OAU Lecturer Wins Fafunwa Education Foundation Prize

As part of activities to mark the 19th lecture and award ceremony of Fafunwa Education Foundation, FEF, Dr Abayomi Adeleke of the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife has won the grand prize. The event was held at the Faculty of Education of the University of Lagos, Akoka. Adeleke won the grand prize in the 11th post-doctoral awards in education seminar of the foundation.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the award ceremony, Adeleke said he was delighted to have won the prize, noting that it was the fruit of hard work and God’s blessing. “I didn’t expect this when I started on my study. I just did all I should diligently and I am privileged to have a supervisor who supported me,” he stressed.


Adeleke noted that for any success to be recorded hard work must be thoroughly dispensed and self-discipline maintained.

“My advice is that people should work hard without thinking of any reward; just give your best for a merited result. This will come naturally. When the post graduate college submitted my thesis after screening several theses in theses for this competition, I never thought it seriously. But when I was leaving Ife for the event it now dawn on me that it was real. I cut off social activities and almost cut off from friends to become isolated because I had to spend most of the time in library.”

Other awardees were Dr Toinpere Mercy Frederick- Jonah (2nd) University of Ibadan; Dr Margaret Adunni Oguntimeyin (3rd) Lagos State University, Ojo Lagos.

Source: National Mirror

MICROVEG Project Awards Financial Aid To 16 OAU PG Students

 

An international research consortium (MICROVEG PROJECT-107983) gives financial supports to sixteen postgraduate students in the Obafemi Awolowo University, as part of its capacity building programmes. These students comprising of ten (10) Masters of Philosophy (M. Phil.) and six (6) Doctors of Philosophy (Ph. D.) from three faculties in the University namely: Agriculture, Social Sciences and Technology. The support will cover tuition fees and monthly allowance throughout their period of studies.

While addressing the concern students, Prof. Duro Oyedele who is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the project in OAU encouraged them to use the opportunities to help themselves academically and promote the University through their researches by proffering recommendations that will alleviate food instability in southwestern Nigeria and the country as a whole. One of the beneficiaries Mr. Olarenrewaju Babatunde, appreciated the Scientists for giving them the supports and promised that they will lift up to expectations.


List of the beneficiaries.
Aduwo Oluwafunke E.
Ajekiigbe Noah A.
Akinwunmi Femi T.
Akunremi Omotayo R.
Amao Peter A.
Amulu Leonard
Famuwagun Akinsola A.
Faniyi Ebunoluwa O.
Kodaolu Busayo O.
Mbossoh Ekemini R.
Ogunbiyi Stephen O.
Oladoye Christianah T.
Olarewaju Babatunde E.
Olatoberu Francis T.
Oluwaponle Ifeoluwa A.
Onadeko Morayo A.

In addition, the project team in OAU has started field trials on improved farming practices to develop best field practices on fertilizer micro-dosing and rain water harvesting techniques that are expected to yield good results by enhancing degraded soil. The recommended farming techniques are expected to be disseminated through demonstration trials, outreach efforts and trainings among others.

This project is part of an effort to scale up the most promising research supported under IDRC-Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF). This is a programme of IDRC, Canada undertaking with financial support of the government of Canadian provided through Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Canada. The Fund supports research to increase food security in developing countries by fostering collaboration between developing-countries researchers and Canadian experts.

Source: OAU portal

OAU Students React To Gideon’s Theft Moderation

By David Adetula

Several diverging reactions have continued to pour in on Gideon’s theft case as some students now feel it is high time the judgement meted of suspects and convicts of crimes on Obafemi Awolowo University changed since those that are behind it have not been changed by what they pretend to believe in.

In an interview by our correspondence with the Student Union president on Gideon’s case, he said ‘nobody is above the law’. TY further stated that his administration will ensure that thieves caught will be paraded if he/she does not have any health issue which has been the normal tradition on this campus. He also assured students that he will never let them down and justice will surely prevail.

In several related reactions of numerous students interviewed, they opined that Gideon had that criminal treat because he has been spearheading the beating of other thieves that have been caught in time past, hence, they have no pity for him.

One Mr Yemi, a student however was of a contrary opinion saying his career should have been considered while moderating his case since he is a Law student that will hope to attend the law school soon. He was of the opinion that he should not be paraded like any other person with the same offence.


Comrade Yakman in his own assessment of the matter said “It is one thing for an average student to steal but it is a different ball game for someone who is a custodian of justice to commit a crime he has punished people for without mercies. For someone who we all thought has the interest of the students at heart but meanwhile has his own personal interest or should I say agenda .This APOEL GIDEON has played on the collective intellect of OAU students and justice should take its course without biased, am not calling for the head of this gentle man of the highway but what am saying is this if people have been beaten to other nationalities (black to white) and maimed by the so call doctors of justice for less sinister crimes then why should he not be made to dance to the full rhythm of the law after all justice has only one colour.”

Some of Gideon’s associates have however said they were surprised to see him commit the same offence he has vigorously dealt with people for. They are of the opinion that spiritual influence may be a playing factor in his case.

Away from these comments, some students have started saying that it is high time the students came together to discuss the way suspects are been investigated and subjected to Scientific Maximum Shishi (SMS). The worrisome state of Gideon yesterday has been a basis of argument while some feel it goes beyond him.

