The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Olusola Oyewole, has reaffirmed the management’s determination to make the institution attain world-class standard.
Oyewole who made the disclosure during a three day Intensive training workshop, organised by the Directorate of Grants Management (DGM) said that this standard is being achieved by developing the capacities of staff; both academic and non-academic while admitting academically sound students.
The VC, represented at the event by the DVC (Academics), Prof. Waheed Adekojo, said: “we want to be at par with our colleagues worldwide”.
In his presentation, the Guest Speaker at the occasion, who is the Secretary-General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU), Professor Michael Faborode, said research was pivotal to economic growth, adding that it also addressed societal challenges. He noted that being a good teacher entailed being a good researcher.
He advised that universities should take advantage of NgREN, an innovation of the Federal Government, which FUNAAB was already connected to through networking with other Nigerian universities and the rest of the world.
Earlier, the Director of Directorate of Grants Management (DGM), Dr. Kolawole Adebayo, stated that five African countries were represented at the workshop, as he expressed his gratitude to management for making the workshop a reality.
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