ILORIN—Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin,
Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, has lamented the
inability of the institution to admit more
candidates for over ten years as thousands of
candidates were desirous to attend the institution
because of its stable academic calender.
Professor Ambali, who disclosed this at a press
conference in Ilorin, preparatory to the 40th
anniversary celebration of the university, said this
against the backdrop of dashed hopes of several
thousands of parents and guardians eager to
secure admissions for their wards to the
university for 2015/2016 academic session.
According to him, only 7,800 of the 65,000
candidates who sat for the post-UME will be
offered admission.

UNILORIN VC, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali
He expressed the intention of the university to
admit more students, provided the National
Universities Commission, NUC, gave approval,
saying the university now had more infra
structure facilities to cope with more students.
“In view of this development, the management of
the university had written a letter to the Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB,
through the National Universities Commission,
NUC, so as to look into the situation for the
university.
“The university has more facilities, more
academic programmes, more good lecturers, more
patronage in terms of candidates, and other
needed infrastructures that can accommodate
more students,” he said.
While speaking on the reason for conducting
UTME for a total number of 65,000 candidates,
knowing well that the university will only take
7,800, the vice chancellor said the reason was
borne out of the quest to have the best student
admitted out of the lot,stressing that if he had his
way, he would have conducted examinations for
much more candidates.
Ambali further said that the institution had been
able to set sustainable standard that had now
been envy of all universities in the country.
The UNILORIN’s helmsman, however, described
academic stability as the selling point of the
university which has portrayed the institution as
the University of first choice to all applicants
across the country.

He said the university was lucky to have
academic staff with constructive unionism, adding
that the management had also complemented
that factor with openness and transparency.
“Usually, the issue between the academic staff
and the management bothers on salary,
allowance, unconducive environment, lack of
infrastructure like water, light and other amenities,
gagging of lecturers and others.

“As the chairman of all the chairmen in the
university, everyone’s welfare is my priority. When
there’s money, we share and it there’s none, we
share the moment together,” he said.
Ambali, on the issue of corruption, opposed death
penalty for Nigerians found guilty of corrupt
practices and opted for lenient punishments of
collection of stolen funds and jail term for corrupt
leaders in the country.

The VC said: “If corrupt leaders are killed without
recovering their loots, we are only trying to
transfer the stolen monies to another set of
people.
“But if the stolen monies are collected and
thereby imprisoned the perpetrators, it will serve
as deterrent to others and even serve as lessons
to the victim.
“Also, if the perpetrators are killed and the loots
are recovered, it becomes double jeopardy. I will
want the federal government to look towards this
direction in the interest of the country and
humanity. Infact, we need to study the nations
that practised such idea in the past and look at
what has come of them.”
While speaking on the choice of President
Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial appointment,
Professor Ambali advocated for the nomination
and appointment of person with the interest of the
education sector at heart as the Minister of
Education.

He said: “We have had some Education Ministers
in the past coming from the academia but ended
up disappointing the sector. I will want the
President to appoint someone that will assist in
the growth and development of the sector,
irrespective of his/her background.”

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