*Bags NANS Icon Award

Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has bagged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Icon Award.

The governor was presented with the award at the weekend as part of the activities marking the commissioning of the Adekunle Ajasin University Senate Building. The award was at the instance of NANS Zone D, South West Nigeria.

At the commissioning cum award presentation, Dr Mimiko promised that his administration will not relent in moving Ondo to the next level of sustainable development in all sectors, stressing that the   provision of quality education for the citizenry assumes a matter of great concern for the   administration within the context of the socio-economic environment.

According to him, the construction of the four -winged, five storey  Senate Building located on 12 hectares of land commenced on March 7 2012, and  wholly funded by the Ondo State Government.

The governor identified infrastructural decay as a major challenge confronting tertiary and other institutions across the country, noting that his administration has continued to tackle this challenge in all the state-owned institutions.

He expressed delight that the huge investment of his administration in tertiary education has continued to yield result and attracted recognition from within and outside the country as  the United States Transparency International Standards (USTIS) recently declared the Adekunle Ajasin University, the best state-owned university in Nigeria and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, adjudged the best state polytechnic in Nigeria.