Skye Bank Plc has donated a N600m state-of-the-
art Information and Communication Technology
centre to the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-
Ife, Osun State.

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer of the bank, Mr. Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti,
handed over the centre to the Vice Chancellor,
OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, on Tuesday.

Built on the campus of the university, the 700-
seater centre, according to Durosinmi-Etti, will
expand the frontiers of education and aid learning.

He said N150m was spent on the construction of
the centre, while N450m was used for
procurement and installation of equipment.

Omole said the centre would be utilised to
harness modern technology for effective and
efficient learning, and research.

"The problem of large classes will soon be a thing
of the past as lecturers and students can interact
real-time online," Omole said.

Durosinmi-Etti, on his part, said, "It is our desire
to support causes that are of benefit to aid the
extension of the frontiers of education.

"The application of information technology in our
education has assumed a more important
dimension as it confers several advantages."

Speaking on the occasion, the Pro Chancellor,
OAU, Prof. Rowland Ndoma-Egba, said, "With
this magnanimity from Skye Bank, the university
should maintain its lead in ICT education with a
view to developing software that are
technologically advanced, but purposely
indigenous.

"OAU is coming to a point that we should be able
to produce indigenous computers, iPads, iPods
and other gadgets to address the challenges
facing Nigeria."

The ICT centre has a tele-presence unit; cloud
computing laboratory; software studio and
Internet access laboratory.

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