Gbenro Adesina
Ondo State Governor, Ogbeni Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on March 21, 2020 laid the foundation of a new university in Ondo State, University of Fortune.
He laid the foundation of the university’s Senate building, Faculties of Law, Humanities and Applied Health Sciences, hospital and staff quarters, among others.
In a brief speech by the governor at the foundation laying ceremony, the governor said that the university would bring development to Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area and Ondo State in general.
He promised that the state government would do everything to support the new institution.
Reacting, the founder of the new university, a Nigerian business mogul and politician, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim prophesied that Akeredolu would be re-elected for a second term in office adding that he would do everything possible to complete the major buildings that would be used to kick-start academic activities in the institution to make the Akeredolu administration proud.
His world, “If for nothing, I will do your administration proud by making sure that this University is built within a limited time. When you come back again, you are coming to commission this edifice as Governor of Ondo State. I do not need to tell you that if the Governor is coming back to commission this place, it cannot be less than the next one year and I have pronounced as the Araba of Osooro”.
Ibrahim said that the establishment of the university was borne out of genuine concern and the desire to make critical intervention in the delivery of quality university education in Nigeria.
He also said that the institution was put together to offer the finest university education, with its unique offerings and innovative delivery methodologies, coupled with great infrastructure designed to make learning conducive.
The business mogul added that the institution was desirable at this particular stage in Nigeria to promote rapid growth and response to intense demand for different skills.
