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Sunday 23 November 2014

Mimiko offers automatic employment for First Class degrees at AAUA

font size decrease font size increase font size Print Email 20.Nov.2014 DISQUS_COMMENTS Yinka Oladoyinbo-Akure GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State last week made an offer of automatic employment to students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), who were able to obtain First Class degrees and desired to work with the government. He made the offer in his speech at the 5th convocation ceremony of the university, saying that his administration is determined to make the institutions in the state globally competitive. “The building of Mega Primary Schools in major towns in Ondo State is aimed at complementing our efforts at revitalizing our public schools. We are training and re-training our teachers, and we are putting in place the needed instructional materials with the ultimate purpose of producing bright students for our tertiary institutions,” he said. While lauding the staff of the university for their efforts, Mimiko urged the students to cooperate with the university administration so that academic programmes would continue to run smoothly. “I understand that the policy of the university of retaining the best among the graduands is still in place, so that they could add value to the university and have opportunity to pursue higher degrees under the sponsorship of the university. “This administration will continue to give its full support to this laudable initiative. In the event there is any of you who made a First Class and is desirous of working in the Ondo State Service, such a candidate will be given automatic employment,” he said. Governor Mimiko also expressed satisfaction at the institutionalization policy of AAUA and many successes recorded by the university in recently time, including being voted Best State University in Nigeria in a nationwide survey undertaken by the United States Transparency International Standard, USTIS, and leading the Nigerian Law School Bar Examinations nationally this year by a Law graduate of the University, Opeyemi Akeem Longe.