Prof. Kolawole Salako, Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has charged researchers in the University on the need to be accountable to research grants and other awards approved for them by donors. The Vice-Chancellor gave this charge on September 2, 2021, while presenting the Letters of Award of Research Grant under the 2020 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETF…

A Professor of Industrial Chemistry, Prof. Catherine Oluwayemisi Eromosele has canvassed for greater symbiotic collaborations between Universities, Polytechnics, Research Institutes and Industries as a means of promoting the Chemical Industry in Nigeria for national development. The University Don who insisted that no meaningful optimization of the chemical industry can take place until the Fed…

The Student Affairs Division of the University has directed all Part-Time Degree/ Sandwich Students of the University to urgently regularize their admission documentations with the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB). The directive was contained in a circular signed by the Dean, Student Affairs, Prof. Mobolaji Omemu and it is in line with a recent stipulation by the National Youth Servi…

The University Management has observed with displeasure that students' lecture-free periods are no longer being observed on campus by some lecturers.             The Registrar, Dr. Bola Adekola, in a circular to all Academic Staff noted that this has continued to hinder students from engaging in other extra-curricular activities such as reli…

The University's Zoological Garden Park has flagged-off a policy which will allow donors and sponsors support the growth and development of the Park towards ensuring satisfactory service delivery. The Acting Director, FUNAAB Zoological Garden, Dr. Oladapo Oduntan made this disclosure during an official presentation of Signage by an Alumnus of the University, Engr. Bola Mudasiru who is also the M…

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The newly-elected Executive members of the FUNAAB Staff Cooperative Multipurpose Society Limited led by the President, Mrs. Margaret Omisope on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 paid a scheduled visit to the Vice-Chancellor to avail him of their plans for the Society. Speaking at the brief meeting, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Felix Kolawole Salako, while congratulating the Executives for the keenl…

At a low-key ceremony held on September 1, 2021 at the Vice-Chancellor's Conference Room A, the Management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), sent-forth two top Non-Teaching Staff of the University. They were Dr. Linda Onwuka, a former Head, Directorate of Public Relations (DPR), and Mr. Joseph Olobashola, the immediate past Director, Directorate of University Farms (DUFA…

In a bid to provide potable water for the entire University community, Professor Felix Kolawole Salako led a team to assess the progress of work at the University Dam on August 31, 2021. Concurrently, a land is being developed for crop irrigation close to the farm. The Vice-Chancellor also saw a window of opportunity for aquaculture and fish farming with the facility. The visibly elated Vice-Chanc…

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), today, August 31, 2021 opened its gates to the teeming population of maize traders within the University’s adjoining communities, to buy the newly-harvested maize at the University Farms being managed by the Community-Based Farming Scheme (COBFAS). Speaking during a spot-check of the activities at the Farms, while going to inspect the lev…

The Department of Mechatronics Engineering, College of Engineering (COLENG), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has taken quantum leap towards the University's quest for global visibility with the assemblage and development of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Based Training Equipment code named FUNAAB-TK-0121 and FUNAAB-TK-0221. The Acting Head of the Department, Dr. Adekunl…