ILESA, NIGERIA– The Osun State Guv, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Tuesday commissioned 5 recently completed facilities jobs at the University of Ilesa (UNILESA), stating that his administration has actually fully delivered on its promise to transform the institution into a practical reality.
The commissioning ceremony, held at the university’s campus on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, marked a major milestone for the organization.
It is among a series of prominent instructional interventions carried out by the state federal government within the week, following the main investiture of the President of Bovas Group, Mrs Victoria Samson, as the third Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) in Osogbo.
Redefining the Landscape of UNILESA
The newly commissioned jobs at the University of Ilesa were designed to straight boost scientific training, student welfare, and scholastic delivery.
Dealing with an event of standard rulers, academic leaders, and Ijesa indigenes, Governor Adeleke highlighted that the fast transformation of the school has silenced critics who as soon as dismissed the university as a mere political stunt.
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“From an audio declaration by the previous administration, our federal government enacted a state law establishing the university, offering a framework for its governance,” Guv Adeleke stated.
“To our royal fathers and the whole Ijesa kids and daughters, I have satisfied my promise to make this university a reality. Your dream, our dream, is a reality that nobody can play politics with.”
Performed Campus Interventions
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilesa, Teacher Taiwo Asaolu, expressed deep gratitude to the state federal government, noting that in just three years, UNILESA has progressed into a bustling scholastic neighborhood boasting 12 faculties, 110 scholastic programs, and more than 15,000 students.
Beyond physical structures, the Governor noted other vital workers interventions in UNILESA, consisting of the smooth transition of staff from the defunct Osun State College of Education, the upward evaluation of staff member well-being plans, and the conversion of agreement personnel to long-term, pensionable status.
Mrs Victoria Samson Set Up as UNIOSUN Chancellor
In an associated development on the state’s higher education front, Guv Adeleke conducted the main investiture of Mrs Victoria Adunola Samson (widely known as Mama BOVAS) as the third Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN).
The investiture ceremony, which was held at the Olagunsoye Oyinlola Auditorium on the Osogbo main campus, saw Mrs Samson be successful popular benefactor Apostle Folorunso Alakija following the expiration of her ten-year period.
To align with the grand chancellor setup, Guv Adeleke inaugurated a suite of freshly finished projects at UNIOSUN, including a contemporary sports complex, a three-in-one lab science complex, a 1,300-capacity lecture theatre, and an 850-capacity lecture hall.
The Guv charged the new chancellor to bring her comprehensive four decades of private-sector business experience to bear in expanding the university’s infrastructural reach and cementing its position amongst Nigeria’s leading 10 organizations.