03 February 2015 The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has admonished the newly-matriculated students of the University to strive for academic excellence and be good ambassadors of the University. He made this call during the 2014/2015 Academic Session Matriculation ceremony, held recently. Professor Oyewole said it would be the third in the series, he would be presiding over as Vice-Ch…

03 February 2015 The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is organising a verification and enrolment exercise for employees in the service of the Federal Government that are due for retirement between January and December 2016, by virtue of their attainment of the retiring age of 65 years for Non-teaching Staff and 70 years for Academic Staff in tertiary institutions, such as FUNAAB. According to…

03 February 2015 The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Development, Professor Felix Salako, would deliver the 48th Inaugural Lecture of the University on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. The lecture, which is titled “For Soil to Oil the Nation: Advancing the Frontiers of Conservation Agriculture in Nigeria”, takes place at the FUNAAB Ceremonial Building, beginning at 2pm. A Professor of Soil Physics in the Col…

23 January 2015 The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Branch, recently commissioned its 18-Seater Hummer Bus at the NASU Secretariat Office, purely for commercial use. The Branch Chairman of NASU, Comrade Isiaq Odunjo, expressed his appreciation to Comrade Kolawole Adenekan, the National Deputy President of the Union; Comrade Femi Soetan, the Sta…

20 January 2015 The 2014/2015 Academic Session Matriculation for fresh students and the Third Commencement Lecture of the University, which would formally kick-start the new Academic Session, are to hold on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at the FUNAAB Ceremonial Building, at 10am and 12 noon respectively. The lecture, titled, "Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities: Students' Choi…

19 January 2015 The University’s Cisco Networking Academy has begun an International Certification Training Course on “Cisco IT Essentials: PC Hardware and Software”. Participants are expected to gain specialised technical skills needed to install, maintain, secure and repair computers. It would also equip trainees with relevant skills in the operations of desktop and laptop computers, mobile elec…

19 January 2015 A Senior Lecturer in the Department of Soil Science and Land Management, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT), Dr. Jamiu Azeez is among the team of scientists who won the Royal Society-DFID (Department for International Development) Africa Capacity Building Initiative Programme Award. Others are Professor Jon Lloyd of Imperial College, London; Dr. Vincent Logah …

18 January 2015 The Call Academic staff are hereby invited to compete for the 2014 Academic Staff Training and Development Grants.   Purpose The Grant will support the staff of the University who wants to pursue Ph.D and Benchwork programme in Nigeria or in foreign institutions. Condition While application does not guarantee approval, applicants will be expected to agree with the final decision o…

18 January 2015 Conference AttendanceConference Attendance Grant is an intervention grant offered by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and open for utilization by Academic and Non-Teaching Staff of Nigerian Higher Education Institution for conference and workshop attendance. The Call All Academic and Non-Teaching Staff are hereby invited to compete for the 2015/2016 Conference Attendanc…

18 January 2015 The Call All Academic and Non-Teaching Staff are hereby invited to compete for the 2014 Conference Attendance Grants.   Purpose The Grant will support the staff of the University who wants to attend Overseas Meetings/Conferences/Workshops of short duration, in areas that is relevant to their employment. Condition While application does not guarantee approval, applicants will be ex…

05 January 2015 The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olusola Oyewole, has expressed his displeasure over the increasing rate of unemployment of graduates from the nation's tertiary institutions. Professor Oyewole made this known during the Tertiary Education Trust Fund's 2-Day Capacity Building Workshop on "Entrepreneurship Education and Training for Entrepreneurship Lecturers in Public Tertiary Instit…

05 January 2015 The FUNAAB Gender Policy Drafting Committee (FGPDC) of the University would hold its Stakeholders' Workshop on the FUNAAB Gender Policy, from Thursday, January 29 to Friday, January 30, 2015 at the International Scholars' and Resource Centre (IS&RC). The Chairperson of FGPDC, Professor Grace Sokoya, stated that the workshop would draw participants from the drafting committee, …