PROF OLOYEDE HAS BEEN
FIRED
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We are quick to forget what we do, but time is recoding the incidences and the book of history is doing well by putting it into record.
Prof. Oloyede (iclrs.org)
Some few years back, I was surfing the net and
I checked the Nations newspaper, I saw something that didn’t just steal my attention
but stole me all completely. It was the piece of a student now a Barrister
Lawyer, Whyte Habeeb, where he was asking the Vice-chancellor then to be fired.
Everybody must have taught the very same way I taught that day. I was of the
mind the man had spent his tenure unproductively, for a student to have raised
such a mighty word like “fire”. Only to read through, to understand the writer
was just playing with words. The idiom that you don’t judge a book by its cover
then made some sense to me.
Prof Oloyede assumed office as the
Vice-chancellor of the Better By Far Institution, University of Ilorin on the
15th of October, 2007, for a single term of five years. He was sure
to input his part to the development of the school. Notable among the roles he
played was in the instilling of discipline in every corner of the school even
its lawn! You will agree with me that the beginning of success comes from been
disciplined, this am sure he used in taking Unilorin to the ranks. He built a
palace of legacy down for himself, that even long after the service as the
Vice-chancellor,
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history still points at him as one of those that went down well in its book.
L-R Ambassador Laseinde, Prof. Oloyede and
Dr. Mahfous Adedimeji (thenewsnigeria.com.ng)
The political world should learn a lesson
from this; and it is that the beautiful book of history pens our actions down
every point in time. The today we leave is a complement of what our yesterday
has been, and if caution is still taken, tomorrow would definitely be better.
This is evident in the life of Prof Oloyede, who spent his yesterday working on
how his today would be, and good for him, he his climbing heights by the day,
and if he continues in this way, he has
no worries, as tomorrow will hold bigger rewards. It’s not all about
what positions bring; it’s about what remains when we are out of there.
Congratulations to Prof Oloyede, on the
success of his new appointment as the new Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) Boss.
