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…

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…

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…

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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In an effort to reposition the water sector for effective service delivery, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, has entered into partnership with the University alongside five other Federal Universities from different geopolitical zones in the country. The partnership would lead to the establishment of capacity building centres through academic programmes up to Master's degree level on Integr…

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…