Nigeria: Ex Babcock VC, Tayo, Channels Book Launch Fund to Charity

Barely six months after a book launch in his honour, Professor Ademola S. Tayo, Babcock University's immediate past President/Vice-Chancellor, has pledged the proceeds to fund an educational support initiative for indigent students.

The initiative will provide an annual sponsorship for 10 students from Oke-Ila Orangun and 5 others from Inisha both in Osun State, as well as a yearly prize for Babcock's overall best graduating student.

"Education restores dignity, unlocks potential, and builds nations. This project will continue to open doors for deserving students long after we are gone," he said, adding: "This initiative is our way of ensuring that the kindness represented by this book continues to multiply itself through transformed lives and future leaders."

Prof. Tayo who said he was deeply "humbled" that the Committee members considered what he described as his modest contribution to the University and to Christian education worthy of documentation, explained that the scholarship would not be limited to students in public institutions but will extend its reach to deserving candidates across diverse educational settings.

To ensure sustainability, the funds will be strategically invested, with the yearly dividends dedicated to providing partial scholarships. The Education Foundation will be managed by a board, ensuring transparency, accountability, and continuity.

Designed to last in perpetuity, the Foundation will span beyond the lifetime of its founders, serving as a lasting legacy of commitment to education and faith.

"Books are powerful instruments. Buildings may age, policies may change, and administrations may pass, but books preserve ideas, values, struggles, lessons, and legacies," he said. "Through books, experiences become teachers to people we may never meet. Through books, history speaks to the future. Through books, leadership becomes accountable to posterity. Therefore I do not take this gesture lightly."

He attributed whatever achievements were recorded during those years to God's grace, the cooperation of dedicated colleagues, the support of the Board, Council, parents, staff, students, alumni, the church, and countless partners who believed in the vision of Babcock University."

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