Unilorin Bulletin 25th February 2013

MONDAY February 25, 2013 VOL. 5 NO. 63

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Emir lauds Unilorin's COBES initiative

The Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Dr. Haliru told members of the team led by the Dean, Area of Kwara State, Dr. Yahya Haliru, has Prof. A. Adeloye, that the programme would stand the test commended the University of Ilorin's of time as it would inculcate in the students the practical

Community Based Experience and Service (COBES) ability of the theoretical studies learnt in the class.programme, describing it as a bridge between education The Emir, who also said that the community had been and community service in the country. anxious and thirsty for development for so many years,

The Emir gave the commendation last Wednesday expressed his happiness that the University considered (February 20, 2013) at his palace when a team from the the ancient agrarian community as a place for students to Faculty of Agriculture paid him a courtesy visit during a learn practical agriculture. tour of the University's COBES centres across the state. (Contd. on page 3)

AProfessor of Science Education at the University of Ilorin, Isaac Olakanmi Abimbola, has identified the inconsistencies

in the nation's education policy as the reason behind Nigeria’s inability to produce great scientists that could contribute meaningfully to national development.

Prof. Abimbola disclosed this last Thursday rd(February 21, 2013) while delivering the 123 Inaugural

Lecture of the University under the Chairmanship of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali.

By Olusegun Mokuolu

The Dean of Agric, Prof Adeloye, (left) with the Emir during the visit

By Mustafa Abubakar

Abimbola decries inconsistency in education policy

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Dr. M. A. Adedimeji (Chairman), Dr. S. B. Olajide, Dr. L. A. Azeez, Mrs. F. R. Aliyu-Ibrahim, Mrs. R. A. Adimula, K. I. Akogun (Secretary)

EDITORIAL BOARD

IN THIS EDITIONv NSCIA congratulates Christians on Lent p.3v Student Union boosts transportation on

campus p.4v Unilorin ASUU exco gets vote of confidence p.5v Staff training, key to optimal performance

– Ambali p.6v Unilorin wins National Inter-medical school

quiz competition p.6v Unilorin vet docs record feat in surgical

operation p.7v KWASU VC gives recipe for better

postgraduate studies p.7 + Money Matters, Fast Facts File,

Good Grammar, Hale & Hearty, Laugh LinesQuotes of the Week and more!

Prof. Abimbola delivering his Inaugural Lecture last Thursday

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The five tricycles recently procured by the Unilorin Students Union leadership to boost

transportation on the campus

L-R: The Dean of Science, Prof. B. L. Adeleke; the Registrar-designate, Mr. E. D. Obafemi; the DVC (RTI), Prof. F. A. Oladele and the Director,

CREDIT, Prof. (Mrs) Temidayo Oladiji at the training workshop organised by CREDIT last

Tuesday

The DVC (RTI), Prof. Oladele, who represented the VC, reading Prof. Abimbola's citation at the

Inaugural Lecture last Thursday

Prof. and Mrs. Abimbola with Principal Officers and Deans after the Lecture

PHOTOS BY OLUSHOLA OLOWOYEYEPHOTOS BY OLUSHOLA OLOWOYEYE

Members of the POGSASS executive committee in a group photograph with some Deans, DVCs

and the guest lecturer after the Public Lecture

The DVC (RTI), Prof. Oladele, presenting a souvenir to the representative of the guest

lecturer, Dr. Mahmoud, during a Public Lecture organised by the Postgraduate Students Association (POGSASS) last Thursday



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Emir seeks Unilorin’s partnership with Shonga community

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NSCIA congratulates Christians on Lent By Mubarak Oladosu

(Contd. from front page)

The Emir of Shonga, Dr. Haliru Yahya with the team from the Faculty of Agriculture led by the Dean, Prof

Adeloye, during a visit to the Emir's palace

The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has congratulated the Nigerian Christian community on the

commencement of the Lenten season.In a congratulatory message addressed to the

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who wrote on behalf of the President-General of the NSCIA and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, noted that “it is remarkable that the blessing of the season coincides with the high spirits and joy among Nigerians as a result of the victory of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, at the 2013 edition of the African Cup of Nations recently held in South Africa.”

