The Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado Ekiti, Professor Joseph Babatola Ayodele has expressed deep gratitude to the entire staff of the Institution for the successful hosting of the wife of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, who was at the university over the weekend for the commissioning of the ICT Experience Centre.
The Vice Chancellor who stated this on Tuesday, 2nd June, 2026 during the June edition of the University’s monthly prayer meeting, commended members of staff (both Teaching and Non-Teaching) in the various Units, Departments, Faculties, Directorates and Colleges including the EKSU Band and other registered associations in the university for working round the clock at ensuring a successful hosting.
The Vice Chancellor also expressed his deep appreciation to the Governor of Ekiti State and Visitor to the University, His Excellency, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, for his all time unwavering support for the Institution and for appointing a competent and capable Chancellor for the Institution, the results of which are immensurable and all over.
He particularly lauded the leadership of the four (4) staff unions in the university: Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities(SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) and the Non Academic Staff Union ( NASU) for mobilizing their members in large number with a view to showing gratitude to the First Lady.
The Vice Chancellor reaffirmed his determination to continue having harmonious relationship with the entire staff of the university which he described as been cooperative and supportive, assuring that his administration would not toil with issues bothering on the welfare of the workers as that is his main priority.
While concluding, he said, “the recent visit of the wife of the president and official commissioning of ICT Experience Centre, have further boosted the image of the university and justified its position as the best state university in Nigeria”. He then appealed to workers both teaching and non- teaching to always do things that would promote the image of the university and give room for stable academic calendar.
