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Buhari And Mahama For Unilorin 40th Anniversary by baruzeez(m): 2:56pm On Oct 12, 2015 |
The University of Ilorin will set another record
next week when it hosts two sitting heads of
governments during its 40th Anniversary and
31st convocation ceremonies.
Announcing the programme of activities for the
two joint events in separate interviews with
Unilorin Bulletin last Tuesday (October 6, 2015),
the Chairmen of the 40th Anniversary and
Ceremonials Committees, Prof. Y. A. Quadri and
Prof. J. O. Atteh respectively, said that the
Nigerian President and Visitor to the University,
Muhammadu Buhari, and his Ghanaian
counterpart, who is also the Chairman of the
Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), John Dramani Mahama, would attend
the Convocation ceremony on the institution's
Founder's Day (Friday, October 23, 2015).
The Ghanaian President is billed to deliver the
University's Anniversary Lecture entitled “Africa's
Agenda 2063: Ending Poverty and Ensuring
Prosperity in Africa”.
According to the two Committee Chairmen, the
activities for the ceremonies would kick off this
Friday (October 16, 2015) with a Special Juma'at
Service at the University Central Mosque at
1.00p.m. This would be followed on Sunday,
October 18, 2015 by a Special Church Service at
the Chapel of Light on the Main Campus at
10.00a.m.
Other highlights of the Ceremonies include the
investiture of the fifth Chancellor of the
University, HRH (Dr.) Abdulmumuni Kabir Usman,
who is also the Emir of Katsina, on Thursday,
October 22, 2015; a Convocation Lecture entitled
“Educational Reform and Nation Building in
Nigeria” to be delivered by Prof. Jacob Kehinde
Olupona of the Harvard University,
Massachusetts, USA; Award of Prizes, First
Degrees, Postgraduate Degrees and Diplomas;
unveiling of the Commemorative Book, “Unilorin
@ 40: The Soaring Eagle” as well as the
commissioning of about 22 new projects
executed by the University administration in the
last one year by the Visitor, President Buhari.
Prof. Quadri said that the University deserves
kudos for bringing in an international figure in the
person of the Chairman of ECOWAS, President
John Mahama of Ghana to deliver the 40th
Anniversary Lecture, noting that, “it shows that
the University of Ilorin is not a local university
but an international University by every standard;
so if an international figure addresses the
students, it attests to the fact that we are
actually an international University.”
The 40th Anniversary Committee Chairman said,
“We are preparing very hard to have a successful
celebration, all hands are already on deck, and
we are working hard to ensure that everything is
successful.”
On his part, the Ceremonials Committee
Chairman, Prof. Atteh, described the forthcoming
Ceremonies as “two-celebrations-in-one,”
observing that the University of Ilorin has come
of age.
Prof. Atteh said, “Our contemporaries, the
second-generation universities-where are they?
The University of Ilorin has come out of that
bunch. Not only did we leave them behind, we
caught up with many of the first generation
universities and we are competing and we are
better than even some of the first generation
universities…all the indications show that the
University of Ilorin has come of age and thank
God at 40, it is a wise University for which the
whole of the country accepts it.”
Pointing out that the University has quite a lot of
things to be proud of at 40, Prof. Atteh said, “It
is not just by the fact that we are stable and
peaceful, we also see that in terms of the human
and structural development, we have done very
well … and like the Vice-Chancellor will say, this
is credit to God that consistently, we have had
very good leadership in this University, and so we
are happy. And at 40, I think it is time to
celebrate where we are and to do more to get
further ahead.” |
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