By Solomon Isu, Ekiti
The Vice-Chancellor Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Sunday Fasina has pledged to support the Ekiti State Government to successfully host the upcoming National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST2021) coming up November this year.
This declaration was made by the Vice-Chancellor during a support advocacy visit by the Ekiti State Government delegation led by the Honourable Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Prof Rasaki Bakare on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at the Vice Chancellor's Conference room.
He noted that "this is an opportunity for Ekiti State to showcase her potentials to the rest of the world through advocacy for sponsors, investors who will come to develop the state and more.
“Ekiti State is blessed with human and material resources. So, FUOYE as a critical stakeholder in Ekiti State will give the necessary support for the successful hosting of NAFEST come November this year”, the Vice Chancellor stated.
"Your success is our success, we in FUOYE is one with the state government”, he said.
Speaking further, the Academic Administrator highlighted the relevance of NAFEST which helped many states to develop rapidly.
“A lot of people benefitted from FESTAC, so this is an opportunity for Ekiti State because culture brings change, life, unity and development”, he stressed.
Prof Fasina praised the state governor, Dr John Kayode Fayemi for bringing into his cabinet someone like Prof Bakare who has been dubbed the gift of FUOYE to Ekiti State Government noting that with the ivory tower's increasing population, adding that, the school is ever ready to support the state government in all ramifications.
The Vice Chancellor rolled out campus statistics to proof that FUOYE is the fastest growing university in Africa with almost 40,000 students and recently ranked first in all Engineering students debate.
He said, “University administration Is all about dynamism in leadership and not years of the institution” adding that with the on going vision of the university, more laurels and winnings are coming ahead.
Earlier, the leader of the State government delegation, Prof Bakare eulogized the Vice-Chancellor's regime as the beginning of the realization of God's vision for FUOYE.
He went on memory lane to observe that NAFEST was established in 1968 as an internal mechanism to bring all ethnic groups together for national cohesion.
Highlighting the achievement of Governor Kayode Fayemi's administration in the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism, the professor of Media and Theatre Arts noted that on November 2020, Ekiti state came second in NAFEST held in Plateau state.
“This achievement made us automatics host of this year’s edition. We need all stakeholders because about 75,000 guests are excepted. FUOYE is critical and we, therefore, request for at least 300 students to participate in different categories of the event”, he said.
Prof Bakare however stated that the participants will be equipped with one skill or the other at the end of event.
Other principal officers of the university who were present at the ocassion were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academics, Prof Olusola Johnson Ojo; Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Prof Jeremiah Shola Omotola; the Ag. Bursar Mrs Bolanle Debo Ajagunna; and the University Librarian Dr Issac Busayo.
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