Osinbajo Calls For Development Of Home-grown Technologies
Speaking Thursday at 10th convocation of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, Osinbajo said there was also the need for application of native intelligence to the interpretation of academic knowledge so as to make it relevant to solve societal problems.
Osinbajo who was represented by Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, the Acting Chairman of Board of Trustees of the institution described the graduating students as generation of hope for the country, urged them to take up the task of solution provider.
At the event, Prof. Debo Adeyewa, the Vice Chancellor called on government at all levels to come up with a blueprint on adequate funding of education in the country.
Adeyewa said such blueprint would help to secure the future of present and future generations in the country.
Adeyewa said that adequate investment in education would guaranttee a strong and bright future for the country.
He said, ” Investment in education should be a collaborative effort between government and other stakeholder but dynamically and passionately driven by government as the overall key stakeholder that is critically accountable to the current and future generation.
” Government should therefore take a bold constructive and non-partisan view of the current state of education with a view to revitalise the sector for the common good of the entire country”.
On the highlights of the convocation, Adeyewa said the number of graduating students are 423 out of which 27 made first class honours.
He said 160 were in the second class upper division, 179 with second class lower, 57 in third class while six were with a pass.
Adeyewa added that 3 postgraduate in diploma, 42 Msc and MBA, as well as two PHDs were among the post graduating students.
He urged the graduating students to be good ambassador of the university wherever they go.
In his remarks, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma(rtd.), the University Chancellor, urged the graduating students not to see the convocation as a mark of final exit from the University but rather as an opportunity to continue to support the development of the institution.
