NSE declares ABUAD a template for Engineering education in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has declared Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD’s) Engineering programme as a template for Engineering education in Nigeria.
The declaration is predicated on the quantum of the modern, sophisticated and state-of-the-art equipment and teaching facilities from the US, Spain, England and Germany as well as the quality personnel of international repute manning the University’s Engineering programme.
Speaking after a facility tour of the university’s vast College of Engineering built on 2.5 hectares of land and commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan on October 19, 2013, the NSE President, Engr. Isaac Olorunfemi, confessed that what he met on ground, in terms of equipment, was far more in excess of what was contained in the report submitted by the combined team of the NUC and NSE that came for the accreditation of the University’s Engineering programme in January 2015.
At the end of the Accreditation visit by COREN in January 2015, all the university’s seven Engineering Programmes: Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering as well as Civil Engineering were accorded full accreditation.
Olorunfemi who wondered that despite the large number of sophisticated equipment, about 50% of which are exclusive to ABUAD, the Founder of the frontline University, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, keeps on adding more almost on a daily basis, to the extent that only last Thursday, Babalola paid the sum of $4,000 to ship in additional Engineering equipment worth more that $250,000.
His words:”What I saw in the College of Engineering is not only amazing, it is also incredible. I will not only come back, I will spread the gospel for others to come here and see the wonder in Engineering”.
He therefore encouraged the University to take maximum advantage of the pool of the sophisticated equipment to partner with some industries nationally and internationally, adding that “with all these, there is no reason why the income of the university with not be more than that of the state 10 years down the line”.
He therefore called on institutions, parents and students to avail themselves of these facilities which have no equal anywhere in Africa. Olorunfemi was so impressed with what he saw that he made on-the-spot contacts with four companies to explore the possibility of collaborating with ABUAD, emphasizing the symbiotic benefits of such collaborations.
Responding, a jubilant Babalola said the NSE endorsement was a further confirmation of the unanimous national and international recognition that ABUAD is not only a template, it is a model, benchmark and reference point in quality and functional education.
He said he has committed a lot of his hard-earned resources and his goodwill to the College of Engineering and indeed the whole University because of his avowed determination to produce Engineers and other professionals that will be able to be relevant in the contemporary competitive job market.