By Rotimi Ojomoyela

As the revenue profile of the nation continues to nose dive, Universities across the Country have been called upon to devise a means of shoring up their internally generated revenue and employment generations to complement the agenda of President   Muhammadu Buhari. The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Kayode Soremekun,   made the statement in Oye Ekiti over the weekend while inaugurating a 7-man committee for the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy in the University.

Soremekun , who took over   from   his   predecessor, Prof Isaac Asuzu, a couple of months ago , said the current economy situation in the country called for all tertiary institutions to seek other way of raising revenue to augment the subvention coming from the federal government.

The Vice Chancellor, who described the host town, Oye-Ekiti as a goldmine for the establishment of farm in the university, disclosed that the University has finalised arrangement for the establishment of mechanised farming to make the university a food basket and food security zone of the nation.

In his words, “When I came on board, I looked round and found out that we are sitting on goldmine.”

. This town good soil and very expansive land that we can deploy for mechanized farming   to provide employment for professionals from these institutions and ensure that we attain food security .