Saraki extols Unilorin’s academic contributions to Nigeria at 40
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NIGERIA: SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has commended the giant contributions of the University of Ilorin to academic excellence in the country, Africa and the world.
Saraki stressed that the contributions of the alumnus of the university to the Nigerian project cannot be underestimated.
The Senate President, who made the remarks on his Facebook to congratulate the university on its 40th anniversary, said the institution should be proud of the products it had produced.
“Over the last few days, the University of Ilorin, one of Nigeria’s most prestigious institutions of learning, has been celebrating her 40th year of academic excellence,” Saraki said.
“These past four decades have seen UNILORIN – as it is fondly called by all – journey from a new establishment with just (200) a handful of students in 1975; into an academic melting pot that has forged, formed, and planted fires in the minds of hundreds of thousands of students,” he added.
“UNILORIN should also be proud to have produced vibrant minds like my successor Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, Professor Isiaq Oloyede (immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University and present Secretary of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs), Professor Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah (Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University), Dr. Sarah Alade, (former acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria), Professor Charles Ayo (present Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University), among others,” the Senate President maintained.
He stressed: “Over the years, its vibrant Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science, Law, Education and others have also demonstrated that UNILORIN will continue to be at the forefront of academic discovery and innovation in Nigeria, Africa, and very soon, the world.
“Again, as I join all founding fathers, past and present administrative heads, students, staff, and Nigerians as a whole to celebrate the Better By Far University of Ilorin, I wish her many more years of vibrant and tremendous contributions to academia in Nigeria.”
