{"id":28033,"date":"2026-07-03T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=28033"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:58:59","slug":"federal-university-lokoja-vc-prof-ibileye-warns-if-your-memo-stays-24-hours-youve-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/?p=28033","title":{"rendered":"Federal University Lokoja VC, Prof Ibileye Warns: \u201cIf Your Memo Stays 24 Hours, You\u2019ve Failed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Baba Adam Waziri<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, Professor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye, has introduced a strict 24-hour memo rule for all principal officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in Lokoja, Prof. Ibileye said any memo not treated within 24 hours on a working day means \u201cconsider yourself a failure,\u201d because \u201cdestinies are tied to these memos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He directed Deans and HODs to act on merit, not personal feelings or ethnicity. \u201cDo not look at faces\u2026 We are all the same. We are here for just one common thing, to aspire and develop ourselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VC also vowed never to victimize anyone, citing a 1997 oath: \u201cGod Almighty, the day I use my pen to victimize anybody, take the vice-chancellorship from me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Ibileye, FUL\u2019s fourth substantive VC, said his administration will prioritize speed, fairness, and service to staff and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Baba Adam Waziri The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, Professor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye, has introduced a strict 24-hour memo rule for all principal officers. Speaking in Lokoja, Prof. Ibileye said any memo not treated within 24 hours on a working day means \u201cconsider yourself a failure,\u201d because \u201cdestinies are tied to these memos.\u201d He directed Deans and HODs to act on merit, not personal feelings or ethnicity. \u201cDo not look at faces\u2026 We are all the same. We are here for just one common thing, to aspire and develop ourselves,\u201d he said. The VC also vowed never to victimize anyone, citing a 1997 oath: \u201cGod Almighty, the day I use my pen to victimize anybody, take the vice-chancellorship from me.\u201d Prof. Ibileye, FUL\u2019s fourth substantive VC, said his administration will prioritize speed, fairness, and service to staff and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28034,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28033\/revisions\/28034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsgazette.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}