BY SIKIRU AKINOLA, OAU

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, has re-stated his readiness to continue to support anybody or a group of people who are willing to use their talents, intellect and resources to further project the image of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, to the outside world.

Oba Sijuwade made the commitment in Ile-Ife when the newly inaugurated Governing Council of OAU paid him a courtesy visit in his palace.

Led by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Professor Roland Ndoma-Egba, the royal father charged members of Council to use their individual wealth of experience to collectively take OAU to a much greater height so that its image would remain towering in the comity of universities not only in Africa but globally.

Expressing his appreciation for the visit, the Ooni prayed that OAU will witness and experience unprecedented progrees, success and development during their tenure. He pointed out that hardworking members of the Council would make the job of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bamitale Omole, much easier and be more pronounced.

Earlier, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Professor Roland Ndoma-Egba, commended the monarch for using his royalty to bring about positive changes to Ile-Ife.