AAUA launches first bakery, sells bread for N350

By Boye Oyeyemi

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, has launched its first bakery, introducing AAUA Mede Bread at prices starting from N350 to expand its commercial ventures and strengthen financial sustainability.

The bakery was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Tomola Obamuyi, who was represented at the ceremony by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Adebisi Daramola.

Obamuyi described the initiative as a significant step towards promoting entrepreneurship and establishing viable businesses that would serve the university community and residents of neighbouring areas.

He said the bakery aligned with the university’s AAUA FIRST agenda, which seeks to promote self-reliance and explore sustainable business opportunities.

The vice-chancellor assured the bakery’s operators of management’s support and urged them to maintain high production standards. He stressed that consistent product quality would be essential to earning customers’ trust and securing patronage from students, staff and members of the public.

Earlier, the bakery’s supervisor, Oluwafunke Temitope, said the facility would produce different varieties of bread, including chocolate, wheat, coconut and butter, to meet diverse consumer preferences.

She explained that the bakery uses automated production processes to promote efficiency and hygiene, adding that its products are available to members of the university community and residents of neighbouring areas.

Temitope, who said the bread sells for prices starting from N350, urged the public to patronise the new venture.