Unilorin Bulletin 14th January 2013

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A publication of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor ISSN 0331

Monday JANUARY 14, 2013 VOL. 5 NO. 57

I n its sustained quest for excellence, the Senate of the University of Ilorin has approved the estab-

lishment of new Faculties, pro-grammes, the unbundling of some existing departments and the creation of additional ones. This is one of the highlights of the outcome of the 230th Senate meeting held last Thursday (January 10, 2013) and presided over by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali. The new programmes, which will come on stream from the 2013/2014 academic session,

include the Faculty of Environ-mental Sciences with the fol-lowing Departments: Architec-ture, Quantity Surveying, Estate Management, Urban and Re-gional Planning as well as Surveying and Geo-

Informatics.

Following the unanimous ap-proval of the recommendations of the Senate Business Com-mittee under the Chairmanship (Contd. on page 2)

Unilorin okays new Faculties, Depts … to take off in 2013/2014 session

Highlights

SSANU inaugurates new exco p.2 Not until...disgraced .3 VC felicitates with Nigerian Armed Forces How to improve stan-dard of education—Ambali p.6 Money Matters p.7 Unilorin in th News .12

Supreme Court lashes reinstated Unilorin lecturers

T he University of Ilorin recorded a major judi-cial breakthrough last Monday (January 7,

2013) when the Supreme Court lashed some sacked but rein-stated lecturers of the University that its earlier judgment in the lecturers' favour did not in-clude payments for their

unearned sabbaticals. The court's clarification, which was widely published in several national newspapers on Tues-day, January 8, 2013, was in response to the request of the University counsel, Mallam Yu-suf Al (SAN), for the interpreta-tion/ clarification of the judge-ment (Contd. on page 4)

EDITORIAL BOARD: Dr. M. A. Adedimeji (Chairman), Dr. Billy Olajide, Dr. L.A. Azeez, Mrs. F.R. Aliyu-Ibrahim, Mrs. R.A. Adimula, K.I. Akogun (Secretary)

THE VC EXPLAINS: Prof. Ambali explaining a point at the media din-ner/interactive session. With him is the DVC (MS), Prof. Fakunle

By Kunle Akogun

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Unilorin Bulletin NEWS Monday, January 14, 2013

New Faculties, Depts, take off this year

of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Bayo Lawal, the Senate also approved the splitting of the existing Faculty of Business and Social Sciences into two new faculties: the Fac-ulty of Management Sciences, comprising the Departments of Accounting and Finance, Busi-ness Administration, and Marketing, and the Faculty of Social Sciences, comprising the De-partments of Economics, Geography and Envi-ronmental Management, Political Science, Psy-chology, and Sociology. In the same vein, the University Senate also ap-proved the splitting of the existing Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education into two new departments: Arts Education and Social-Sciences Education “to be effective from the 2013/2014 session considering the required lo-gistics needed to actualize a smooth transition”. Also, the Department of Science Education is to split into the Department of Science Education and the Department of Educational Technology. The Senate also approved the increment of the present seven academic departments of the Fac-ulty of Veterinary Medicine to ten in line with the guideline of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria and that of the National Universities Commission on the minimum number of de-partments for each Faculty of Veterinary Medi-cine in Nigerian Universities. Also, the Univer-sity Biological Garden has now been split into the Unilorin Zoo and Unilorin Botanical Garden “with immediate effect”. SSANU inaugurates new exco The National President of the Senior Staff Asso-ciation of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Mr. Samson Ugwoke, who was represented by the National Vice-President (West), Mr. Alfred Ji-moh, has inaugurated the new SSANU Execu-tive Committee of the Unilorin Chapter.

The new leaders are: Mr. M. A. Alfanla, Chair-man; Mr. J. A. Babatunde, Vice-Chairman; Ms. W. O. Ojulari, Secretary; Mr. M. G. Akanbi, Treasurer; Mr. O. N, Falowo, PRO; Mr. Akande, Assistant Secretary; Mr. S. Adetona, Financial Secretary; Mrs. T. Famulegun, Women Leader; and Mr. A. O. Omisan, Trustee.

