By Olatide Faith

ADEKUNLE Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, will inaugurate its newly completed four-wing and five-storey Senate Building on Friday, October 17,2014.

The Senate Building, which provides for 16,000 square metres of exquisite office space on a 12-hectare land, will be inaugurated by the Visitor to the University and Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko at 10:00 am.

The five-storey Senate Building Complex is a well-thought-out architectural masterpiece with 4 (four) wings radiating round a central courtyard that helps to illuminate the core area of the complex.

Each wing has a central circulation that links the circular circulation of the courtyard for easy connection to one another. The courtyard also serves as a waiting/relaxation space. The world-class edifice, houses the Vice Chancellor’s Office, the Registry and the Bursary, among others.  The state-of-the-art facilities in the Building comprise the Senate Chamber, Council Chamber, a large Reception Hall, Cocktail and Entertainment Lounge, five stair halls, three lifts, covered Courtyard and a large foyer.Other facilities include 104 parking lots with capacity to extend, 143 offices, 149 toilets, 11 Conference/Board rooms and a Generator House housing two 1,000 KVA generators.  It also has two fountains, open Piazza that can sit 2,500 people.

Students who have visited the edifice have showered praises on the School administration for continuing on its quest on making the University a “21st century University, properly called”.