The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Osustech branch, welcomes the renaming of Ondo State University of Science and Technology,Okitipupa to Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology. In a statement signed by the branch chairman of the Union, Comrade Dayo Temola, the Union asked the Government to complement the name change with improved funding and welfare of the institution.
"We maintain that Olusegun Agagu as Governor of Ondo State then conceptualized and established the University with a view to salvaging the scientific and technological needs of not only Ondo State or Nigeria but for global competitiveness."
"To name the University after him needs to go beyond the face value but must be accompanied with quality teaching, ground breaking research,community services, among others. In actualizing these goals, the Ondo State Government must of necessity, improve on the funding, welfare and support for the University. It is only through these, that the change of name would be impactful and have any meaning." he added.
"Besides,it needs be added that Dr Olusegun Agagu represents quality and as such the best way to immortalize him is to appreciate what he stood for. We wait in the following days to see beyond the renaming."
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