- Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has described the partnership between financial institutions and academia as a proven fruitful endeavour for entrepreneurship promotion and economic development.
Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has described the partnership between financial institutions and academia as a proven fruitful endeavour for entrepreneurship promotion and economic development.
The VC stated this recently as played host to Ecobank Plc the management team in his office ahead of the Investment Society UNILAG Colloquium.
Ogundipe commended Ecobank for its consistent support in the promotion of entrepreneurship among students and youths across the country, noting that the university would collaborate with the bank on such initiatives.
Besides, Ogundipe stressed also that partnership between operators in the financial sector and the academia in raising budding entrepreneurs would bring the much-needed development of the nation’s economy.
He lauded the bank for partnering with The Investment Society, Unilag, an association set up by some undergraduate students of the school to share and expand their knowledge of finance and consulting towards entrepreneurship.
