…As varsity celebrates out-going Vice-Chancellor Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina in grand style
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (GCON), his imperial majesty, Ooni of lfe, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11, the Sultan of Sokoto caliphate, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III (CFR) and the respected Matthew Hassan Kukah who is Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, as well as his royal majesty, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju Adugbole, Oloye of Oye-Ekiti, the paramount ruler of the host town of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Oye-Ekiti kingdom, will be garlanded with the honoraris causa (Honorary Doctorate degree) of the prestigious University during the grand finale of the 10th Convocation ceremonies of the University on Saturday 7th, February, 2026. This is just as the University community, comprising students and staff, celebrates the exemplary leadership and enduring legacies of Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, the out-going Vice-Chancellor of the University in grand style.
According to a press statement signed by the chairman, Convocation ceremonies’ Sub-committee on Media & Publicity, Prof. (Reverend sister) Chika Asogwa, and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, the epoch-making event which would be the final convocation ceremonies under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina, would kick off gracefully on Sunday 1st February, 2026 with a Valedictory church service in honour of Prof. Fasina whose tenure lapses on 10th February, 2026.
The Vice-Chancellor’s press conference featuring Prof. Fasina’s usual address to the media on his achievements in office is fixed for 2nd February, 2026. This time, the amiable Vice-Chancellor will be presenting his outstanding achievements for the past five years of excellent, selfless and outstanding stewardship to the University to the media personnels invited to grace the occasion. Immediately after the VC’s press briefing, official commissioning of legacy projects of Prof. Fasina and his management team kicks off with the commissioning of Academic Affairs building, Senate building, Faculty of social sciences building and new Faculty of Law office block. This will be complemented with the ground breaking ceremony of such projects as faculty of Arts building, faculty of communication and media studies building, College of Medicine complex and the faculty of computer and information engineering building.
On Tuesday, the third day of the Convocation ceremonies, the University rolls out free medical services to host communities in Oye-Ekiti and lkole-Ekiti. This will be followed with the induction of the engineering students in lkole campus and concluded with the Senate Valedictory session equally in honour of the out-going Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Sunday Fasina.
On Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 the launching of a book (memoirs) titled: “Holding the Rudder: My Years Steering FUOYE”, authored by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fasina, will feature as the VC shares his wealth of experience during his five-year tenure of managing the affairs of the University. This will be complemented elegantly with the awards of excellence to deserving members of staff of the University. On the fifth day of the Convocation ceremonies, Thursday, 5th February, a Valedictory lecture in honour of Prof. Fasina for an exemplary and excellent service wholeheartedly rendered by the amiable Vice-Chancellor and his hardworking team will be delivered. Adding colour to the event on the fifth day, is the command performance of a Convocation play by the Department of Theatre and Media Arts as currently being headed by Associate Professor Mike Adeoye.
On the eve of the grand finale of the Convocation ceremonies, Friday, 6th February, 2026, a planned faculties’ valedictory session and students’ valedictory session which celebrate Prof. Fasina and his team’s milestones in the past five years will hold. The Muslim valedictory service which would hold as the Friday Jumait service, complementing the earlier Sunday Christian Valedictory service, will also hold at mid-day just as the Chancellor’s dinner, a cocktail party, will conclude the day’s festivities.
The grand finale of the University’s 10th Convocation ceremonies holds elegantly on Saturday, 7th February , 2026, with grand activities heralding the occasion. It kicks off with a Convocation lecture to be delivered by Bishop Kukah. Honorary Doctorate awards to be conffered on Bishop Kukah, Sultan of Sokoto, Ooni of lfe, retired justice Onnoghen and Oloye of Oye-Ekiti, Oba Ademolaju. The August occasion will gracefully end with awards of Bachelor degrees, Post- Graduate degrees and diplomas of the University to deserving graduands who are the celebrants of the Convocation ceremonies, and the appointment of Emeritus Professors, Chinedu Nebo. Isaac Azusu and Kayode Soremekun who are former Vice-Chancellors of the University.