The NSCIA prayed that “as Lent offers an opportunity for spiritual rebirth and rejuvenation just as the football victory is indicative of promise and hope for the nation, God will continue to support you and all Nigerians to attain higher levels of achievement for the progress of our great nation.”

The letter, dated February 13, 2013, also reads: “It is a pleasure to congratulate you and indeed through you the entire Christian Community in Nigeria on the auspicious occasion of the beginning of Lent.

“I wish Your Grace and our Christian brothers and sisters all over the country a fulfilling spiritual experience during the period and beyond. I also pray that God Almighty continue to increase us all in faith, love and peace to be able to achieve our collective destiny as a single nation committed to His will.”

He described the programme as a way forward towards a long term relationship between the Shonga community and the University, adding that such a programme could key into the community's agricultural development, which he said is presently undergoing a holistic development.

The Emir noted that the presence of the Zimbabwean farmers in the community has boosted its agricultural profile, saying that the community is now a nucleus of agriculture and the epi-centre of cultural growth in the state.

Hoping for a future entrepreneurial relationship with the University, Dr. Haliru, who also affirmed that the community is a centre of good agricultural practice, urged the University to key into the vision, which he said would serve as part of the University's corporate social responsibility to the community.

The Emir described the students as good ambassadors of the University, pointing out that they had already keyed into the existing Shonga farm initiatives managed by the Zimbabwean farmers.

In his remarks, the Dean of Agriculture, Prof. Adeloye, thanked the Emir, his chiefs and members of the Shonga community for accepting the students into their midst and affording them the opportunity to interact with and learn from the local farmers the practical aspect of what they were taught in the classrooms while also teaching their hosts some modern techniques of farming.

The team had earlier on Tuesday (February 19, 2013) visited Malete Youth Farm in Malete, Moro Local

Government; Amoyo and Elerinjare, in Ifelodun Local Government; Afon, in Asa Local Government; and Lafiagi, in Edu Local Government Area, to assess the progress of the 254 students of the Faculty undertaking their two-week COBES programme in the different locations.

The 2013 programme, just like the previous ones, was designed to make the students creators of employment through their experiences and interactions with the local farmers.

With the Dean on the two-day tour were the Sub-Dean of the Faculty, Dr. J.A. Akangbe; COBES Coordinator, Dr. G. B. Adesiji; Dr. L. L. Adefalu, Dr. T. H. Aliyu, Mr. T. O. Amusa, Mr. A. Falola, Mrs. V. Ojo and Mr. S.A. Oyeyinka all from the Faculty of Agriculture.

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How Students can attain perfection in knowledge – Don

In the lecture, entitled “The Misunderstood Word in Science: Towards a Technology of Perfect Understanding for All”, the don lamented a situation whereby it is no longer compulsory for senior secondary school students to offer at least one science subject as part of their core subjects.

He argued that with the new core subjects being English language, General Mathematics, Computer Science, and Trade/Entrepreneurship, it would be difficult to produce a scientifically literate society devoid of ignorance and diseases.

Prof. Abimbola said that Science subjects have lost out in the new senior secondary school curriculum because they are no longer among the core subjects to be offered by all final-year students and that teacher-centred methods of teaching science predominate in Nigerian secondary schools.

He pointed out that the new system of education does not encourage students to excel in their studies because of its structural defects in setting low standard of performance.

The lecturer also noted that Senior School Certificate candidates have consistently been performing poorly overall, but particularly in science subjects, adding that less than 20% of applicants for university admission are usually admitted every year leaving over 80% without admission.

Prof. Abimbola said, “A major characteristic of educational policies in Nigeria is policy inconsistency. The policies vary as the Ministers come and go at an alarming rate. For instance, within the last 14 years that

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civilian rule was re-introduced in Nigeria, there have been 12 Ministers of Education, which roughly translates to about one Minister per year.”

