The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has emerged the overall best in the just-concluded Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology (CODET) academic contest for all engineering faculties in Nigerian universities.
The school disclosed this on Saturday in a statement jointly signed by Mr Wole Balogun, Special Adviser on Media Matters and Mr Foluso Ogunmodede, Chief Information Officer to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, in Oye-Ekiti.
The statement said that FUOYE retained the topmost position in CODET which was held in Abuja after clinching a trophy in the 2018 edition of the contest.
According to the school, the implication of the award is that FUOYE has the best Mechatronics Department in Nigeria and equally offers the best training in engineering courses.
It said that the current Director of the institution’s Directorate of Pre-Degree programmes and an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Dr Adekunle Adefemi, who represented the programmes and the vice chancellor received the honour on behalf of FUOYE in Abuja on Aug. 11.
“We came first at the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology (CODET) contest in Abuja and FUOYE was decorated on Aug.11 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, for the first position in single categories and emerging second best in the group categories, as well,’’ the statement quoted Adefemi as saying.
He recalled that FUOYE took the first position in CODET competition in 2018.
Recalling the 2018 win, Adefemi said, “FUOYE team topped all the engineering competitors by coming first in group competition with robotic surveillance car with night vision camera that can be viewed from home.”
