The event was held in Epe, Lagos State.

Speaking at the occasion, the Provost of the College, Associate Professor, Nosiru Olajide Onibon, spoke about the excellence for which he said MOCPED was noted.

According to him, students of the institution could compete favourably with those of other universities in the nation.

He said the excellence of the school had been well displayed in different competitions, including debates, the school had participated in on different occasions.

One of such, he said was the debate organised by the National Association of Students of English Language, NASEL, for the students of English Language in South West Universities in Nigeria.

“UI/MOCPED student came first in the debate,” Onibon said.

He also pointed out that the college had had a smooth academic calendar without any hitch apart from the one created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He said even then, the college engaged students in e-learning to ensure that their time was not wasted.

“All these were possible because the college is well equipped with relevant Information Communication Technologies,” Onibon said.

The provost added that the college had a well equipped ICT centre to cater for relevant needs of students and staff.

Warning the new students against indecent activities, the provost said that MOCPED had zero tolerance for cultism, hooliganism and corruption.

He advised students to be of good conduct, shun examination malpractice and other vices that could put their career in jeopardy.

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, represented by Professor Kolawole Akinsola, said the matriculation exercise came several months late due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

According to the vice chancellor, it was a great privilege to be a member of the University of Ibadan, which had a proven track record and reputation of academic excellence as well as a trusted and tested solid reputation for the quality in its graduates.

The vice-chancellor further stated that the mission of the university was to expand the frontiers of knowledge as well as produce all round developed graduates who would contribute to the transformation of the society.

He further said that the university would not in any way shirk its responsibility to produce highly disciplined and responsible student.

He said the university placed high premium on moral uprightness.

The orientation for the new intakes came up last Thursday.

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Onibon made the assertion during the matriculation ceremony for newly admitted NCE students of the college for 2019/2020 academic session held on Wednesday.

The provost in his speech urged the students not to look down at the admission offered them as admission process in the country had become quite tedious.

He admonished the students to obey all the rules and regulations guiding all aspects of their studentship.

He further stated that plans would be made to release the students handbook for them to be properly guided as ignorance would not be accepted as an excuse for any misdemeanour.

Onibon also expressed appreciation to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for giving priority to Education as part of his administration’s agenda.

The provost, on behalf of the management and the college community felicitated with the matriculating students and urged them to do everything within their capabilities to make the college great.

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The inauguration took place on Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Professor Peter Okebukola, former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, is also a member of the prestigious programme.

The programme addresses specific regional development challenges, primarily relying upon the following priorities – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Environment and Applied Sciences.

It would be recalled that earlier in 2019, Onibon was nominated into the membership of the Governing Council of Fountain University, Oshogbo.

In the two years of his assumption as Provost of MOCPED, he has had quite a number of achievements under his belt.

The college community, in a statement, on Thursday congratulated the provost, describing his achievement as huge.

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In his opening remarks during the thanksgiving service , Associate Professor Onibon enumerated his achievements which he said had highly repositioned the college to achieve the aims of its founding fathers.

The achievements, according to the him included the  process of clearing backlog of results of students since 2013 to date, the successful fourth convocation ceremony of the college held on August 21, 2019 which was presided over by the Special Adviser on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Waheeb, who represented the Visitor and Proprietor of the college, Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu.

He listed the successful processing of over three thousand certificates of the college graduates, part time, full-time and outreach centres as other achievements of his administration.

The certificates are ready for collection.

He further stated that the college graduated the first batch of 22 students of the of the University of Ibadan affiliated programmes with two at First Class level, started a Professional Diploma in Education and successfully held interview towards resuscitating the outreach centres of the college to begin Degree Sandwich programme.

Onibon also mentioned accessed Tetfund projects which include ongoing building of a storey structure of classrooms and offices with one smart classroom; supply of some educational materials and office equipment and the continuation of stranded Tetfund projects.

The provost also expressed his gratitude to the state governor for the release of N200 million as a bailout which enabled the college to pay part of her debt liabilities.

The liabilities, he said, included gratuity to retirees and  deceased persons, on old scheme; payment of 14 years pension arrears for retirees and deceased staffers; part payment of non-remitted tax deductions; payment of 48 months non-remitted pension deductions of the retirees and deceased persons on new pension scheme and payment of two months (making three month) out of the seven months inherited salary arrears owned the staffers.

Nosiru Onibon earlier in the day laid the foundation of cassava proccessing factory.

Onibon assumed office as the Provost on January 2, 2018 and the college successfully held the 25th anniversary on December 19, 2019.

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Onibon’s nomination was made known during the  Biennial World Conference of Nassrul-Lahi-Li Fathi Society, NASFAT, held at Obasanjo Presidential  Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Fountain University, Osogbo, was established by the Nassrul-Lahi-Li Fathi Society in 2007.

It is a privately owned Islamic faith based university in Osun State.

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That will be followed by an exhibition of all college and departmental products and achievements, historical pictures and events.

The exhibition will be on till ht end of the anniversary.

Marriage seminar will come up same day after the press conference and it will feature quiz competition on how well the staffers of the college know their spouses.

Tuesday will be for medical checkups on Diabetes, Hypertension and Eye.

