Akande donates all allowances as UI Pro-Chancellor to scholarship awards
The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan held its first meeting under its new Chairman, Chief Adebisi Akande, who donated all payments due to him to the funding of deserving students’ education.
The meeting, held on Satuday, August 31, 2024, was attended by all statutory members except one appointee of the Federal Government who was out of the country.
Chief Akande, who was also a former National Chairman of the All Progressivrs Congress and ex-Osun State governor, had earlier written a letter to the Registrar to direct that all payments which may be due to him as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council be applied for the benefit of some deserving undergraduate students of the university who are offering Science courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology only.
According Akande, he considers his appointment as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council of the University of Ibadan as a national call to service from which he does not intend to earn any remuneration.
He said his allowances should be kept as a form of Endowment for the award of scholarships or any other form of awards to cover the cost of accommodation and other financially approved levies charged for the deserving students.
Chief Akande said the Adebisi Akande Foundation would augument any shortfall arising from any commitments from the awards to prevent any of the beneficiaries of the Endowment becoming stranded
Indeed, at the end of the meeting, the Council considered some pertinent issues, including the reviewed schedule of levies for newly admitted and returning undergraduate students in the 2023/2024 academic session and approved as recommended by the Senate of the University.
The Council also advised students who were yet to pay and complete their registration exercises to do so on or before Wednesday, September 4, 2024, to enable departments download lists of registered students, in preparation for the First Semester Examinations.
The Council sympathised with the students but noted that the review was necessary, in view of the current economic realities and the University’s commitment to ensuring quality teaching and research.
It directed that students be encouraged to take advantage of the students ‘ loan fund (NELFUND) and sundry scholarships instituted by the University and other well-meaning philanthropists to cater for indigent students.
Members of the Governing Council of the University of Ibadan are:
*Pro-Chancellor/Chairman -* Chief Adebisi Akande, CFR
*Government Appointees*
– Chief (Dr) A. O. Ajipe
– Ms Ifeoma Nwankwo
– Hon. G. N. Alapa
– Professor B. E. Alo
*Representative of the Federal Ministry of Education*
• F. A. Aderibigbe
*Senate Representatives*
• Professor J. T. Arotiba
• Professor J. A. Adegoke
• Professor Aina O. Adeogun
• Professor Oyedunni S. Arulogun
*Congregation Representatives*
• Professor S.G. Jonathan
• I. A. Akinbola
All the Principal Officers of the University, the Provosts of the College of Medicine, and the Postgraduate College also attended the inaugural meeting.
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