The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the law of the newly -upgraded University of Education , Science and Technology , Ikere Ekiti, and renamed it after the late former governor of old Ondo State , Bamidele Olumilua.
The university , which was upgraded from the College of Education , Ikere Ekiti, is now to be known as the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education , Science and Technology , Ikere Ekiti when assented to by the Governor , Kayode Fayemi .
The bill for the amendment of the law which upgraded the college to university to the effect of the renaming of the university after Olumilua , was sponsored by Adeoye Aribasoye and supported by members via a voice vote at the plenary .
The speaker, Funminiyi Afuye , while speaking on the honour for the former governor , who died on June 4 at the age of 80 , said, it was “ to capture his contribution to the socio – political and economic life of Ekiti State and the old Ondo State in general” .
Afuye described Olumilua as “ a man of integrity who deserves to be immortalised , ” saying , “ He ( Olumilua ) was the first Ekiti man to be elected as governor in the whole of Nigeria. He lived a very exemplary life , he resented cant and humbug .
“ He occupied a very high level in the hall of fame in Ekiti that we need to let the generations yet unborn to know that somebody came known as Bamidele Olumilua .”
