The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo, has reiterated the commitment of the University management with the active support of the Board of Regents to advancing an ICT-driven education environment within the University, which will make students of the institution operate at the cutting edge of technology.

Professor Adebayo made the assertion during the commissioning of an ultra-modern, state-of-the-art computer laboratory for the College of Leadership Development Studies (CLDS) and the College of Management and Social Sciences (CMSS).

According to him, Covenant, since its inception, has been an ICT-driven institution, which has seen her win numerous ICT-related awards in years past, and the University will remain steadfast in maintaining that course.

Professor Adebayo said he was excited about the new laboratory, which is a product of the 75 million Naira award from the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) for emerging as the most compliant institution in keeping with the Admissions Guidelines of the 2020/2021 Admission Exercise.

"When we got the N75,000,000 award from JAMB, we felt the best thing to put the money into use was in consolidating our ICT resources, and today we are happy and excited that we have this computer laboratory with 100 high-end computers to serve the ICT needs of students in CLDS and CMSS," he enthused.

The Acting Registrar, Mrs. Regina Tobi-David, appealed to personnel in the Directorate of Centre for Systems and Information Services to ensure that the laboratory is put to best use in line with the expectations of the University with a view to enhancing learning and knowledge acquisition.

Mrs. Tobi-David tasked them with making routine maintenance a culture in the Directorate so that there would be no issue of a complete breakdown of systems.

The Dean, College of Management and Social Sciences (CMSS), Professor Abiola Babajide, thanked the University Management for deeming it necessary to bequeath a computer lab to the college and assured them that it would be put to best use. Professor Babajide, however, appealed for more, noting the population strength of the two colleges that are to share the facility.

The Director, Centre for Systems and Information Services (CSIS), Engineer Boladele Akanle, thanked the university management for choosing to invest the JAMB largesse on ICT matters, noting that Covenant is operating in a world that is ICT-driven and as such cannot afford to be lagging in her ICT resources.

Engineer Akanle noted that with the new laboratory coming on stream, the tech environment of the university will also witness an increase in activity as students will have more access to these tools for lectures and research purposes.

With the commissioning of the new laboratory, Covenant University now has computer laboratories with over 850 high-end systems to serve the University's academic and research endeavours across the various Colleges in the institution.