On Tuesday 4^th October 2022, the Vice-Chancellor of Landmark University, Professor Charity Aremu together with members of Landmark University Management warmly received the management of Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko ably led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Francisca Onaolapo on a collaboration visit. The 17-month-old institution had extended a hand of relationship to Landmark University for mentorship.

According to Professor Francisca Onaolapo, Landmark University is a cynosure of excellence with exemplary qualities. She noted that Landmark is renowned for its ranking amongst world-class universities which signposted its tenacity and consistency in the pursuit of her vision. She then disclosed that it became imperative following her appointment as the 2^nd substantive Vice-Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi to visit Landmark University in view of strengthening the existing relationship between the two universities thereby advancing Nigeria’s higher education. While commending the visioners and Chancellors of both Universities, Dr David Oyedepo and Engr. Dr. Johnson Bamidele Adewumi, on siting the universities in Omu-Aran and Oko, in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Professor Onaolapo noted that the gestures did not only put the locations on global spotlights of relevance but also exemplify visionary leadership.

Speaking with so much gusto on the visit, the Landmark University Vice-Chancellor Professor Aremu expressed the readiness of the University to take up the role of a mentor to Thomas Adewumi University in furtherance of promoting Nigeria’s higher education in the global landscape. She noted that the call on University for mentorship is a call to continue to drive excellence. She, therefore, highlighted the of Landmark University with respect to research, innovative and grantsmanship amongst others as areas of collaboration while encouraging the Vice-Chancellor and her team to own, embrace and run with the vision of their University as stakeholders; this she added will enhance their level of productivity with notable result as evidence.

In his welcome remarks, the acting Registrar, Mr. Olugbenga Olajie had expressed the delight of the University to host and collaborate with Thomas Adewumi University, noting the importance of such relevant collaborations in driving the frontiers of the University’s vision quest. He, therefore, reiterated the commitment of the University to its vision while welcoming them into the Landmark University campus.