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The out-going Vice Chancellor of
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Michael Faborode yesterday
said a five-year single term should be enough for any Vice Chancellor
willing to perform in office and that those seeking for elongation are
not actually serious about service.

Mr Faborode, who spoke yesterday in
Osogbo during a thank-you visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ) Correspondents’ Chapel, Osun State Chapter, said:
“Infrastructures of the university are nothing to write home about when
I took over as the vice chancellor. Many projects are in the state of
abandonment and as responsible leaders, we had to work very hard to
revert the institution to its lost glory and set it on a high pedestal.
“When I took over, I came to the realisation that you cannot inherit
such an edifice as OAU and mess it up. The general maintenance on
campus now revealed that we are living better than the way we met it.
All moribund companies on the campus have been revived to secure the
future of the university.

Credible elections

He lauded the press, Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), the NYSC and others for a good
job during the just-concluded general elections.

“Everybody was apprehensive that the
exercise will end up in disaster and one can see that INEC has very
good intention,” he said.

On how to secure food security, Mr
Faborode advocated for proper organisation of agriculture policies.
“The construction of Natural History Museum sponsored by Leventis
Foundation, New Post-graduate building constructed by an alumnus of the
institution, ICT building sponsored by Skye Bank and others were not
part of the original plans when we took over the administration of the
university,” he said.