The new Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho (FUNATO) is scheduled to begin academic work in November 2025, with preparations in progress, including opening its admission process, according to Facebook.
The university, located in Okeogun, Oyo State, is set to offer educational opportunities in agriculture, technology, and other related disciplines.
The Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho (FUNATO) in Okeho, Oyo State, was recently approved and expected to resume academic activities in November 2025.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assented to the bill for its establishment, stating that the university is located in the Oke-Ogun region of Oyo State.
The university was established by an act of parliament and approved by President Tinubu.
The university’s focus is on agriculture and technology.
Indeed, there has been strong community support and enthusiasm for the university’s establishment, as reported on Facebook.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
