The Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti, Dr Tunji Olowolafe has donated a brand new Donfeng M3 (11 seater) mini bus for the use of the institution’s Department of Geology.
Other materials donated by the Chancellor to the Department included 5 units of workstation worth N20 million, plotter, a 15th generation laptop and HP colour laser printer.
The Department of Banking and Finance also got a donation of 12 sets of computer, courtesy of the Chancellor.
The General Manager, Tunji Olowolafe Foundation, Oyinkansola Familoni handed over the materials to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Babatola Ayodele at the university campus in Ado – Ekiti.
She said that the materials were donated by the Foundation as part of the Chancellor’s contribution to aid effective teaching and learning in Ekiti State University.
Receiving the materials on behalf of the Governing Council and Management, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Babatola Ayodele, who was visibly elated, expressed gratitude to the Chancellor for the generous donations. He described the Chancellor as “an uncommon philanthropist”.
The Vice Chancellor therefore urged the end users to make judicious use of all the materials and give periodic update, as according to him “the Chancellor would want to see the impact of the materials on the development of the university”.
