Agriculture Can Generate 4m Jobs – Professor Omotayo

Commercial agriculture, if well-developed and implemented, is capable of curtailing the scourge of unemployment pervading Nigeria, as it has the capacity to create 4 million jobs in the various agricultural value chain channels. Professor Akin Omotayo, Director, Institute for Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), stated this while speaking on a radio programme…

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FG Appoints New Chancellor for FUNAAB

The Federal Government has approved the appointment of a new Chancellor for the University. He is, His Royal Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon, Abasi Otu V, the Obong of Calabar, Cross River State. He was appointed alongside 37 prominent traditional rulers as Chancellors for all the nation’s Federal Universities. Born 66 years ago, the young Prince Ekpo Okon attended St. Patrick’s Convent and St. Mary’s…

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SIWES Holds Orientation for Students

The Students’ Industrial Working Experience Scheme (SIWES) of the University has organised series of orientation programmes for students, on their expectations and obligations to the Scheme. The Director of SIWES, Professor Grace Sokoya, urged the students to put in their best during the industrial training programme, which should last a period of six months, in order to enhance their cumulative …

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Call for Proposal for TETFund Grants

The Directorate of Grants Management is calling for proposals for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund-supported FUNAAB Research Grants (FRG) for 2015. The Director of Grants Management, Professor Kolawole Adebayo, said the offer, which was University-based, was meant to challenge FUNAAB academics at embarking on aggressive, cutting-edge research, because FRG was committed to encouraging multi-discip…

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Water Tanker For Students’ Hostel, Bus for Guest House

The University has purchased a brand new water tanker that is dedicated to students’ halls of residence, to mitigate any incident of water shortage on campus, as the FUNAAB Guest House has added another bus to enhance service delivery. Presenting the water tanker, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, called for proper use of the tanker through the opening of a dedicated log book, becaus…

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Leadership is not a Divine Right, Says Professor Olukoju.

The Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Lagos, Professor Ayodeji Olukoju, has stated that leadership is not a divine right, but is attained or earned through fair means, credible track records, sound character and commonly agreed parameters. Delivering a lecture at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) titled, Leadership, Economic Nationalism and Development: Nigeria and the Ch…

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GENERAL GUIDELINES ON CAREER STRUCTURES FOR NON ACADEMIC STAFF

Click here to download the University GUIDELINES ON CAREER STRUCTURES…

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PGSA, IPNG Mark Commemorative Events

The Postgraduate Student Association (PGSA) of the University has marked its Week for this year, while the FUNAAB Chapter of the Idea Processing Nigeria (IPNG) has also celebrated its third anniversary with a charge to students to always strive for excellence. Speaking at the PGSA Week, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, tasked the postgraduate students to always ensure that the qual…

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Research More on Food Security – Gov Amosun Tells Varsities

Research More on Food Security – Gov Amosun Tells Varsities The Executive Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has charged researchers and scholars in the University to embark on researches that would alleviate the challenges of food security and safety in the country. Senator Amosun, who gave this charge during the "Food Safety for Nutritionists and other Professionals" programme …

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Why Fear of Retirement Grips People – VC

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has attributed the reason why the fear of retirement grips people, to the inability to properly plan on what to do after retirement, stressing that "The day you come in, begin to plan for the day you will go out”. The Vice-Chancellor was speaking at the monthly meeting of the Forum of Heads of Federal Establishments (FHFE), Ogun State Chapter, hosted…

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Secretaries Are Not Inferior – Professor Salako

The importance of secretaries in any formal organisation has been stressed. Making this assertion was Professor Kolawole Salako, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), while delivering a lecture titled “Aiming for Excellence as Professional Secretaries in the University Environment”, during the 6th In-house Annual Workshop, organised by the University Secretarial Staff Association (USSA), in co…

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WAAPP Distributes Planting Materials to Farmers

To ensure maximum farming productivity and the incurring of lowest cost by farmers, the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP), recently distributed planting materials such as certified seeds of maize and rice to farmers in the various villages, adopted by WAAPP.The Director, Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR) and the WAAPP Co-o…

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