The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has unfolded plans to invest in biogas technology.
The varsity is also taking advantage of its fertile land resources to invest in Commercial Agriculture
The Vice Chancellor,Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina,disclosed this at the pre- press conference heralding activities lined up for the 7th Convocation ceremonies said the step became imperative inorder to reduce the running cost .
He explained that the varsity was expending huge resources on power consumption due to the multi-campus system being operated by the institution.
He expressed optimism that the project, when fully developed would supply power to the university and serve nine other communities where the institution is running part-time programmes.
He hinted that the current economic realities demanded that stakeholders think outside the box inorder to pull through.
Fasina urged his management team members to always think about what they can give back to the institution inorder to make the university a world class .
According to him , the institution under his management had become one of the most-sought after in Nigeria due to stable academic calendar and great feats in scholarship.
He added: ” FUOYE is the 5th most subscribed university in the country in the 2021/2022 academic session with over 45,000 admission seeker.In the 2022/2023 academic session, we had over 53,000 admission seekers subscribing to FUOYE”.