Lamenting the non-availability of recognisable research centres in the country, the former Provost of the Osun State College of Education, Ilesha, stressed that “the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, which should normally be in charge of educational research in Nigeria, is yet to demonstrate sufficient interest in educational research”, adding that “the Institutes of Education in Nigerian universities that should also be centres for research have literally taken over the traditional functions of the Faculties of Education in producing teachers through sandwich and part-time programmes.”

The author of over five science education books recommended that all teachers should communicate correct information to their students at all times through well structured written instructional materials such as check sheets or study guides, or courseware, without verbal instruction.

He called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to resume its training programmes in study technology and make them available to all higher institution teachers. While stressing the need for teachers and other examiners “to deliberately improve the standard of education in the country by increasing the amount and variety of work given to students either as exercises or as tests,” Prof. Abimbola said that by so doing, students would be able to attain perfection in their knowledge.

By Mubarak Oladosu

In a strategic move to ease transportation on campus, the leadership of the University of Ilorin Students Union has acquired five

tricycles. While speaking with Unilorin Bulletin about the

development last Wednesday (February 20, 2013), the President of the Union, Mr. A. O. Aremu, and the Welfare Secretary, Mr. O. A. Cole, said that the tricycle operation is a strategy of breaking the existing monopoly of intra- campus transportation by non-students.

Mr. Aremu disclosed that the five tricycles, which will be commissioned by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, this Wednesday (February 27, 2013), will begin operation on the same day.

He noted that the tricycles will cost N10 per “drop” against the N25/N30 per “drop” charged by the transporters on campus.

He disclosed that the tricycles do not belong to the leadership of the Students Union rather, they are a commonwealth of all the students and every student has a responsibility to maintain and preserve the tricycles and also report reckless driving for common good, adding that the amount charged is carefully considered.

According to Mr. Aremu, “The colour of the Students Union tricycles will be Yellow and Navy Blue for the ease of identification. We implore students to maintain law and order as the queues pile up at the park.”

The tricycles will convey students free of charge on Wednesday (February 27, 2013).

Students union boosts transportation on campus

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Unilorin ASUU exco gets vote of confidence By Fatima Abubakre

Members of the University of Ilorin Unfortunately before the case could be heard, an Chapter of the Academic Staff Union election was held, after that election they now went of Universities (ASUU) have passed a with this motion that they are carrying about that Dr.

vote of confidence on their Executive Council headed Omoiya should set aside the election. Dr Omoiya said by Prof. Wahab Egbewole following misinformation he did not have any power to set aside any election over a recent ruling of the National Industrial Court. since February 2012 when he was no longer in office as

At a well attended Congress last Thursday the Chairman. You cannot ask the defendant to set (February 21, 2013), the Union members aside any election. That, in a nutshell is how matters overwhelmingly supported the motion for the vote of came about.”confidence moved and seconded by prominent Prof. Egbewole stated that the vote of confidence members of the union. There was no counter-motion passed on his leadership by members of the Chapter is against the vote of confidence motion. humbling and encouraging to him.

Addressing the Congress, the ASUU Chairman, “We have always known that majority of Prof. Egbewole, explained that the National Industrial members of ASUU are in favour of our leadership. The Court did not sack members of his Executive Council National Industrial Court did not sack our Executive because the Chapter was not a party to the said suit. Committee; the impression that was created by a few

While hoping that the press would be able to disgruntled individuals who are not fee paying identify and publish the truth, the Union leader members of our union is just an expression of their explained that the matter was a case between Dr Sa'ad opinion and not what the court has actually said. The Omoiya, the immediate past Chairman of the Unilorin court said let the status quo remain, and the argument Chapter of ASUU and the national body of ASUU. was that which status quo are you asking to remain; is