A cross section of journalists at the media dinner hosted by the VC

The VC, his wife, and some Principal Officers at the media dinner

Chairman of the Nigerian Legion, Col. Idowu (rtd.) decorating the VC with the Remembrance Day emblem

The SSANU officials during their swearing-in ceremony

Staff of the Directorate of Academic Support Services-during their end-of-year party recently

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Unilorin Bulletin THE ALMA MATER with Dr. M. A. January 14, 2013

Fast Facts File Did you know?

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Not until...disgraced In his Kunrumi (1971), a riveting historical play that re-enacts the tragic political dynamics of the mid-19th century Yorubaland, Ola Rotimi, the late master playwright, presents a Yoruba proverb in a captivating manner.

“When the tortoise is heading for a senseless journey,” he wrote, “and you say to him: ‘Brother tortoise, brother tortoise, when will you be wise and come back home? The tortoise will say: ‘Brother, not until I have been disgraced. Not until I have been disgraced. Not until I have been disgraced. Disgraced. Disgraced. Not until I have been disgraced.” In simple terms, the tortoise said he would not return from his senseless journey until he was disgraced.

How Kunrumi, the eponymous hero, who resurfaced in a character-friend that played the role when this writer saw it last on stage almost 20 years ago courtesy of our Department of the Performing Arts, said those words still titillate with fresh humour. The proverb has been an object of fascination since then and a moral lesson on how not to be the proverbial tortoise. It was actually the learned Justices of the Supreme Court that brought Kunrumi to mind with reference to some character(s) in the University of Ilorin. The story of sack, litigation, reinstatement and payment for the work not done as directed by the Court is well known. The chicanery of a “company” of the reinstated lecturers (not all), who after their Pyrrhic victory and the compliance of the University with the Supreme Court judge-ment seek to “embarrass” the University, as the learned justices put it, with ludicrous demands af-ter reinstatement continues to interest observers. But the truth is contained in another proverb in Rotimi’s play under reference: “The cow defecates and thinks she is soiling the pasture, we shall see whose buttock gets soiled first.” In what is widely considered a moral victory for the University of Ilorin, which has done virtually everything, including what some stakeholders even consider excessive, in implementing the Su-preme Court judgement, to satisfy the lecturers,

newspapers screamed last Tuesday with the pronouncement of the Supreme Court charging them to be reasonable, at least for once, in their illegal and immoral business: the business of extortion. A major deflation of ego has exposed Nigerians and the world more to the antics of the concerned company, duly registered, as the Supreme Court stressed that the judgement “only covered the payment of the lecturers’ salaries and allowances”, as reported by the newspapers, which the University had duly implemented long ago.

Reacting to the application filed by the University counsel and indisputably one of the best lawyers in Nigeria, Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN), on the clarification of the judgement based on the demands being made by the reinstated staff from the University on the payment for their Sabbatical leaves, among other things, the justices were reported to be visibly angry at not only the “clients” but also their counsel on the frivolity of such demands. “Bring sanity into the legal profes-sion. This is indiscipline”, the lead judge told the lawyer representing them.

The Supreme Court offered the lecturers a lecture on morality: “Which sabbatical? Which order of this court say you should go on sabbatical? Sab-batical when you were not around for eight years? It is immoral of you to be asking for all these.”

Lambasting the lawyer further, one of the Justices, Justice Afolabi Fabiyi, told him, “You are embarking on illegality. It is not your business to ask for money which your clients were not entitled to. Your clients must abide by the law. You don’t take instructions blindly. I was in the matter. What you are doing is immoral…I owe you the duty to tell you in blunt terms – you are not entitled to those things you are asking for. Go and advise your clients and stop embarrassing the university.”

Only those who have the fortune of grace can feel disgraced because without grace, one cannot ac-cept disgrace. Only where shame exists can one feel ashamed. The bata drum that beats too hard will burst. One big drum surely did burst last Monday. And with that, the travelers are in advance welcome heartily by the Alma Mater from their return journey of the proverbial tortoise.

