Babcock University unveils Centre for Vocational Studies in Oke-Ode, Kwara State

Babcock University has officially unveiled and opened its door for enrollment and admission into Babcock University Centre for Vocational Studies in Oke-Ode, Kwara State. Speaking during the official unveiling of the Center, the President/ Vice Chancellor of Babcock University, Prof Ademola Tayo said the Centre is being planted as a clarion call to drive entrepreneurship and reduce the high rate of unemployment across the country, noting that the unveiling of the Centre is the beginning of greater things to come to Oke-Ode. ‘The University has a very great vision for the Centre, our plan is to grow and develop it step by step’, he said. Prof Tayo urged the leaders of Oke-Ode community to work and partner with the University for the growth and development of the Centre especially in the area of student enrollment, stressing the need for their cooperation and collaboration with the University, which will encourage the University to invest more and bring the great plan it has for the Centre to fruition.

Also, the Senior Vice President/ Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic, Prof Philemon Amanze, while outlining the take-off programmes at the center urged the members of the community not to despise the days of humble beginnings, as he reminisced and likened the beginning of the Centre to the beginning of the Adventist Seminary of West Africa over sixty years ago, when it was established in a forest in Ilisan; before it transformed to the present Babcock University, which has become a global brand.