FUTA VC urges students to acquire extra skills

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, has urged students to acquire extra skills in order to have a unique selling point.

According to him, having good knowledge in foreign language, software skills or a higher degree in an uncommon course will give them added advantage in the labour market.

Daramola said this during an interaction with the student union officials of the university.

Daramola, who said Information and Communication Technology had made learning broader, urged the students to access diverse information and opportunities that would broaden their horizon.

The VC also challenged them to endeavour to engage in dialogue, saying that it is key to reaching mutual understanding with university authorities, government, communities and other stakeholders.

According to him, protests by students cause setback and destroy the system.

“The university is a civilised place where ideas can be cross-fertilised to achieve the best result,” he said.

He urged the student leaders to always embrace peace and curtail militancy among their members.

Daramola said he was optimistic that before the end of his tenure, FUTA would rank as one of the first five universities in Nigeria.

He said, “The process of building a world-class institution is a long process but FUTA is steadily becoming a first-class university globally. We have overtaken some of the old generation universities, but we can still do better.”

The student union team, which included Mr. Tesleem Okunlola and Miss Oyewunmi Balogun, thanked the VC for his advice, assuring him that they would continue to engage in constructive engagement with the authorities and other stakeholders.