Tracing the genesis of the conflict and succession it the status quo of 2001 or the status quo of when that of leadership in the Unilorin ASUU in an interview judgment was given?”, he noted. with Unilorin Bulletin later, Prof. Egbewole said, While maintaining that the ASUU leadership of “This matter started in 2001 when there was a change. the University of Ilorin is not averse to working with We waited for about nine months and ASUU had no the national leadership, Prof. Egbewole told the leadership and this was creating an opportunity for the Congress that there has been communication between Administration to exploit our welfare issues. The body the Chapter and the national body. of academics then met and about 50 or so people signed “We have started the reconciliation move and we a notice of meeting and they converged. At that reported at Congress this morning that indeed there meeting, Dr Omotesho (now Prof. Omotesho) was was a communication between ASUU Unilorin and elected Chairman and I was elected Secretary.” ASUU national. The issue has not been concluded, so

He noted that Prof. Omotesho's leadership was it is a work in progress. We are not averse to working followed by that of Dr. Kola Joseph and then Dr. Sa'ad with the national body”, he said.Omoiya. Prof. Egbewole urged members to be united and

He stated further, “Subsequently, elections were discharge their obligations adequately, adding that held, where Dr Omotesho, Dr Joseph, and Dr Omoiya “Our major concern is to further pursue the interest of became chairmen. I was elected in February 2012 but our members to ensure that none of our members is just before my election, ASUU went to court short-changed in any form. Our interest is to ensure challenging Dr Omoiya. that the union is not denigrated by anybody; our stand

“The suit was not even challenging the whole of is to ensure that everything that we deserve is given ASUU Unilorin at that time; rather Dr Omo-iya was attention.”singled out that he should no longer be the Chairman.

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Staff training, key to optimal performance – AmbaliBy Margaret Innocent

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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has restated his belief that continuous staff

training is a necessity for optimal performance and achievement of goals in any organisation.

Prof. Ambali stated this last Tuesday (February 19, 2013) while declaring open a training workshop organised for staff of the University and those of other tertiary institutions in Kwara State by the Centre for Research Development and In-House Training (CREDIT) of the University of Ilorin.

The Vice-Chancellor, who was represented at the occasion by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovations), Prof. F. A. Oladele, said, “No organisation can rise beyond its knowledge level and this has made it necessary for any organisation aspiring to improve its performance to continue to train and retrain its staff.

“So you will agree with me that training is one of the most important aspects of human life. We need to improve on ourselves more and more so as to increase productivity and efficiency. Trained employees need less supervision and they develop self-confidence on the job.”

He emphasised that the University of Ilorin is poised to advance the knowledge base of its staff as well as those of other tertiary institutions within and outside Kwara State.

The Vice-Chancellor said, “One of the roles universities all over the world usually play is to use their wealth of knowledge to influence their immediate society,” adding that “it is against this backdrop that the University of Ilorin is playing host to you here today.”

Apart from the University staff in attendance, the training with the theme, “Towards Excellence in Teaching and Research”, was also attended by staff of the Kwara State University, Malete; Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin; and Landmark University, Omu-Aran.

Earlier in her welcome remarks, the Director, CREDIT, Prof. Temidayo Oladiji, stated that the

The University of Ilorin College of Health Sciences Students (CHS) has won the Seventh edition of the National Inter-

Medical School Quiz Competition organised by the Editorial Board of Dokita, the first medical journal published in the country by the University of Ibadan.

At the competition held at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, came second while host

training session was put together with the aim of extending the knowledge acquired during the workshop for the staff of the University of Ilorin some time last year, to staff of other institutions.

Prof. Oladiji said, “This workshop aims at training mid-career academic staff and technologists early enough on the importance of research both as a tool for personal development and also as a key for international recognition.

“Also, since our classrooms are becoming increasingly globalised with students from different backgrounds, cultures and academic aptitudes, the best practices globally demand that teachers and instructors coordinate classroom activities in such a way as to ensure knowledge is imparted to everybody. It has therefore become necessary for teachers to adopt new strategies”.

In his presentation, entitled “Research as a Tool for Academic Excellence”, Prof. Olugbenga Mokuolu of the Centre for International Education, University of Ilorin, stressed the need for research for effective teaching for any teaching staff.

He said, “We must invest in personal development and submit ourselves to the disciplines of training in order to effectively and successfully conduct quality research,” adding that, “there is the need to develop the curiosity that enables you ask research questions. As you interface with your discipline and its impact upon people, we must continue to ask critical questions of what, why, when, where, how and what if?”