Medical professionals will be on ground for Health Talks immediately after the check up.

Anniversary Lecture will hold on Wednesday and the Guest Lecturer is Professor Leke Fakoya from LASU.

There will be a Novelty Match between Women in Colleges of Education, WICE and Male Staff of the College; table tennis among other indoor games will hod at the college sport ground after the convocation lecture.

On Thursday, December 12, 2019, there will be seminar for students on preparing for a glorious future, pick and talk section and talents section.

The grand finale of the anniversary is luncheon and long service award which will come up on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Multipurpose hall.

The series of activities started with health walk by staffers and students of the College from the College gate to Ita-Marun on Thursday, November 28, 2019, followed by a film show title The Weeping President.

Jumat and Thanksgiving Service were observed respectfully on Friday, November 2019.

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The disclosure was made on Friday by the Provost of the College, Associate Professor Nosiru Olajide Onibon.

He said cheques had been issued for those on the old pension scheme, while the arrears of unremmited pension fund deductions since 2005 had also been paid up to date.

According to Onibon, 48 months of unremitted deductions had already been paid and the retirees and family members of the deceased could access them through pension fund administrators.

12 retired and deceased members on old scheme, he said, received their gratuity, while 36 members had their 48 months of unremitted pension deductions fully paid.

In the same vein, the Provost disclosed that the College had paid unremitted tax deductions.

Meanwhile, Onibon has expressed appreciation over the support the management had been enjoying from the government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

He said the government made the payments possible as a result of the bailout given to the college.

Stating the desire of the college to improve in the area of staff development, he appealed to the government to do more to help the college.

Onibon also expressed his appreciation to the staff of the college for their understanding.

He said they should be more patient as all would be well.

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This was made known on Thursday by the Provost of MOCPED, Associate Professor, Nosiru Olajide Onibon.

He said 22 degree students graduated with two of them coming out with First Class.

The result, he said, was ready for collection.

Excited about the development, Onibon praised members of staff of the college for their hard work.

According to him, the achievement would not have been possible without their dedication.

He urged them to do more to enable the school achieve more success.

Meanwhile, the provost has announced that the forms for the 2019/2020 admission into University of Ibadan degree in affiliation with MOCPED was still available.

He said interested persons could apply online through MOCPED portal.

The degree progreamme, he said started with the 2016/2017 academic session.

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He made the call in a congratulatory message to muslims across the world on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir which holds on Sunday.

Stressing the need to learn from the lesson of sacrifice and submission to God that comes with the muslim festival, he said no effort would be too much in contributing to the improvement of the school.

According to him, the college needed all the selfless service it could get to make it better.

Onibon also used the opportunity to announce the coming convocation ceremony and the 26^th anniversary of the institution.

He said while the convocation would come up on August 29, 2019, the 25^th anniversary would hold in December, 2019.

The Provost emphasised the importance of the two events and enjoined all stakeholders towards making them successful.

On behalf of the Governing Council and Management of the college, Onibon expressed appreciation to the school community, saying the support enjoyed from them had been tremendous.

He said with further cooperation and support, the dream of making the institution the very best would be achieved with ease.

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Onibon made this plea at the Epe stakeholders meeting, held at MOCPED.

The theme of the event is “Next level: Whither Epe Division .”

The Provost said that the call became necessary in order to boost the commercial activities in the communities and create employment opportunity for the indigenes.

He noted that certain amenities were necessary for the government to take Nigeria to the next level in line with the determination of President Muhammodu Buhari-led APC administration.

Some of the abandoned sites, he said, were Epe Plywood, Oluwo Fish Market, Boats Yard, Adebowale Lamp Industry, Sungbo Eredo, Ejirin Market and other tourists attraction sites.

Professor Onibon noted that Epe division enjoyed copious rainfall typical of the rainforest belt of Nigeria.

“Epe land is fertile and suitable for agriculture. The forest provides raw material for veritable boat building industry,” he said.

He then expressed his displeasure over the backwardness of Epe division among other divisional areas of Lagos State.

He said Ikorodu, Badagry, Lagos Island and Ikeja divisions had surpassed Epe in the areas of infrastructure development.

He further stressed the need for an enabling environment, ease of transportation, as well as improved security.

Onibon commended the past administration of Lagos State led by Akinwunmi Ambode for providing Epe division with some basic infrastructure.

He said some of the basic amenities needed for the next level government should include strong, functional institutions that could stand the test of time.

Some of the basic amenities according to him were motorable roads, constant power supply, regular supply of pipe borne water, affordable and qualitative education.

He further stressed the need for enabling  environment for business to grow, improved and accessible health services, ease transportation system as well as improved security of lives and properties.

In his own contribution, Oba Babatunde Ogunlaja, the Aladeshoyin of Noforija, urged the state government to improve on security surveillances in the division.

He said that protection of life and properties should be government’s top priority for people in Epe division and the entire citizens of Nigeria.

The monarch appealed to both federal and state representatives in Epe division to be upright in discharging their mandates.

He urged the present administration of Lagos State to fulfil their campaign promises for Epe division people and to Lagos state in general.

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