Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has appointed the Dean of the University’s College of Natural Sciences (COLNAS), Professor Tope Popoola, as member, Governing Council of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. Professor Popoola’s appointment came barely a month after he was voted as Senate Representative on the Governing Council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (F…

The 36th Inaugural Lecture of the University will hold on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at the Julius Amiobi Okojie Lecture Theatre Complex. Professor (Engr.) Babatunde Adewale Adewumi of the Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering (COLENG), will deliver the Lecture titled, Transformation of Food Materials: Agro-Food Process Engineering Approach. Professor Adewumi, a Fellow of …

The Governing Council has congratulated the University, for bagging the Award of the Best Educational Institute in Agriculture in Africa. According to the Decision Extracts of the 69th Statutory Meeting of Council, signed by the Acting Registrar and Secretary to Council, Mrs. Christiana Kuforiji, Council noted that the award was bestowed on the University by the Africa-India Partnership Summit/Le …

The Governing Council, at its 69th Statutory Meeting approved the recommendations from Senate on the naming of “Unity Building Complex” and “Professor Mohammed Yakubu Lecture Theatre”. Council noted that the naming of the twin buildings, “Unity Building Complex” was borne out of the present administration’s desire for a closer working relationship among the entire University Community, irrespectiv…

Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun, the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of this great University is a rare gem in many respects. For example, on assumption of office, as Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, the first bold, rare and unexpected step he took was to take all Principal Officers of the University to Ilorin, where he came from and where he has most of his God-given asse…

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe, has lauded the tenure of his colleague and Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun, as very successful. Professor Sofoluwe gave a captivating assessment of the outstanding accomplishment of Professor Balogun in office, when the latter paid him a courtesy vis…

The outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun, last Thursday added another feather to his cap as the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) conferred on him, the prestigious Award of the “Most Enterprising Vice-Chancellor in Southwest, Nigeria”. The Award ceremony took place at the King’s Hall, Yewa Plaza, Abeokuta a…