Olubadan lauds Abuja varsity for empowering Oyo students 

The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Akinloye Owolabi, has commended the leadership o the University of Abuja, for empowering Oyo State students intellectually.

The first class monarch who spoke through the Gbonka Balogun of Ibadanland, Chief Monsur Abiola Arulogun, on Tuesday, gave the commendation while receiving the PhD students of Policy and Strategic Studies from the university in his palace at Oke Aremo, Ibadan.

He appreciated the university for considering Oyo State as one of the states in the country to benefit from the leadership training program.

“Knowledge is power especially in critical areas of human endeavours, thus the students that benefitted from the training should prepare to use the knowledge acquired for the advancement of Oyo State in particular and Nigeria as a country”, the traditional ruler stressed.

Oba Olakulehin also expressed his gratitude to the students of Oyo State origin for giving back to their state the academic experiences acquired over a period of time .

The leader of the team, Dr. Abraham Ogunkanmbi, in his remarks, disclosed that they were in Oyo State to impart knowledge into some selected secondary school students drawn from both public and private schools in some critical areas of life.

He said the areas of study embarked upon by the university students for onward transmission to the secondary students include  leadership training, political science, resilience and safety of schools throughout Nigeria, among others.

The visiting team was led by Dr.Abraham Ogunkanmbi from Lead British International School, Abuja while others are Air Commodore Musa Ajani Aileru from Defense Headquarters Abuja; Barrister Akinloye Oluwagbemileke, Deputy Commandant of Corps, NSCDS, National Headquarters, Abuja; Mrs. Titiloye Akinloye from University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwangwalada, Abuja and Sarah Oladunni, University of Abuja, Abuja.

The Olubadan reception team consisted of  Aremo (Barrister) Olasunmbo Owolabi Olakulehin; Mr. Isiaka Folaranmi and Mr Kolawole Balogun, among many others.