The vice chancellor of the Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, has reiterated his commitment to making FUOYE a global brand for research with a view to enhancing academic productivity.
He has also enjoined Nigerian universities to prioritise research through dissemination of outputs, robust critiques, engagements and cross-fertilisation of ideas.
This, he said, would provoke academic productivity for the overall benefits of Nigeria and the African continent.
The theme of the two-day conference is ‘Optimizing and Achieving Nigeria’s Socio-economic Development: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges.’
According to a statement by the university’s public relations officer, Mr Foluso Ogunmodede, while declaring the conference open, the FUOYE VC said the theme was not only apt for the nation’s socio-economic development but would boost the nation’s economic prosperity.
He noted: “It is not out of place to say that our dear country is facing a lot of challenges ranging from increasing population to competition for scarce resources and its attendant vices.
To optimise and achieve Nigeria’s socio-economic development, however, Fasina said there is the need to harness the prospects, identify the opportunities and proffer veritable ways forward to mitigate the challenges through evidence-based and empirical research from academia.
The dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Babatunde Omotosho, in his comments described the vice chancellor as an enigmatic and result-oriented leader, saying his fatherly role would not be forgotten in a hurry.
A keynote address was also delivered at the opening day of the conference by Professor Olabisi Idowu Aina from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, after an opening remark by the chairman, conference organising committee, Dr Sunday Adedini
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