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You are unreasonable, Court tells dons (Contd. from front page)

judgment of the court delivered in June 2009 order-ing their reinstatement. This is how two of the national dailies captured the court's ruling: THISDAY: Be Reasonable, Supreme Court Tells Unilorin Lecturers The Supreme Court Monday in Abuja advised Uni-versity of Ilorin’s sacked but reinstated lecturers to be reasonable in their demand for allowances based on a June 12, 2009 Supreme Court judgment which voided their dismissal by the university authorities. 'Reacting to an application filed by Malam Yusuf Ali (SAN) on behalf of the university for interpreta-tion and clarification of the Supreme Court judg-ment of 2009, Justice Mahmud Mohammed ex-pressed concern that the lecturers were making un-reasonable demand including payment for sabbatical leave. Ali had told the court that the lecturers had secured an order of garnishee attaching N302 million be-longing to the university.He said the lecturers had misinterpreted the Supreme Court judgment which reinstated them and were making unreasonable de-mands on the university. Responding, Justice Mohammed said the judgment of the court was clear and it was for the payment of the lecturers’ salaries and allowances. He advised the counsel representing the parties to sit together and reach a mutual understanding. He told lawyer representing the lecturers, Mr. Toyin Oladipo, to advise his clients by telling them that what they were asking for was not included in the judgment. He said: “Sanity should be introduced. Put your heads together. Bring sanity into the legal profes-sion. This is indiscipline...”

PUNCH: UNILORIN 49: You can’t ask for sabbatical allowance – Court The Supreme Court on Monday told lecturers that

were sacked but later reinstated by the University of Ilorin that its June 12, 2009 judgment which nulli-fied their dismissal by the university authorities did not provide for the payment for sabbatical. Counsel to Unilorin, Mr. Yusuf Ali, (SAN), had in an application on behalf of the university, ap-proached the apex court for interpretation and clari-fication of the June 12, 2009 judgment. The panel of justices of the apex court, chaired by Justice Mohammed Mahmud, held that the lecturers’ demand that they should be paid for sabbatical was unreasonable. Ali had told the court that the lecturers had secured an order of garnishee attaching the sum of N302m belonging to the university. The counsel told the apex court that the lecturers had misinterpreted its judgment, which reinstated them, by asking for the payment. After listening to Ali’s submissions, Mahmud said that the judgment of the court was clear. He stressed that it only covered the payment of the lecturers’ salaries and allowances. Mahmud said the payment demanded by the lecturers was not in-cluded in the judgment. Addressing the counsel representing the lecturers, Mr. Toyin Oladipo, Mahmud said, “Sanity should be introduced – put your heads together. Bring sanity into the legal profession. This is indiscipline,” he said. Another justice on the panel, Justice Afolabi Fabiyi, who said he was on the panel that determined the lecturers’ case, also stressed that the judgment did not provide for the payment for sabbatical. He said, “Which sabbatical? Which order of this court said you should go on sabbatical? “Sabbatical when you were not around for eight years. Is it moral for you to be asking for all these?”

“You are embarking on an illegality. It is not your business to ask for money which your clients were not entitled to. Your clients must abide by the law. You don’t take instructions blindly. I was in the mat-ter. What you are doing is immoral...”


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T he Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Am-bali, has praised the sacrifice of

members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, noting that the country is built on the good will of its forefathers. Prof Ambali made this observation in his office last Friday (January 11, 2013) while receiving the leaders of the Nigerian Legion of Ex-servicemen who paid him a courtesy call as part of activities to mark the 2013 Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD). The Vice-Chancellor said, “Our soul and hearts are with you. We recognise your con-tributions to the peace and development of this country. There cannot be development in the absence of peace. Therefore, on-behalf of the Governing Council and Senate of the University we identify with you and sympathise with the families of the fallen heroes. The University will continue to sup-port the legion”, Prof. Ambali said. Speaking earlier, the Chairman, Nigerian Legion of Ex-servicemen, Kwara State council, Col. Ibrahim Idowu (Rtd.), ex-plained the rational for the celebration. His word: “The AFRD celebrations is an annual event set aside in honour of the members of the Nigerian Armed Forces who fought in the First and Second World Wars, those who served or still serving in various Peace Support Operations worldwide and those who fought in the Nigerian Civil War. It is a day we celebrate those of them who paid the supreme sacrifice serving their fatherland and those who are still alive today.” He explained further that the Armed Forces Remembrance Day was initially marked on the 11th of November (11/11) by the First and Second World War veterans in all Com-monwealth countries but that in view of Ni-geria’s significant historical development, 15th of January of every year was chosen. This, according to him, is symbolic as it was