Other facilitators at the training were Prof. F.A.O. Olasehinde-Williams, Dr. Stephen Olajide, Dr. H.O. Owolabi, and Dr. Rotimi Okunloye, all from the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin who spoke on “Learning and Learning Tools”, “Teaching: Methods for a Mixed Audience”, “Developing Tests for the Assessment of University Students” and “Personal/Professional Development Skills For Academic Staff”, respectively.

University, Olabisi Onabanjo University, clinched the third position.

Speaking on the competition, the Chairman, Editorial Board of the Journal, Professor Akinyinka Omigbodun, said that the competition was in honour of Professor Emeritus Oladipo Akinkugbe, who incidentally is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, to promote academic excellence and unity among medical students in the country.

By Mustafa Abubakar

Unilorin wins National Inter-Medical School quiz competition

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By Margaret Innocent

Veterinary doctors from the University of Ilorin's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine have carried out a successful surgical

operation on a striped hyena that suffered perineal trauma.

The exhibition of the procedure leading to this surgical feat is expected to be one of the highlights of a clinical seminar being planned by the Faculty for Thursday, February 28, 2013.

The surgical operation for the correction of the perineal trauma on the hyena was performed at the University Zoo on January 17, 2013 by a combined team of veterinary doctors from the Faculty, comprising Dr. M. Adams, Dr. Francis Olowoleni and Dr. (Mrs.) M. O. Azeez assisted by other staff.

The Clinical Seminar, with the topic: “Surgical Correction of Perineal Trauma in a Striped Hyena”, will be the first to be organised by the Faculty.

Meanwhile, the Dean of Veterinary Medicine, Prof. Sulaiman Ambali, has advocated the devotion of

more attention to the care of animals to ensure their comfort and prevent their extinction.

Prof. Ambali, who made the call in a chat with Unilorin Bulletin, emphasised that animals are the best source of protein and humans should do all they could to guard against their extinction.

The Dean noted that “the World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified Nigeria as one of the countries where animal proteins are lacking in our meals, and as such it behoves on Nigerians to rise up to the challenge of sustaining the ecosystem”.

On the academic standard of the Faculty, the Dean noted that the Faculty utilises the best curriculum available in line with the standards set by the Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN).

He, however, noted that the curriculum would soon be reviewed in view of the move by the University to add three more departments to the existing seven in the Faculty.

The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Prof. Abdurasheed Na'allah, has called for networking

among libraries in Nigerian universities as a way of improving the quality of postgraduate studies in the country.

Prof. Na'Allah, who made the appeal at a Public Lecture organised by the University of Ilorin Postgraduate Students Association (POGSASS) last Thursday (February 21, 2013), said that inter-varsity library networking is a common practice among public and private universities in the United States of America and students only have to wait for 24 hours before their university library calls them to pick up any material they might have requested for.

The KWASU Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by Dr. Saka Saidu Mahmud of the Department of Political Science, Kwara State University, said that postgraduate students need good libraries and highly rated universities like the University of Ilorin have to be up-to-date in terms of their library stock.

In the lecture, entitled “Education and Globalisation Nexus: Appraising Postgraduate Studies in Local and Foreign Universities”, the Vice-Chancellor noted that “the post-Cold War era of globalisation is an age of knowledge-driven globalisation making the era an era of survival of the smartest as education, skills and experiences make the

difference between the developed and the underdeveloped world.”

Prof. Na'Allah, who is a former member of POGSASS, said, “Postgraduate students find it difficult to have access to data in Nigeria, yet, data is important for development in all societies .”

Earlier, in his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Technology and Innovation), Prof. F. A. Oladele, noted that the attention of the International Association of Universities (IAU) had been drawn to the falling standard of postgraduate education around the world and the Association is making moves to check the trend.

He noted further that with collaborative research, Africans can solve their own problems.

