SchChat - School | First Technical University

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The Oyo state Government, under the leadership of the Former Executive Governor, Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi, in late November 2012 constituted the Implementation Committee for the planning and Implementation of First Technical University, Ibadan. The implementation Committee comprised former Vice-Chancellors, eminent Professors and professionals with considerable experience in higher education. The University, a product of very strong vision, had its first major event in the history of its formation in a way of the retreat, held in Ibadan, between the 12th and 17th day of November, 2012. The purpose of this retreat was to bring together professionals, stakeholders, business persons, visionary individuals and achievers from all spheres of life to deliberates on the strategies best applicable to the objectives of this great dream; an Educational Institution that is world class, that can produce globally competitive graduates; trained for high performance in industry, solving current economic problems of today’s world and charting the course for the re-enactment of standardized (Nigerian) Education sector while placing the spot light back on Oyo state, Nigeria, custodian of the first tertiary Institution in Nigeria. The Institutional project, “driven” by the Oyo state Government, is conceived as a public- private-partnership (PPP) rights from its inception. This is a brand-new concept in Institutional ownership and hence management in these climes, no doubt. Thus, solidly based on the foundation of a knowledge economy, such an Institution would become the wealth and employment creation hub of Oyo State, the “oil” and “diamond” resource of Oyo State, the driver of real and visible development and the leverage to freedom from poverty and underdevelopment.