The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local Content and Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Sen. Teslim Kolawole Folarin has handed over the facilitated Ultra modern vocational center to the management of University of Ibadan, Ibadan.
The handing over of an ultra modern Vocational Centre built by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board ( NCDMB) was done on Friday, 19th August, 2022 at the Ajibade extension of the University.
Folarin, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Oyo State is an alumnus of the premier varsity where he bagged B.Sc Political Science.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale, FAS, mni, in his speech assured that the Centre will be put to the best use adding that the confidence reposed in the University by the facilitator, an alumnus, will be justified.
The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, FNSE said the Centre was established with a view to engaging and training the youths to achieve proficiency in Vocational and Entrepreneurship development in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering as well as Welding and Fabrication.
He said the UI vocational school will breed a new set of field ready craftsmen, who would ensure that we change the narrative from dependence on imported goods and equipment to full reliance on Nigerian made products.
“Our mantra is that we produce what we use in the oil and gas industry and employ our people to use what we produce in Nigeria” he stated.
