Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University,
Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun (SAN), has revealed how the partnership
between his institution and ProvidusBank metamorphosed into the establishment
of a Computer Based Training Centre in the university.
Fagbohun commended the bank at a colourful ceremony
for the official commissioning of the University’s 500 capacity ultra-modern
CBTC at campus in Ojo recently.
He specially thanked the Managing Director, ProvidusBank,
Walter Akpani, for partnering with LASU.
Disclosing what transpired between him and the MD, Fagbohun
said “When the MD and his team visited me in my office; I told them that if you
are here for TETfund money it will not happen, they are always waiting for
where there is TETfund money.”
He had told the MD the kind of partner the
institution was looking for, “I told him the partner we are looking, a partner
who believes in Lagos State University, who believes in the students of Lagos
State University, who believes in the workforce of the Lagos State University,
ready and willing to partner with us in such a way there will be a win-win.
“And I noted if we have such a partner, every other
thing becomes an icing on the cake,” Fagbohun narrated.
He said the MD impressed him with his response when the
MD answered that “sitting beside you is the man you are looking for.”
Fagbonun harped on private sector participation in
providing services to the public when he said “We recognize the fact that
government cannot do it alone, Lagos State University, more than 38 years old,
we could not boast of a CBTC; that would meet the test of scrutiny. JAMB goes
on, we are not involved in that process because we didn’t have the facility,
and putting together the funds that would get us there, it was a challenge,
government do so much, but quite a number to achieve. So one of the things he
mentioned is CBT, and that was the beginning of this gigantic project (CBTC).
The Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab while commissioning the centre on behalf of his boss, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu assured the institution of the state’s readiness to support it especially in area of research that addresses the challenges of the state.
ProvidusBank Managing Director expressed the joy in achieving the project saying that the main aim of the project is to enable the students tested in atmosphere that measure up with world-class facility standard, assuring that the CBT center will still be relevant for the next 25years.
He added that profit was never a motivating factor in the project “Profit was never an objective when we started this journey, profit at the end might come but the objective is to have a place to conduct examination and also make them proud of being a student of this university” he said.
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