that date in 1970 that the Nigerian Civil War and the quest to keep the nation one. Col. Idowu called on Nigerians to take a moment to think about the fallen heroes and the families they left behind. “As we cele-brate the fallen as well as living heroes (ex-servicemen), we must pause to think about the plight of their wives, children and other dependants who are in dire need of assis-tance. The AFRD celebration is therefore a unique occasion for the government and the society to soberly reflect on the conditions of these heroes and their families with a re-solve to assist them”, he noted. The Chairman added that the gallant heroes gave their lives so that the people of Nigeria could live in peace today. Speaking further, he stressed that the activities of AFRD would therefore serve to remind the public of the sacrifice they made. He thereafter decorated the Vice-Chancellor, Principal Officers, Deans and other members of the University community with the AFRD emblem. Meanwhile, Prof. Ambali, has been included on the list of those who will lay wreath at the Cenotaph of deceased military officers and men during this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration coming up tomorrow. (Tuesday, January 15, 2013) A press release signed by the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, said that the inclusion of the Vice-Chancellor was due to the University’s pa-tronage of ex-service men in its employment programmes. Alhaji Gold noted that the University of Ilorin has assisted the Legion through the employment of 200 of its members, adding that this is the highest number of legion-naires to be employed by any single organi-sation in the state.

VC felicitates with Nigerian Armed Forces By Olusegun Mokuolu, Abubakar Mustafa &Jerry Nelson


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T he Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has advised stakeholders in the na-tion’s education sector to guarantee

quality education at the foundation levels of pri-mary and secondary schools as a way of ensur-ing that those who make it to tertiary educa-tional institutions are of good quality, saying this is the only way to address the much talked-about decline in the standard of education. Prof. Ambali, who gave this advice last Sunday (December 6, 2013) during an interactive ses-sion with journalists in Kwara State, said it is unfair to blame the universities for the falling standard of education when in actual fact, the universities get their students from the secon-dary schools, where education is described as garbage-in, garbage-out. He therefore urged governments at all levels in the country to be more concerned with the qual-ity of students the nation’s secondary schools produce yearly for the universities. The Vice-Chancellor said that the concern has made the National Universities Commission (NUC) to institute a monitoring team to check the efforts of teachers, adding “if you have good teachers you will train well and showcase qual-ity students”. He also said, “So, if we all agree that there is problem in the education sector, let us all watch the students we produce for these universities. Government at all levels should address the quality of secondary school leavers they are pro-ducing for the universities. I know that some states are doing their best but some can still do more by assisting in this direction”. “The universities get their students from the sec-ondary schools, where education is described as garbage-in garbage-out. The University of Ilorin has a catchment area and defined locality, so the quality of those produced from this area will definitely affect the enrolment quality into the University,” he added.

Prof. Ambali, who noted that the nation’s educa-tion system was not as bad as people think, said, “If our education is bad, the people in the West will not admit our graduates or give the multi-tudes of Nigerians doing well in their various professional callings in the US, UK and Europe the opportunity to excel, as we have many Nige-rians doing well in UK and other European countries in their various professional callings. Our doctors who have been practising there are really doing well and respected“.

The Vice-Chancellor, who described the recent herdsmen’s attack on the campus as “quite un-fortunate”, disclosed that the University has put in place measures to tackle the menace, which he said had been there before now. He said, “We have reinforced the security personnel and have more control of the situation. I hope and pray that such occurrence will not happen again. We have upgraded and increased surveillance.”

On his vision for the University, Prof. Ambali disclosed that his Administration was already putting in place certain measures to boost learn-ing and research. He said that the Federal Gov-ernment has released money to the University for the training and retraining of both academic and non-academic staff.

With the Vice-Chancellor at the media interac-tive session were the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), Prof. Yisa Fakunle; the University Librarian, Dr. J. O. Omoniyi; the Deputy Registrar (Academic Support Services), Mr. E. D. Obafemi, who stood in for the Regis-trar, Mrs. Olufolake Oyeyemi; a former Director of the Institute of Education, Prof. O. O. Obi-yemi; Chairman and members of the Editorial Board of Unilorin Bulletin, Dr. M. A. Adedi-meji, Dr. S. B. Olajide, Dr. L. A. Azeez, Mrs. F. R. Aliyu-Ibrahim and Mrs. R. A. Adimula.

