We Place High Premium on Hospitality – FUNAAB VC
On a regular basis, the University receives variety of visitors from within and outside the country for academic, research, administrative, and other matters. Despite the frequency and the caliber of people visiting, what usually resonates is the high level of hospitality extended to guests. This observation was made by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kolawole Salako during […]
DRIP Gives Updates on TETFund Scholarships
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Board has updated its guidelines for scholarship for academic staff. According to the Director, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Partnerships (DRIP) of FUNAAB, Prof. Abdul-Rasaq Adebowale, unconfirmed academic staff are now eligible to be beneficiaries of the scholarship. The Director said sponsorship for bench-work, which had been restricted to only scholars […]
Safety Club Honours Staff
The FUNAAB Safety Club, Detachment 2019 regime, has honoured its officials for their support and dedication to the development of the club. Awardees include the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Prof. Clement Adeofun of the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM), who was decorated as Patron; a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. […]
Sports Directorate Unveils Plans for New Year
The Acting Director, Directorate of Sports of FUNAAB, Dr. Samuel Olabanji has unveiled sporting plans for the year 2020, while adjudging the activities of the Directorate in 2019 as eventful. According to him, projections for the New Year include better sports awareness programme through adequate publicity among staff and students, continuous upgrading of all sports facilities, […]
Restore Management Sciences – Agric Varsities Pro-Chancellors
Members of the newly-formed Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria (CPFUAN) have agreed to work harmoniously for the benefit of the country in transforming agriculture from theoretical, into the practice level, with a call for the restoration of management sciences to Universities of Agriculture in the nation. Members of the committee […]
Corps Members Should Embrace Vocational Skills – NYSC Boss
The Ogun State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Dr. (Mrs.) Belinda Faniyi, has charged Nigerian youths to surmount the challenge of high unemployment rate in the nation by embracing vocational skills. Delivering the keynote lecture at the last edition of Corpers’ Week, organised by the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Corpers Association (FUCA) titled, […]
ANUPA, Key to Virile Administration, Says Registrar
The Registrar of the University, Dr. ‘Bola Adekola has described the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA) as vital to sound administration of universities. The Registrar stated this while rejoicing with members of the association during their end-of-year get-together, which was organised to appreciate God for protecting members throughout the year. Dr. Adekola lauded […]
Prof. Sanni Becomes AWARD Committee Chair
Prof. Lateef Sanni, the immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development) of the University, is the new chairperson of the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Steering Committee. He was unanimously nominated and elected at AWARD’s 16th annual meeting held recently in Nairobi. Prof. Sanni has over 25 years’ global experience in research and development […]
VC Congratulates New Students’ Union Executive
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kolawole Salako has congratulated the newly-elected FUNAAB Students’ Union (FUNAABSU) executive for successful and peaceful election, tasking them not to betray the trust reposed in them by their fellow students in particular and the University in general. Addressing the new Students’ Union executives, Prof. Salako said “It always gives me great joy […]
NAUW Gets Commendation
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kolawole Salako has lauded members of the Nigerian Association of University Women (NAUW), FUNAAB Branch, for involving students in their enlightenment programmes. The Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by Dr. Florence Olowokere of the Department of Soil Science and Land Management, College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT) of the University, at […]
Medical Expert Cautions on Drug Abuse
Dr. Sunday Amosu, a Consultant Psychiatrist at Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, has cautioned against drug abuse in the society. The medical expert defined drug as any chemical substance, which when taken into the body, alters its functions physically and psychologically. Dr. Amosu gave this definition during the 2019 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting held […]
Student Affairs Celebrates Dean
Members of staff of the Student Affairs Division of the University have celebrated the outgoing Dean, Prof. Babatunde Idowu, as he bows out as the Dean to assume the position of Vice-Chancellor, Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State. The Deputy Dean, Prof. Taofeek Shittu who is also the outgoing Deputy Dean, said that staff in […]