Embrace Dialogue, Shun Further Strike, Sultan Admonishes ASUU

Covenant University has emerged as the best private university at the 2022 Nigeria Prestige Education Awards.

The ivory tower emerged highest out of the 111 private universities in Nigeria in an event aimed at honoring outstanding primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abiodun Adebayo who was represented by the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor David Imhonopi, appreciated the honour and also the Board of Regents led by the Chancellor, Dr. David O. Oyedepo, for providing an enabling platform that stimulates a great learning context.

“It is safe to say that none of the accolades should go to the University’s Faculty, Staff or Students, but should go to God. This award has gone on to join the plethora of awards the University has amassed over the years via the divine mandate and leading of God,” he said.

The Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embrace dialogue and jettison the idea of embarking on another strike action.

Speaking in Osogbo yesterday at the official commission and handover of Bola Babalakin Guest House to Fountain University,

Osogbo, the Sultan lamented the precious time of numerous students wasted on account of the recent protracted industrial dispute between the union and the federal government.

While commending the Babalakin family of Gbongan who built the edifice, the referred monarch called on wealthy Nigerians to emulate the family by complementing government efforts by rendering support to citadels of learning adding that no government can single handedly fund education for all.

Welcoming high profile personalities at the event, Dr. Wale Babalakin noted that the idea of the project was conceived during the lifetime of his father, the Hon. Justice Shehu Tijani Bolarinwa Babalakin when His Eminence, the Sultan was the guest of honour at an event in Fountain University where he charged well to do individuals to support the school.

Babalakin revealed that the house was built to complement their father’s serious passion for education because Justice Bola Babalakin sought to educate everyone around him adding that for any discerning person in the education sector, it is very clear that Government at all levels, as structured today, cannot singlehandedly fund education.