Welcoming the journalists to the dinner/interactive session earlier, the University’s Dep-uty Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, appreciated the media men’s support for the University in the past year and called for their continuous cooperation in the years ahead.


How to improve standard of education — Ambali By Abubakar Mustafa

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MONEY MATTERS UNILORIN WEEKLY FINANCIAL DIGEST SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 3rd JAN .to 10TH JAN.

RECEIPTS AMOUNT Academic Transcript 86000 Contractor Pre-qualification fees 540000 Contractor Registration fees 7500 Medical Examination/Registration 30500 Scroll 18800 Order of Proceedings 24050 Academic Gown 11750 Contractor Registration form 600 Staff I.D. Card/Lanyard 3200 Verification of Result 4500 T-Shirt 3600 Undergraduate student Charges 636260 Rent of University Property 72000 Add & drop 1000 Student ID/ Lanyard 1800 Fitness 4000 Dec 2012 Overhead Subvention 9506432 FG Capital Grant 133356971 Total Receipts for the Period 144308963 PAYMENT Payment to contractors/suppliers: Thos Associates Qty Survey 116996.51 EBAS Associates Architectural survey 1120793.99 Thos Associates Qty survey 121467.2 Excelture pharm. Drugs 1554770 Elorapha pharm. Drugs 281344.28 Anne pharm Drugs 294588 Medreich pharm. Drugs 460110 Drugfield pharm. Drugs 2317464.8 Vixa pharm Drugs 3272631.6 Swiss pharm. Drugs 673642.2 GreenLife pharm. Drugs 43169 Ajay Engineers Consultancy 1337916.68 Topmowk system Ltd software for Salaries 750000 Elizade Nig Ltd Supply of various vehicles 45750000 Jivco Foods 75% part payment for landAcq. 48750000 Messrs Rayiram Nig Ltd Water supply to stadium 74055.13 Abis Concept Const of Security post 3450672.2


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Ibironke Ltd Pre contact Elect Engr. 266758.09 Petrol Station mgt Board Supply of Diesel 1942300 Other payments: Purchase Advance 1473665 Various – Refund, Catering etc 6718165 Nig Journal of Teach. Res. Copies of Journal 12000 Nig Society of Engineers Copies of Journal 10000 COMSIT Internet connection 2036212 COMSIT Purchase Advance 445000 UnilorinConsultancy Water Project 64000000 Faculty Charges (charges to IOE & disbur. of 2012/13 161899700 Total Payments for the Period 349173422

Signed AYO SIJUWOLA BURSAR

LAUGH LINES Peter: I want my money now! Tom: I’ll kill myself so that I won’t pay you. (He pulled a gun and shot himself dead.) Peter: Hahaha… If you think you will get away with my money then you are wrong, I will follow you until you pay me. (He takes the gun and shot himself dead as well)

James, who was watching from a distance, laughed and said: These guys are funny. I want to watch this till the end. (He then also took the gun and killed himself!) SO IF U WANT 2 KNOW WHAT HAPPENED NEXT, I GUESS U KNOW WHAT 2 DO….


Happy Birthday To You!

S/No Name Department/Unit Date of Birth 1. Olomoda , Shakirat O. StudentsAffairs 13th January 2. Osasona, David F. Unilorin Sugar Research Institute 13th January 3. Oseni, Gobir A. Bursary 13th January 4. Obiyemi, Olawale O. Human Kinetics & Health Education 14th January 5. Raufu, Kamar A. Lin &Nig Lang 14th January 6. Aweda, Jacob O. Mechanical Engineering 15th January 7. Galadima, Folashade A. University School 16th January 8. Johnson, Wahab B.R. Paediatrics and Child Health 16th January 9. Nzeh, Donald A. Radiology 18th January 10. Ibraheem, Tajudeen O. Human Kinetics & Health Education 19th January

No Name Title Date and Venue

1 Oparinde, Olayiola Raheef

“Internal Revenue-Generating Strategies, School Plant Develop-ment and Internal Efficiency in South-Western Colleges of Edu-cation, Nigeria”

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Faculty of Education Board Room at 9:00a.m.

