Mr. Bolaji Oladeji, the National President of the Alumni Association of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, has expressed his delight at the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government’s decision to convert TASUED to a federal university.
The alumni stated in a statement on Monday that the federal government’s decision, as authorized by President Bola Tinubu, would undoubtedly open another window of rapid expansion for the university.
Oladeji said, “The alumni, as key stakeholders that have demonstrated continued capacity and policy drive to advance the cause of the university’s development over the years, welcome this new development with higher expectations, which are development driven.
“Members of the university community, including staff and the teeming students, are undoubtedly grateful to President Bola Tinubu for this historic kind gesture.
“We are, however, excitedly looking forward to improved funding for our dear university to positively impact the infrastructure, staff welfare, research funding, and attraction of global recognition as a university of repute, class, and distinction in teacher education.”
Similarly, Akinbodunse Praise, Vice President of the National Association of Nigerian Students on Inter-Campus Affairs, thanked the Federal Government for establishing the country’s first institution of education.
Akinbodunse stated in a statement that the federal government’s generous gesture demonstrated that the current administration, led by President Tinubu, cared about the overall growth of the country’s education sector.
The NANS leader also commended Governor Dapo Abiodun for sustaining the school to date despite efforts from the previous administration to scrap the institution.
He said, “As students in the state, we will not forget that during our struggle in order not to allow the institution to be scrapped by the previous administration sometime in 2012, we lost some of our colleagues.
“We celebrate these, our colleagues, every February 14. It’s a thing of joy today that President Bola Tinubu, who has deemed it fit to elevate TASUED to a federal institution, has ensured that our efforts were not in vain.”
Praise also went to the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, and other well-meaning Nigerians who remained firm to keep the institution open.
He assured the student community that it would continue to provide the federal government with the necessary support for the benefit of all Nigerian students.
It should be noted that the Federal Government, through a statement issued on Sunday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced the recognition of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ogun State, as a Federal University.
