By Lekan Adejuwon
The Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, HRM, Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi, AFUNTADE 1, has expressed appreciation to the Federal Government for the establishment of a Federal College of Education in Ilawe Ekiti.
The Alawe expressed the appreciation in his palace today while making a formal announcement of the establishment of the institution to the people of the town
Oba Alabi in a statement by his Media Adviser, High Chief Ajibade Olubunmi said; “The institution marks another federal presence in Ekiti State and a positive development in Ilawe”
The Oba pointed out that the college will serve in the training and production of thorough-bred teachers for Ekiti and Nigerians as a whole.
The monarch revealed that the establishment came as a result of several requests made to the Federal government on the establishment of a higher institution in Ilawe Ekiti by the Alawe which started some time in 2016 and supported by patriotic Ilawe indigenes led by Mr Femi Falana SAN.
The monarch emphasized that all hands have been put on deck to provide a conducive environment for academic activities in the newly established Federal College of Education
Meanwhile a ten- man committee to oversee a seamless take off of the institution is being set up” the Alawe said.
In the meantime, the Federal government has named a Provost for the new College of Education. He is Dr.Ajigbade Ikuejube whose tenure according to a document from the Federal Ministry of Education has begun.
The Provost has since made contact with the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti who wished him a very successful tenure as the pioneer Provost of the institution. Oba Alabi assured Dr.Ikuejube of the community’s maximum support in the onerous task ahead.
Before his appointment as the pioneer provost of the new institution,Dr Ikuejube was an Acting Provost of the Adeyemi College of Education ,Ondo.
An experienced lecturer, the new Provost of the Federal College of Education,Ilawe Ekiti has been Vice- Dean, Dean and Chairman of committee of Deans among other positions while at the Adeyemi College of Education,Ondo.
Dr Ikuejube has authored not less than eighty (80) publications
He is a Christian and happily married.