2. Adebara, Sunday Bolaji

“Influence of Parental Conflict and School Factors on Pupils’ Behavioural Problems as Ex-pressed by Primary School Teachers in Nigeria”

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Faculty of Education Board Room at 10:00a.m.

Department

Educational Management

Counsellor Education

OPEN Ph.D. Defence

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ANNOUNCEMENT: BUREAU OF PUBLIC SERVICE REFORMS The following retiring/retired staff of the University of Ilorin have been invited to a pre-retirement training taking place between January 14th and 18th at Intercontinental Harmony Hotels, Ilorin. The names of the officers concerned were published in The Punch Newspapers of December 10, 2012. Serial/No

S/N. in Punch

Newspa-per

Surname

First Name

Middle Name

Rank/Designation

34 95 Adelekan Adeniyi Simon Senior Workshop Supervisor 35 99 Ajayi Alice Senior Executive Officer 36 100 Aje Solomon Ade Senior Research Fellow 37 101 Akanbi Victoria Bosede Prin. Confidential Secretary 38 103 Akinyemi Funke Chief Secretarial Assistant 39 108 Adesuyi David Ayodele Chief Confidential Secretary 40 109 Kadiri Mufutau 41 146 Bojuwoye Margaret Enitan Senior Teacher Grade I


42 149 Awe Stephen Technical Officer 43 150 Awopetu Joshua Adedokun Senior Lecturer 44 152 Fabayo Olu Rahael Lecturer I 45 153 Fagbemi Lawrence Oladele Higher Transport Officer 46 155 Ishola Lamidi Alade Caretaker 47 159 Ola Victoria Oladunni Senior Teacher Grade I 48 190 Ojo Henry Olusegun Senior Workshop Supervisor 49 191 Okunlola Isiaka Adegboyega Chief Nursing Superin./Officer 50 192 Okwuwa John Abua Senior Technical Officer 51 193 Olanrewaju Ibrhaim Aremu Transport Supervisor

52 194 Ologbon-saiye Joseph Adebayo Senior Workshop Supervisor

53 196 Olowoniwa Rachael Abejide Laboratory Superintendent 54 197 Olowoyeye Ikubewaje Kehinde Senior Workshop Supervisor 55 198 Olukanni Thomas Akintayo 56 199 Oluwafemi Samuel Akinyemi Senior Transport Supervisor 57 200 Oni Adebayo 58 203 Opoola Raifu Babatunde Senior Secretarial Assistant I 59 204 Orinya Obande Joseph 60 205 Oritogun Gabriel Adelani Porter Supervisor 61 206 Oshigbeme Jerome 62 207 Ovuehor Francis Imumolen Senior Transport Supervisor 63 208 Osho Samuel Omonayin Laboratory Superintendent 64 209 Owolabi Ezekiel Dele Senior Transport Supervisor 65 210 Oyeleke Rasheed Olayinka Senior Teacher Special Grade II 66 215 Salami Enevene Chief Confidential Secretary 67 216 Salami Lasisi Oyewale Senior Workshop Supervisor 68 219 Sambo Ibrahim Bolakale Higher Transport Supervisor 69 220 Sanusi Simeon Folusho Senior Hall/Lodge Supervisor

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Unilorin in the News (Contd. from page 11) the progress recorded by the University espe-

cially its unbroken record of academic stabil-ity as well as its top rating among universities in Nigeria. (‘UNILORIN hails S’ Court ruling on sacked lecturers’, The Punch, Thursday January 10, 2013, p.6; see also Daily Trust, Thursday January 10, 2013, p.6; The Nation, Friday January 11, 2013, p.56; New Nigerian, Friday, January 11, 2013, p.12; Nigerian Trib-une, same date, p.50)

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has dis-closed that the University has already re-ceived proposals for the provision of more hostel accommodations on campus. (‘UNILORIN hostels for only 8.8% of stu-dents, 31,000 live off-campus’, The Nation, Thursday January 10, 2013, p.26)

The Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Uni-versity of Ilorin, Prof. A.A. Adeloye, has commended students of the Faculty for pro-moting agricultural science.

