Ogun Rewards OGITECH Best Graduating Students With Immediate Employment

THE Ogun State government has rewarded Messrs Lawal David and Emmanuel Ogunleye, who both emerged as best overall graduating students of the Ogun State Institute of Technology (OGITECH), with immediate employment.


Lawal and Ogunleye were the first graduating students in the history of the institute to emerge with distinctions in their respective courses.The state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, made this known during the institutes 4th convocation ceremony and conferment of the institute’s Fellowship Award programme for the 2019/2020 academic session held at the institute’s premises at Igbesa, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state.


Governor Abiodun, represented by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbagbu, pledged his administration’s commitment to educational development through the provision of conducive environment, adequate facilities and funds for teaching and learning to thrive.The governor urged the graduates to think out of the box and not add to the growing rate of unemployment in the country.He also enjoined them to see the academic awards as a starting point, while charging them to be creative and think of whatever they could do to be employers of labour.The governor acknowledged the steady growth and development of the institute, pointing out that it had evolved to define the state’s renowned academic excellence, integrity and honour.


Abiodun applauded the school for being prudent with its internally-generated revenue, promising that the government would continue to support it for the greater growth of all the stakeholders and promote excellence among the students.In her address, the rector of the institute, Dr Olufunke Akinkurolere, said that the programme and courses available in the school were designed to ensure that industries around them could provide employment opportunities for the graduates.