In his welcome address, the Dean of the Postgraduate School, University of Ilorin, Prof. C. O. Bewaji, said that discussion on the topic was timely given that the IAU started a discussion on the changing nature of doctoral thesis at the University of Ilorin a few years ago.

Assuring that postgraduate studies in the country would no longer be business as usual, Prof. Bewaji disclosed said that towards this end, the University of Ilorin has introduced a code of conduct form which both postgraduate students and their supervisors have to complete.

By Mubarak Oladosu

KWASU VC gives recipe for better postgraduate studies

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UNILORIN WEEKLY FINANCIAL DIGESTSUMMARY OF RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD 14th February to 21st February, 2013

RECEIPTS AMOUNT Academic Transcript 38,000.00 Scroll 9,000.00 Order of Proceedings 10,500.00 Academic Gown 4,000.00 Contractor Registration form 4,000.00 Clinic Registration 14,000.00 T-Shirt 1,200.00 Change of Course 5,000.00 Fitness Centre 2,000.00 Rent of University property (Shop) 15,600.00 Rent of University property (Unilorin Auditorium) 40,000.00 Overhead Subvention grants 7,013,362.00 Student I.D. Card/ Lanyard 3,000.00 Staff I.D. Card 3,000.00 Total Receipts for the Period 7,162,662.00 PAYMENT Payment to contractors/suppliers: Ibironke Technologies Consultancy services 302,458.19 Bislaw Engr Ltd ,, 4,277,764.05 Joladia Nig Ltd Construction of Lab complex, Faculty of Science 11,052,777.24 Febab Nig Ltd. Construction of proposed simulation centre 2,385,573.63 Anchor maric Ltd. Construction of multipurpose hall 43,680,261.75 Other Payments: Various i.e, Refund etc 1,805,280.00 Purchase Advance 1,034,650.00 Feb 2013 Salary 384,652,012.50 Dept of Ophthalmology DTLC 655,841.19 Dept of Crop Production ,, 598,233.40 Dept of Behavioural Science ,, 655,841.19 Dept of Library & Information Science ,, 247,086.42 Works Dept Street Light 3,818,750.00 Total Payments for the Period 455,166,529.56

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nd rdØ While delivering the 122 inaugural lecture of public to the 123 inaugural lecture, entitled the University of Ilorin entitled “A Plastic and “The Misunderstood Word in Science: Towards Reconstructive Surgeon in a Developing a Technology of Perfect Understanding for All”, Country: Practice, Problems and Prospects”, to be delivered by Prof. Isaac Olakanmi Prof. Ismail Adigun Lawal of the Department of Abimbola of the Department of Science Surgery has canvassed the establishment of Education on Thursday, February 21, 2013.burn centres across the country to transform the (National Pilot, same date; See also, This Day, management of burn injuries in Nigeria. Tuesday, February 19, 2013, p.36J)

('ILORIN/Tackling Burn Injuries', The News, Ø The management of the University of Ilorin has Monday, February 25, 2013, p.35) announced the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel

Ø A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dada Obafemi as the Registrar-designate of the Ilorin, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who is also the institution.Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Inter- ('Council approves Obafemi as University of Religious Council (NIREC), has charged the Ilorin registrar-designate,' The Guardian, government to fish out those responsible for the Tuesday, February 19, 2013, p.47)killing of health workers in Kano State and Ø A communiqué of the 2013 first quarterly prosecute them accordingly. meeting of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council

('Health workers: NIREC wants FG to fish out (NIREC) held in Uyo and signed by a former killers', Vanguard, Monday, February 18, 2013, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, p.15) Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who is also the Executive

Ø In a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting Secretary of the body, has been published in and signed by its Executive Secretary, Prof. Is- several newspapers.haq Oloyede, a former Vice-Chancellor of the ('The 2013-First Quarterly Meeting of the University of Ilorin, the Nigeria Inter-Religious Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) held Council (NIREC), has charged the Federal at the Le Meridian Ibom Hotel and Golf Resort,

th thGovernment to summon the political will to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State from 11 to 13 address security challenges and corruption in February, 2013', Vanguard, Tuesday, February the country. 19, 2013, p.47; See also, Daily Trust, Tuesday,

