The Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State has introduced a ‘Vice-Chancellor for a Day’ initiative, aimed at promoting leadership, academic excellence, and student participation in university administration.
The programme was announced by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Gbenga Ibileye, as part of activities marking his first 100 days in office.
Key Highlights:
- Federal University Lokoja introduced a “Vice-Chancellor for a Day” initiative for outstanding students.
- The programme aims to promote leadership, excellence, and student involvement in governance.
- Vice-Chancellor Prof. Gbenga Ibileye announced it during his first 100 days in office.
- The university also secured ₦3 billion from TETFund and launched an AI, robotics, and cyber sciences centre.
Prof. Ibileye, who assumed office as the fourth vice-chancellor of the university on February 16, 2026, disclosed the development in a statement he personally signed in Lokoja.
According to him, the initiative is designed to recognise exceptional students by symbolically allowing them to occupy the office of the vice-chancellor for a day.
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“The symbolic ‘Vice-Chancellor for a Day’ initiative has been launched to confer the symbolic leadership of the university on a deserving student, a celebration of academic excellence and a powerful statement of the administration’s investment in its students,” he stated.
Reflecting on achievements recorded within his first 100 days, the vice-chancellor noted that one of the institution’s biggest successes was attracting significant funding and advancing critical development projects.
Among the highlighted achievements is the securing of a ₦3 billion intervention from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, alongside the establishment of a centre of excellence in Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and cyber sciences.
Prof. Ibileye explained that the centre would position the university at the forefront of emerging technologies shaping the global economy while serving as a hub for research, postgraduate training, and technological innovation in the region.
The university also secured full accreditation from the National Universities Commission for eight academic programmes, including Mass Communication, Computer Science, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Sociology, Integrated Science, and Education Mathematics.
The vice-chancellor further revealed that sanitation and water infrastructure at the institution’s Felele permanent campus had been improved through the renovation of lavatory facilities, rehabilitation of boreholes, and construction of additional water supply systems.
He added that the university’s Vision Plan 2026–2031 had advanced to the white paper stage and was awaiting formal adoption by the governing council.
Prof. Ibileye also disclosed that the pioneer set of students in the college of health sciences had successfully passed their basic nedical examinations and progressed to clinical training.
According to him, the development positions the students to become the first generation of medical doctors trained entirely within Kogi State.
