MAYE DOLES OUT 100MILLION NAIRA SCHOLARSHIP

MAYE DOLES OUT 100MILLION NAIRA SCHOLARSHIP

His Royal Eminence, Dr Ramon  Adedoyin

The Maye of Yoruba land and Chancellor of Oduduwa University, His Royal Eminence, Dr Ramon Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin in his characteristic philanthropic gesture has declared his intention to grant one hundred million naira scholarship to 50 applicants of Yoruba origin every year.

The business mogul and philanthropist, made the revelation last week in a chat with The Informant Newspaper.

According to him the scholarship which is at the rate of 2 million naira per candidate will cover tuition for the entire degree programme for successful candidates at Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government for the course of their choice.

The Maye who said all sons and daughters of Yorubas are eligible for the scholarship called on all first class traditional rulers in Yoruba land to avail themselves the gesture by nominating their subjects for the opportunity.

Maye of Yoruba land

He noted that many frontline traditional rulers whose candidates are currently enjoying such scholarship include; the Ooni of Ife, the Alaafin of Oyo, the Oluwo of Iwo and the Apetu of Ipetumodu among others.

He disclosed that qualified indigent students of Yoruba extraction can also collect the scholarship forms from any of the organisations that belong to the Adedoyin conglomerate.

Oduduwa University currently runs 19 degree programmes spread across Ramon Adedoyin College of Natural and Applied Sciences (RACONAS), Ramon Adedoyin College of Engineering and Technology (RACOET), College of Management and Social Sciences and Oba Okunade Sijuwade College of Environmental Design and Management to which the successful candidates may be admitted.

 

Ghana Accreditation Body Approves Unique Citizens (University) College

Ghana Accreditation Body Approves Unique Citizens (University) College

The body responsible for regulating tertiary education in Ghana, the National Accreditation Board NAB has given institutional accreditation to the Unique Citizens (University) College, North Legon, Accra, Ghana to operate as a private tertiary institution.

In addition to the institutional accreditation, the Board also gave the University the approval to launch 3-degree programmes (B.Sc.)

The programmes approved the regulatory board are; B.Sc. in Human Resources Management, B.Sc. Accountancy and B.Sc. Business Management.

In four separate letters; one for which is for the institutional accreditation while the remaining three are for each accredited courses, signed by the Executive Secretary of the Board, Dr. Kingsley Nyarko and addressed to the President, Unique Citizens College, North Legon, Accra, the accreditation takes effect from August 1, 2020, to July 31, 2023

According to the letter, the Board’s approval came to the effect following its decision at its 122^nd meeting held on July 23-24, 2020.

The letters added that the College should apply for the renewal of accreditation of the institution as well as the three programmes one year to the expiry date of the stated period of accreditation.

Dr. Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin

According to a statement from the President and Founder of the University, His Royal Eminence, Dr AbdulRahaman Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin, the institutional accreditation and approval of the programmes followed a series of visits by the National Accreditation Board, Accra, Ghana to the Unique Citizens (University) College, Accra, Ghana.

While giving thanks to God for the success, the renowned educationist expressed optimism that the Unique Citizens (University) College, Accra, Ghana will soon be given the go-ahead to run more degree programmes.

Dr Adedoyin is also the Chancellor and Founder of Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu-Ife, Nigeria, Our Saviors University, Delaware, USA.

Maye of Yorubaland Splashes N1m on Ife Timber Contractors Association

Maye of Yorubaland Splashes N1m on Ife Timber Contractors Association

……Promises Scholarships worth 20m naira to Ife Indigenes.

The Maye of Yorubaland and Chancellor, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government, His Royal Eminence (Dr) Abdul-Rahaman Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin has donated one million naira as assistance to Ife Timbers Contractors and Saw millers Association towards the completion of their projects.

Adedoyin gave the monetary gift at a program organised by the association recently at Ile-Ife at which he was nominated as the Life Patron.

In his address at the occasion, the President of the Association said Adedoyin was selected as the Life Patron because of his numerous contributions to the socio-economic development to humanity in  Ile-Ife in particular.

He noted that the last Life Patron of the association, the late Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Okunade Sijuwade rendered a lot of assistance to the association and left an indelible mark in their affairs and expressed optimism that the Maye of Yorubaland would even do better. He disclosed that over 15,000 Ife indigenes earn their living from the timber businesses in Ile-Ife forest reserve.

In his remark, the Maye of Yorubaland advised the members that as they cut trees, they should plant trees for the future. He also said he heard that the association is divided into two and advised them to bury their grievances. "Ile-Ife is one, the reserve had been there before us and we shall leave it there. Let it remain one. You do not need to divide yourself.”

He used the occasion to invite the other small group to come back. “I was with the Oba Okunade Sijuwade and the late Oba S F Omisakin when the representatives of the Osun State Government came to resolve an issue about the forest. The problem keeps on lingering because you people are divided. The reserve is very important to more than 50% of the people of Ile-Ife far before we were born.”

 

He also advised the people of Ile-Ife to beware of strangers dressed in borrowed clothes and big cars to deceive them. They have only come to steal the little that they have. ’Awa Ife, ijekuje ti a nje, oun lon kobawa, oun pawa lara,’ but I know that Ile-Ife is a spirit. If you do well, you get well.... it is a matter of time and history"

Meanwhile, Dr. Adedoyin has promised to grant scholarships worth over 20 million naira to Ife indigenes who passed the last Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board- JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination-UTME and are willing to school at Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ife North Local Government or at The Polytechnic, Ile-Ife or Oduduwa Polytechnic, Lagos.