Members of the National Universities Commission (NUC), led by Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, on Thursday, April 8 while on an accreditation visit to three departments of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), described the school as the fastest growing young university in Nigeria.
The accreditation team was at FUOYE to assess three of the academic programs being offered to its students. They are; Theatre and Media Arts, Sociology and Demography and Social Statistics, English and Literary Studies.
According to Gbilekaa, a Theatre Arts scholar, there had been an impressive improvement in infrastructure development in the university. He lauded the institution for the giant strides in its infrastructural development.
While Gbilekaa led the team to assess FUOYE Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Profs. Uche Isiugo-Abanihe and Gyong Emmanuel led the team to assess the Departments of Demography, Social Statistics and Sociology respectively.
Also, a renowned Professor of English from the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Remi Oriaku, led the team to assess FUOYE’s Department of English and Literary Studies.
All the team members while speaking after their assessments lauded the institution for its giant strides in its infrastructural development.
The institution’s Vice-Chancellor Prof. Abayomi Fasina, represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Omotola enjoined the accreditation team to first consider that FUOYE is a young university, at its growing stage, and as such, it has been affected by the scarcity of funds being made available to federal universities.