(‘Faculty floats agric, quiz clubs’, The Nation, same date, p.36)

While speaking at a dinner organized by the Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto Alumni Association, Kwara State Chapter, Dr Abdul-raheem Yusuf of the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin, has submitted that with the active sup-port of alumni associations, tertiary institu-tions will not only maintain their place in the academia, but would also influence the educa-tional policies of their countries.

(‘Alumni associations should determine education policy’, The Nation, same date, p.37) A Ghanaian student of law at the University

of Ilorin, Frances Wendle, has urged Nigerian leaders to engage in dialogue with the Boko Haram sect in order to find a lasting solution to the problem of insecurity in the country, rather than waiting for an external interven-tion from the likes of Mr. Tony Blair, a for-mer UK Prime Minister and Bishop Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

(‘Tony Blair’s moral burden on peace initiative’, The Nation, same date, p.35)

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Ab-dulwaheed Olatinwo, has called for a func-tional and effective primary and secondary health care while disclosing in an interview that tertiary health facilities are being over-burdened by cases that could be treated at the primary and secondary health care levels.

(‘UITH evolving as one-stop health institu-tion’, Nigerian Tribune, Thursday January 10, 2013, p.33 and p.34)

The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) is set to record its first in-vitro fertili-zation pregnancy in March this year, accord-ing to its Chief Medical Director, Prof. Ab-dulwaheed Olatinwo. (‘Expect UITH’s first IVF pregnancy by March’, Nigerian Tribune, same date, p.34)

Dr Pius Abioje of the University of Ilorin, in an article, has condemned what he termed the ‘continuity syndrome’ which he describes as a trademark of dictatorship, that has negative tendencies on the society, while declaring that the University of Ilorin is a better by far insti-tution where such will never be condoned.

(‘Kill the continuity syndrome’, The Guard-ian, Friday January 11, 2013, p.14)

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has urged state governments to improve the quality of education at both primary and secondary school levels in order to prepare students for tertiary education while stating that the qual-ity of education in Nigeria is not that bad.

(‘Ambali offers antidote to education prob-lems’, The Herald, Friday January 11, 2013, p.4)

A thoracic and cardiovascular consultant sur-geon at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hos-pital, (UITH), Dr P. O. Adeoye, while deliver-ing a lecture titled ‘Overview and Challenges of Lung Cancer in Nigeria’, has warned on the dangers of tobacco smoking and the inhala-tion of smoke from kerosene lantern, mos-quito coils as well as generating sets to human health.

(‘Pain and palliative care in Kwara State’, The Herald, same date, p.10)


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Unilorin in the News (Contd. from back page) The Vice-Chancellor of the University of

Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has stated that the institution has provided many facili-ties to boost learning.

(‘34,000 UNILORIN students vie for 3,000 bed spaces’, The Punch, January 8, 2013, p.11)

The immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has disclosed in an interview that indiscipline and lack of focus among other factors are inhibit-ing the growth of tertiary education in Nige-ria.

(‘Indiscipline, lack of data, bane of tertiary education—Oloyede’, The Punch, same date, p.42)

Justice Mahmud Mohammed of the Supreme Court, while delivering a ruling in a suit in-volving the University of Ilorin and some re-instated lecturers of the institution, has stated that the 2009 judgment of the Court was clear as it covered only the payment of the lectur-ers’ salaries and allowances and does not pro-vide for allowance for sabbatical.

(‘UNILORIN 49: You can’t ask for sabbatical allowance—Court’, The Punch, same date, p.46)

Justice Afolabi Fabiyi of the Supreme Court, who took part in the hearing and determina-tion of a suit involving the University of Ilorin and some reinstated lecturers of the institu-tion, has disclosed that the judgment did not provide for the payment of sabbatical while warning the plaintiff to desist from embarrass-ing the University with its excessive demands.

(‘Supreme Court cautions ‘UNILORIN 49’ on excessive demands’, The Nation, Tuesday January 8, 2013, p.7)

Justice Mahmud Mohammed of the Supreme Court, while delivering a ruling in a suit in-volving the University of Ilorin and some re-instated lecturers of the institution, has stated that the 2009 judgment of the Court was clear as it covered only the payment of lecturers’ salaries and allowances and does not provide for allowance for sabbatical.

