UNIOSUN Lauds Adeleke For Approving Palliative For Staff
Vice Chancellor, Osun State University, Prof. Odunayo C. Adebooye has lauded Governor Ademola Adeleke for approving the immediate payment of one-off palliative of N31.6M to staff of the institution across the board to address immediate challenges posed by fuel price hike caused by the removal of subsidy on fuel by the federal government.
The VC who gave the commendation on Monday at the media interaction on the hosting of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship programme and winning of the Erasmus Non-EU Africa grant also thank Adeleke, for his consistent understanding and support to the University which cumulated in the provision of 4 major infrastructural interventions within just eight months in office.
He charged the university community to reciprocate the governor’s gesture by making the best use of the opportunity provided by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship programme.
According to him, the fellowships will help foster academic partnerships between their colleagues in the United States academic system and UNIOSUN adding that each of the two Fellowships is valued at over USD 20,000, making a total of US$40,000.
Welcoming the two Carnegie Fellows, Dr. Omolola Ologunorisa and Dr. Consoler Teboh to UNIOSUN, the Vice Chancellor disclosed that Osun State University emerged one of the few Universities in Nigeria that will serve as host institution for the Carnegie African Diaspora Programme (CADFP) this year.
“Today, we are using this forum for two purposes: one, to warmly welcome our Carnegie Fellows into this environment; and two, to inform the global public about the Carnegie Fellowship Programme and the multi-million Euros Erasmus Lump-Sum Non-EU-Africa grant recently won by the University and her global partners”.
Adebooye who disclosed that each of the two Fellowships is valued at over USD 20,000, making a total of US$40,000, noted that the institution has won over USD12,000,000 research grant just within the first half of year 2023.
