members?
“4 Sir, we recall that at the peak
of the crisis early 2019, the NEC
sent a delegation on a fact-finding
mission. The delegation
acknowledged that the branch was
truly heated up and that they (
members of the delegation) had
taken inventory of the crisis
involved. They promised to get
back to the branch, but never did,
thereby keeping ASUU - LASU in
limbo.
“5. Consequent upon 1-4 above,
congress members of ASUU-
LASU converged on Tuesday, 21st
January, 2020 to put in place a
caretaker committee that
inaugurated the new executive
members for the branch on Friday
Abdulrasaq Isa, a member of
IMCOSA, for donating a
science laboratory to the school,
explained that the donation
showed that development of a
society was an inclusive affair.
“This is no doubt a big
celebration. Today’s event goes
beyond physical building that
represents the school or the
additional structure, it is a
validation that building the
future together is a mantra of
administration and an inclusive
development of any society.
"The celebration of today and
many successes associated with
Ijebu Muslim School, are
contributed by committed
individuals who value the
importance of Western education
and are determined to expand
access to it for Muslim children.
“Why I commend the founders
of this school for making it a duty
24th January, 2020 to lead and
conduct the affairs of the congress.
“6 In conclusion, we hereby state
that if the National Chairman of
ASUU is convinced enough that
the new ASUU - LASU executive is
illegal, we charge him to lead a
delegation of NEC to LASU to cite
the portion of the constitution of
ASUU that supports his claim that
the dismissed staff of a university
remain leaders of conscientious
academics. The branch will be
willing to entertain such a visit. In
our own opinion, there is nothing
of that nature in ASUU
constitution.”
Apart from the Bakare-led
executive, some members of the
union are wondering how long the
branch would wait for cases in
court to be determined, bearing in
mind the slow pace of the wheel of
justice in the country. Some are
saying if the affected lecturers win
their matters in court, the
management would be compelled
to pay all their entitlements but
what now happens to the union if
it has to wait till that time or is it
that the tenure of an officer of the
union has become an open ended
one. ASUU LASU and the national
leadership must find a mid
course.
to work hand in hand for the
speedy development of the
college which has produced
great people in the society; and
the old students for their
continuous initiatives; our
government is pledging to
participate in the developmental
projects in the school.
“We have listened to the
complaints of the school and I
have asked the relevant
agencies to look into the issue
of encroachment and erosion
without further delay. To
encourage the old students of
the school, the government of
Ogun State will be contributing
a dining hall for the students.
This is not the only contribution
that we will make towards the
development of this prestigious
institution, but just one of the
many,” he said.