(‘Religious leaders urge govt to tackle insecurity, February 19, 2013, p.9; The Nation, Wednesday, corruption’, The Nation, Monday, February 18, February 20, 2013, p.56)2013, p.53) Ø Dr Pius Abioje of the University of Ilorin in an

Ø The National Industrial Court, Lagos, has opinion article has asserted that those who delivered its judgment in a suit between a staff engage in unwholesome practices to the member of the University of Ilorin and the detriment of others are engaging in acts of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). cultism while adding that it is wrong to ascribe

(‘Court sacks ASUU exco in UNILORIN’, The cultism in Nigerian universities to African Nation, same date, p.54: See also, ‘ASUU asks Traditional Religion.UNILORIN to honour NIC judgement’, ('Official cultism in Nigerian universities', The National Mirror, same date, p.52; 'NIC sacks Nation, Tuesday, February 19, 2013, p.20)UNILORIN ASUU', Daily Independent, same Ø A writer, Hajia Jamila Mohammed, has date, p.9; 'Uphold court judgement, UNILORIN commended the visionary leadership of a ASUU tells authorities', Nigerian Tribune, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wednesday, February 20, 2013, p.49) Ilorin who is now the current Vice-Chancellor

Ø An Associate Professor of Political Science in of Nassarawa State University, Prof. the University of Ilorin, Dr Emmanuel Ojo, has Shamsudeen Amali, for re-enacting the stable stated that the newly formed All Progressive academic calendar enjoyed by the University of Congress (APC) would provide strong Ilorin at the Nassarawa State University in a opposition for the ruling Peoples Democratic published article.Party (PDP). ('What I saw at my daughter's university in (‘APC good for Nigeria's nascent democracy’, Keffi', BluePrint Tuesday, February 19, 2013, National Pilot, Monday, February 18-20, 2013) p.16); See also The Nation, Wednesday,

Ø The University of Ilorin has invited the general February 20, 2013).




Ø Some undergraduates of the University of Ilorin Universities has dissociated itself from the case listed in an advertisement are among students of decided by the National Industrial Court tertiary institutions across the country that have recently. (‘We are yet to be served NIC ruling- benefitted from the MTN Foundation Science UNILORIN ASUU’, National Mirror, Friday, and Technology Scholarship Scheme Phase 4. February 22, 2013, p.49)('MTN Foundation Science and Technology Ø While delivering the 123rd Inaugural Lecture of Scholarship Scheme Phase 4', The Punch, the University of Ilorin, Prof. Isaac Abimbola of Wednesday, February 20, 2013, p.69 and 72) the Department of Science Education has called

Ø Members of the Academic Staff Union of for the proper funding of the quality assurance Universities of Nigerian Universities, bills of the federal and state ministries of University of Ilorin chapter have passed a vote education as well as the local education of confidence on the Chapter’s Chairman, Prof. authorities. Abdulwahab Egbewole and other executives of Ø (Royal FM news bulletin, 6.00 p.m. Friday, the union. February 22, 2013; Also on Harmony FM news (‘UNILORIN ASUU’, The Punch, Friday, bulletin, same day, 6.00 p.m; Radio Kwara, February 22, 2013, p.12) national news, same day, 3.00 p.m, 5.00 p.m and

Ø The University of Ilorin branch of the Academic 8.00 p.m.)Staff Union of Universities of Nigerian

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Quotes of the WeekQuotes of the WeekTo exist is to change, to change is to mature, to If your actions create a legacy that inspires others mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. to dream more, learn more, do more and become

- Henri Bergson more, then you are an excellent leader.- Dolly Parton

What is now proven was once only imagined.- William Blake Wherever there is a human being, there is an

opportunity for kindness.What you get by achieving your goals is not as - Senecaimportant as what you become by achieving your goals. - Zig Ziglar

Two graduate students and a professor were walking through a city park and they found an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a spirit came out in a puff of smoke.

The spirit said, "I usually only grant three wishes, so I'll give each of you just one."