It will be recalled that OAU Peeps News Agency reported some months back how Apoel Gideon handled an alleged theft case where he unrepentantly smashed and battered a suspected thief who was later discovered not to be guilty of the same allegation.

ASUU Insists On 3-Week Semester Break

By David Adetula

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Obafemi Awolowo University branch has posited that the resumption for the Rain semester for the 2014/2015 session should be 3 weeks after the last Harmattan semester examination.


This development was contained in the circular issued by ASUU OAU chairperson, Caleb Aborisade citing that the health and well being of his members are paramount even as their Congress has resolved not to question the authority of the University senate authority to consider and approve calendar for the University. ASUU went further to remind the management of the institution the agreement they had with them on April 28, 2015 as regarding the break stating that it should be honoured.

Though the university management in her usual practise has chosen to remain silent on the public release of the Rain semester academic calendar, there are however indications that they are working around ensuring the semester break is at least about 2 weeks.

OAU Pre-degree Entrance Examination Date Fixed

By Farombi Oluwaseun

This is to bring to the notice of all intending pre-degree students of Obafemi Awolowo University that their entrance examination date has been announced. The exam is scheduled to hold between Tuesday 3rd November, 2015 and Thursday 5th of November, 2015.


Applicants are required to log in to their accounts on the OAU CDL portal to check their exam date and venue. Applicants are also strongly advised to come along with their RE-PRINTED registration slip that shows the exact date and time of their exam. According to the information available with us, applicants will write the entrance exams in Ile-Ife centres alone.

The application for the programme is ongoing and obtainable at the rate of N15,000 excluding bank charges. Application ends Friday, October 16, 2015.

OAU Peeps News Agency wishes all aspirants the very Best of God in all.

Immediate Past Awo Hall Secretary, Gideon Beaten For Theft

By Abiola Durodola and Farombi Oluwaseun

It was a bloody day for Apoel Gideon, the immediate past Secretary of the caretaker committee of Awolowo Hall yesterday as he begged those that were once his 'boys' to save his life following the criminal treat done him. ‘He was forcefully administered his own medicine in a popular style’ someone quipped.

Gideon was reported to have stolen some items which include a Samsung S2 which was discovered by the owner and another laptop. Upon this discovery, he was told to prove the ownership of the phone which Gideon failed to do. The owner brought out the receipt and the phone pack which has the IMEI number which matched with what Gideon was with. The owner reported the case immediately to the Students' Union Security Committee.

Our efforts to speak with Gideon yesterday proved abortive as members of the SU Security Committee prevented journalists from seeing him on the excuse that he will be moderated today. Students’ continuous clamour that Gideon's case be moderated yesterday fell on deaf ears as the security team insisted that could not be done for security reasons. We eventually learnt the security committee acted based on the instruction handed down by the SU president through a phone call but the Security Committee promised that his case will be moderated the next day (Wednesday) at the level of Awo café by 8am.


Based on the account of the Security Committee, Gideon confessed that he actually stole the phone and laptop. During the early hours of yesterday, students converged at Awo café to see how the moderation would go. After so many submissions by students, it was agreed that he will be given three (3) strokes of cane each by three Awolowo Hall residents which was meted. He was then paraded to Angola hall with students shouting "Gideon Ole Ole" but he was not beaten there due to intervention of the Vice Dean, Division of Student Affair (DSA) and some security personnel after claims that he had fainted and he was bleeding profusely from his nose.

Gideon was later rushed into an ambulance which was later blocked by students with an attack been launched on the driver of the ambulance right in front of the Health Centre but he was bundled into a Red bus which later took him away to OAUTHC for treatment. As at the time of filing this report, the exact health state of Gideon cannot be ascertained.

‘ICT Skill Acquisition Programme Is Alien To Student Unionism’ –TY

By David Adetula

The ICT Skill Acquisition Programme been currently championed by the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University has been described as something alien to student unionism.

Omotayo Akande a.k.a TY, the OAU Students’ Union President during his welcome note at the pre-training seminar held at Oduduwa Hall on Saturday has revealed how he has continually received criticisms from some students including activists for bringing the skill acquisition and empowerment programme on board.

TY said the sole reason given by those against the programme has been that Students’ Union which is a pressure group is supposed to be focused on activism and not on programmes like this. He however said that his response has been that much more beyond the pressure group which the Union is that will continue to demand and agitate for better welfare conditions, there is a need for the Union to empower its members for the outside life.

“Many students have come to me, even student activists to say that this is not what the Union should be doing. What I always ask them is, beyond demanding, beyond agitating which the Union has been doing, what else can the Union do?” TY said.


The Union president said in the current labour market, certificate alone is not sufficient as these skills will stand one out. Also speaking in similar vein, the Guest Speaker during the seminar, Kunle Oladele, the MD/CEO, AVI LTD commended the Union for embarking on this initiative to add the needed value their students especially those that will be graduating soon.

Oracle University and NIIT are the two major big wigs been brought on board by the powering group, Bridgeup Nigeria Limited in partnership with OAU Students’ Union to train OAU students on courses including PMP, PHP & MYSQL, ORACLE (SQL), AUTOCAD, JAVA and others. Side attractions including cake & confectioneries and driving are also embedded in the scheme.

The Union blamed the poor turnout of students for the seminar on the peculiarity of the examination period and hopes it will improve when the training finally kick-off. The ICT Skill Acquisition Programme is expected to run concurrently for three (3) weeks after the semester examinations.