Following the series of Inaugural lectures of the National Open University of Nigeria, the Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Prof. Nda Mundi, presented the ll'h Inaugural Lecture of the University titled, "Agricultural Innovations and Rural Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria."

The newly created in-house university portal is fast stabilising and has in the first three months of its official launch, recorded about 14,000 fresh admissions from applicants, the Vice-Chancellor said.

Prof Abdalla Uba Adamu said, while playing host to the management of an online newspaper, DAILY NIGERIAN led by its publisher, Ja’afar Ja’afar, that it was unprecedented and the first time for the university to record up to that number during any of the previous admissions.

The Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, the Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, National Open University (NOUN), Dr. Timothy Ishola and a lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Prof. Ariyo Ademola have all called on the Federal Government to adopt a new budgeting plan that can aid growth and development.