(‘Be Reasonable, Supreme Court Tells Unilorin Lecturers’, ThisDay, Tuesday Janu-

ary 8, 2013, p.12) The Vice-Chancellor of the University of

Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has urged state governments to improve the quality of education at both primary and secondary school levels in order to prepare quality stu-dents for tertiary education.

(‘VC charges states on quality education’, Daily Trust, Tuesday January 8, 2013, p.7)

The University of Ilorin is set to commence the production of bottled and sachet water by March this year for the consumption of mem-bers of the University community and its en-virons.

(‘Unilorin floats bottled water factory March’, The Herald, Wednesday January 9, 2012, p.5)

A photograph of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Am-bali, flanked by his wife and some Principal Officers of the University, has appeared in a newspaper. (The Herald, same date, p.5)

A photograph of journalists during the media get-together with the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulaGaniyu Am-bali has been published by a newspaper.

(The Herald, same date, p.5) The Vice-Chancellor of the University of

Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has dis-closed that the University has already re-ceived proposals for the provision of more hostel accommodations under the Build, Op-erate and Transfer (BOT) method that will generate about 1000 new accommodation fa-cilities for students on the campus.

(‘Accommodation: VC Lauds FG’s Decision to Partner Private Developers’, ThisDay, Wednesday January 9, 2013, p.34)

The immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has stressed the need for more empowerment for the National Universities Commission (NUC) in a newspaper interview.

(‘NUC Should be empowered in its Regula- tory Function’, ThisDay, same date, p.36)

The Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin, Mr Kunle Akogun, has stated that with the ruling of the Supreme Court on a matter involving the University and some reinstated lecturers, the manage-ment of the institution will continue to sustain

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Two graduates of the University of Ilorin, Dr Bolaji Ahmed Ibrahim and Sanni Mo-hammed Olaide, have won awards as Most Outstanding Corps Members in Delta State.

(‘Unilorin Graduates Shine At NYSC Honours Award’, The Guardian, Sunday January 6, 2013, p.19)

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has urged members of the University commu-nity to show love to one another in the New Year.

(‘Ambali urges more dedication’, The Her- ald, Same date, p.14) A photograph of the Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, his wife and the Registrar of the University, Mrs. Olufolake Oyeyemi, has appeared in a newspaper.

(The Herald, same date, p.14) An excerpt of the 120th Inaugural Lecture

of the University of Ilorin that was deliv-ered by Prof. Adebisi Olufunso Adedayo of the Department of Geography has been published in a newspaper.

(‘Rural development, the past, present and the future’, The Herald, same date, p.16 and 17) Justice Mahmud Mohammed of the Su-

preme Court, while making a clarification in a suit involving the University of Ilorin and some lecturers of the institution, has described as immoral and illegal, the de-mand by the lecturers for the payment of their sabbaticals.

(‘UNILORIN 49: You can’t get emolu-ments for sabbatical, says S’ Court’, Na-tional Mirror, Tuesday, January 8, 2013, p.51)

One of the justices of the Supreme Court, Afolabi Fabiyi, who took part in the hear-ing and determination of a suit involving the University of Ilorin and some reinstated

lecturers of the institution in 2009, has dis-

closed that the judgment the Apex Court delivered did not provide for payment for sabbaticals.

(‘S/Court warns reinstated UNILORIN lecturers’, Nigerian Tribune, Tuesday January 8, 2013, pp.1 & 49)

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has ob-served that the struggle to improve the quality of education in the country requires the collective effort of all stakeholders in order to ensure that good products come out of the foundation educational system.

(‘Quality of education not really bad-UNILORIN VC’, Nigerian Tribune, same date, .48)

UNILORIN: GOD’S OWN VARSITY – THE BEST OF THE REST January 14, 2013

Quotes of the Week The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still re-tain the ability to function. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

We become what we think about all day long. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us. - Marianne Williamson

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some-day you'll join us, and the world will be as one. - John Lennon

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God. -Lawrence Welk.

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Unilorin Bulletin 14th January 2013