The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has renamed the state-owned Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, after his predecessor, late Abiola Ajumobi.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Makinde announced the change of the institution’s name during its second convocation held at the University Hall, Tech-U, on Friday.
The governor who is also the Visitor to the University, said the institution had made tremendous progress from its humble beginnings.
“Looking at this, today is a good day to honour my predecessor, who established the University.
“So we have made the decision to rename the University as Sen. Abiola Ajumobi First Technical University, lbadan,” Makinde announced.
He added his administration would put the Governing Council of the institution in place before the end of April.
Makinde also approved a “Category 3 health care centre” for the University.
He stated that the facility would provide continuous and comprehensive care for the students and the entire members of staff of the institution.
He commended the efforts of the management, and urged the graduands to be good ambassadors of the University and Oyo State.
He stated that his administration had increased the number of universities owned by the state to three from one and a half universities in 2019.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Adesola Ajayi, said that out of 165 graduating students, 24 graduated with First Class; 76 with Second Class Honours (Upper Division); 52 graduated with Second Class Honours (Lower Division); while 13 others graduated with Third Class.