Ado-Ekiti—The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) will confer honorary degrees on former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen, Ooni of lfe, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, others at the grand finale of the Institution’s 10th convocation ceremonies.
Others are the Sultan of Sokoto caliphate, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah and the Oloye of Oye-Ekiti, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju Adugbole.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abayomi Fasina disclosed this during a press conference ahead of the University’s 10th Convocation Ceremony scheduled for 7th February, 2026.
He also stated that the University has emerged as one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing public universities, recording a 310% increase in its internally generated revenue.
Fasina described the achievements as evidence of institutional transformation within the federal university system over the past five years since his Inception into office on February 11, 2021.
According to the Vice-Chancellor, FUOYE is currently the fourth most subscribed university in Nigeria out of 303 institutions, a development he attributed to programme expansion, affordability and improved academic standards.
He stressed that the University has also expanded from eight to eighteen faculties, with 91 academic programmes now fully accredited, reflecting alignment with national manpower and development needs.
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According to him, the University will graduate a total number of 7,684 students at the 2026 convocation, including 7,396 undergraduates and 288 postgraduate students with 131 first-class graduates across faculties.
Fasina also revealed that the University has completed over 160 infrastructure projects within five years of his administration under what he described as the ‘Blue Roof Legacy’ including a new Senate Building, a 1,000-seater auditorium, academic buildings, hostels, laboratories and a Computer-Based Test Centre.
He noted that these projects were designed to support enrolment growth and improve teaching and research capacity across campuses.
In line with national priorities in healthcare and digital transformation, the university established new colleges in Medicine, Computing, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering and Data Science, positioning FUOYE to contribute to workforce development in critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Pic: At the center, addressing Journalists, FUOYE Vice-Chancellor, Prof Fashina