“I first, I first", said the first graduate student. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat with a gorgeous woman sunbathing." Poof and he was gone.

"I next, I next", said the second graduate student. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with a professional hula dancer on one side and a lot of wine on the other." Poof and he was gone.

"You're next", the spirit said to the professor.

The professor said, "I want those guys back in the lab after lunch!”

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February 25, 2013

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities”, the French thinker and writer, Voltaire (1694 - 1778) famously said.

Against the backdrop of a clarion call to falsehood made last week by a desperate character, who is bereft of character or morality according to the Supreme Court of the country, The Alma Mater presents today the editorial of This Day newspaper of Wednesday January 16, 2013 entitled “A word for the ‘Unilorin 49’” verbatim. For those who missed it, the thoughtful editorial is still as relevant as it was last month, for digestion, record and posterity:

The 49 lecturers should go back to the classroom to do what they are paid for, please.

Last Monday's well-deserved admonition to the reinstated 49 lecturers of the University of Ilorin by the Supreme Court should serve as a cheerful reminder to Nigerians that irresponsible agitation should not become a calling. With the judgement and the rebuke, the Supreme Court tried to refocus those who should be imparting knowledge on our campuses; but who have unwittingly contributed to the decay in the institutions of higher learning across the country.

Eight years after they were dismissed by the University authorities, the Supreme Court in 2009 ordered their reinstatement and the payment of their salaries and allowances. In compliance with the judgement, the university promptly paid the lecturers their entitlements. But that did not bring a closure to the saga, as the lecturers began to make demands for sundry payments not covered by the earlier judgement of the apex court. Among others, they were said to have requested for payment for sabbatical for the period they were out of work. They did not stop there. They went on to secure an Order of Garnishee from a high court where N302 million belonging to the university had been attached.

In joining issues with the lecturers, the University of Ilorin authorities argued correctly that it had complied with the spirit and the letter of the judgement. It argued further the ruling was being misinterpreted by the lecturers, whose suit was frivolous. The University had also appealed to the recalcitrant recalled lecturers to “settle down to their primary responsibilities of teaching and research and put behind them other distracting activities”.We note with relief that the Justices of the Supreme Court agreed with the University. In the ruling

last week, Justice Afolabi Fabiyi, a member of the original panel that heard the case, insisted that what the lecturers were asking for did not form part of the court's judgement. “Which sabbatical? Sabbatical when you were not around for eight years? Is it moral for you to be asking for all these?”, asked a visibly angry Justice Fabiyi.

We are at pains to say that the attitude of these lecturers has further lent credence to the allegation that many university lecturers care less about the institution they work for and the future of the students they teach. Coming at a time when Nigerian universities ranked poorly compared with their counterparts in Africa, it is this kind of disposition that largely accounts for the deplorable situation on our campuses. Today, for the flimsiest of reasons, our university lecturers would embark on strike such that for a four-year programme, many students end up spending between six to eight years. Yet majority of these graduates are considered unemployable.

In its 2011/2012 African Universities Ranking, the International Colleges and Universities rates the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as the best in the country. But our best is number 16th in Africa. Even then, many still believe that the ranking is too generous and that it is a not a reflection of the true state of our universities.

The attitude of our academics, among other problems, has led to a most dramatic loss of confidence in Nigerian universities. The affected University of Ilorin lecturers could not be bothered because they are so caught up with agitation and presumed righteous sense of entitlement that they no longer remember that they are employed for specific reasons and to carry out certain tasks as part of an institution. Instead, they set out to cripple the university by grabbing for themselves the funds that were meant for the day- to- day running of the institution. Against the background that University of Ilorin was rated best in Nigeria in 2010/2011, a position it lost to UNILAG in the latest ranking, what these lecturers are doing is clearly indefensible. They should go back to the classroom and stop hopping from one court to another.

So when next an academic area boy rationalises an open rebuke and ridiculously peddles absurdities, the appropriate attitude to such trash of anonymous publications should be, as lawyers say, caveat emptor or buyers beware.

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Unilorin Bulletin 25th February 2013