Former governor of Oyo State, Sen. Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria French Language Village Badagry where he addressed the students in the French Language, promising his continued and necessary support to the growth of the Village.
Ladoja, who is also the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan Land, had earlier met the Director/CEO of the French Village and his Management team in the Director’s office in the newly renovated administrative building.
The former governor, who was accompanied by his wife, Abibat, a Béninioise, later met with the students where he encouraged them to make a good opportunity of learning the French Language for their intellectual, professional and socioeconomic development.
Ladoja, who spoke to the students in the French Language, recollected his experience as a Chemical Engineering student at the Université de Liège, Belgium where he learnt the language, just as he also told the students that his knowledge of the French Language helped his outstanding performance as an Engineer with Total Oil Company where he was recruited as a French graduate upon graduation.
The former governor commended the Management of the Nigeria French Language Village under the able leadership of Prof. Lateef Babatunde Ayeleru (FNAL), saying he was in the Village during the administration of the pioneer Director/CEO, Prof. S. A. Ade-Ojo.
Ladoja, while noting that his visit was coming after some years, expressed satisfaction with the infrastructural revamping going on in the Village and, therefore, encouraged the Management team and staff to key into Ayeleru’s laudable vision for the Village.
The former governor, after his brief words of encouragement, which he made in the French Language, to the cross-section of the students in the Language Immersion Programme, some students asked questions and made comments in a very exciting interactive section.
In his votes of thank, the President of the Students’ Representatives Council, Mr Faith Willy Onukwo from UNIZIK thanked the former governor for his love for education, the youth and for being a francophile.
He appealed to the former governor to mobilize possible support for the development of the Nigeria French Language Village.
Present at the Village Auditorium, the venue of the Rencontre were the Director/CEO, Prof. Ayeleru; Deputy-Director, Dr E. A. Adeniyi; Registrar, Ms Ini Nwa; Bursar, represented by Mr Adekunle Akinola; Dean of Students’ Affairs, Dr M. A. Sanni; Deputy-Registrar (Students’ Affairs), Mrs Elizabeth Ayeni and Ms Dupe Lawani, a former freelance Journalist with RFI.
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