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Ambali bags international award for service excellence By Kunle Akogun

or his contributions to multidisciplinary research and inter-Tertiary institutions collaborations in Africa, the ViceChancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), has been rewarded with yet another prestigious award. The award, a brainchild of The Research Nexus Africa Networks, was presented to Prof. Ambali in Accra, Ghana, last Tuesday (March 22, 2016). (Contd. on page 3) Prof. Ambali (right) receiving the award from Prof. Edward Santiago-Blas of Colorado State University, USA

Unilorin's investment in ICT paying off – Ahmed By Kunle Akogun

he Director of the Computer Services and Information Technology (COMSIT), University of Ilorin, Prof. Musa Isyaku Ahmed, has praised the management of the University for its proactive investment of “enormous resources” in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Prof. Ahmed, who gave the kudos in Accra, Ghana, last Tuesday (March 22, 2016) while delivering a keynote address at the Sixth International Science, Technology, Education, Arts, Management and Social Sciences (iSTEAMS) Multidisciplinary Cross-border Conference held at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), said that this deliberate move to integrate hi-tech into the teaching and learning environment has “paid off handsomely”. ( Contd. on page 4)

Highlight Let's support JAMB to improve on computer-based UTME -- Yusuf p.3 Unilorin may host NURESDEF 2018 p.5 Unilorin students shine at UI summit p.6 Akanbi tasks parents of remedial students p.7 26th Registry Seminar holds Wednesday p.7 Unilorin Weekly Financial Digest p.8 The Podium: Demented Hawkers on Rampage p.12 EDITORIAL BOARD

Prof. Ahmed presenting his keynote address at the Conference

Unilorin scientists move to tackle blood shortage in hospitals By Adeyinka Ademuyiwa

orried by the acute shortage of blood often required for medical operations in the country, a group of researchers at the University of Ilorin has initiated a study aimed at improving access to blood in Nigerian hospitals. The research group comprises a Senior Lecturer in Dr. Adekunle G. Salaudeen of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of

Health Sciences, University of Ilorin; Dr O. I. Musa, Prof. T. M. Akande, both of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin; Dr. I. A. Durotoye of the Department of Haematology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ilorin; and Dr. K. A. Durowade of the Department of Community Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Iddo-Ekiti. ( Contd. on page 6)

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L-R: Prof. Edward Santiago-Blas of Colorado State University, USA; the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali; the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana, Prof. Abednego Amartey; the Director of Administration, UPSA, Dr. Vivian Amoako; and the Director, Computer Services and Information Technology (COMSIT), University of Ilorin, Prof. Musa Isyaku Ahmed, during the opening ceremony of the iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary Cross-Border Conference in Ghana last Tuesday

Prof. Ambali (right) making his remarks during the opening ceremony of the iSTEAMS Conference while one of the Keynote speakers, Prof. Santiago-Blas, looks on

Prof. Ambali displaying the plaque of the Award of Excellence for Contribution to Multidisciplinary Research and Inter-Tertiary Collaborations presented to him by Research Nexus Africa, organisers of the iSTEAMS Conference in Accra last Tuesday

A member of the Organising Committee of the iSTEAMS Conference, Dr. Rasheed Jimoh (left), reading the citation of Prof. Ambali before the presentation of his award last Tuesday

Prof. Ambali (left) presenting an award on behalf of the organisers to the representative of the ViceChancellor f the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana, Prof. Abednego Amartey

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Research Nexus Africa hails Ambali’s giant strides at Unilorin The Vice-Chancellor was among the six distinguished world renowned academics honoured at the 2016 edition of the International Multidisciplinary Cross-Border Conference on Science, Technology, Education, Arts, Management and the Social Sciences (iSTEAMS) held at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana, in recognition of their various contributions to human capital development, cross-border academic initiatives and the general development of education in Africa. Other award recipients at the well-attended Conference were Prof. Edward Santiago-Blas of the Colorado State University, USA; Prof. Joshua Alabi, the ViceChancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana; Prof. Clement Dzidonu, the President, Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), Accra, Ghana; Prof. (Mrs.) Goski Alabi, the Dean, Centre for International Education and Collaboration, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana; and Dr. Hilda Vember of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology,

South Africa. Presenting the award to Prof. Ambali, on behalf of the organisers, one of the special guests and a fellow honoree, Prof. Santiago-Blas, described the Unilorin helmsman as "a household name in the international academia following his giant strides of achievements that have placed the University of Ilorin on the global education map". Prof. Santiago-Blas said it was, therefore, not a surprise that such a globally acknowledged achiever was being recognised for his services in the area of educational development. He, therefore, congratulated Prof. Ambali, wishing him “continuous progress as he contributes to human capital development, internationalisation, multidisciplinary, intermediary and collaborative research”. In his response after receiving the award, the multiple-awardwinning Vice-Chancellor thanked the Research Nexus Africa Networks for finding him worthy of the prestigious award, saying, “The fact that the organisers have recognised the

excellence in me only points to one fact and that is that the Research Nexus is also a bundle of excellence because it takes excellence to recognise excellence”! The award ceremony was part of the three-day iSTEAMS Conference themed “Addressing Human-Centred Challenges through Multidisciplinary Innovations and Inter-tertiary Collaborations”. The Unilorin Vice-Chancellor was accompanied to the ceremony by the Director, Computer Services and Information Technology (COMSIT), University of Ilorin, Prof. Musa Isiyaku Ahmed, who also delivered one of the two keynote addresses at the Conference; the Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs, University of Ilorin, Mr. Kunle Akogun; the Principal Assistant Registrar, ViceChancellor's Office, University of I l o r n , M r. K a z e e m K a y o d e Babamale; the Protocol Officer to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Olatunde Agboola; and the Deputy Director, Ilorin Business School, University of Ilorin, Dr. Rasheed Jimoh, who was also a member of the Conference Organising Committee.

Let's support JAMB to improve on computer-based UTME -- Yusuf By Fatima Abubakre

he Director, Institute of Education (IOE), University of Ilorin, Prof. Mudashiru Yusuf, has called on Nigerians to support the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to improve on the conduct of its computer-based Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) instead of seeking to revert to the manual system of pencil and paper test. The Professor of Educational Technology stated this in an interview with Unilorin Bulletin last Tuesday (March 22, 2016), saying that in this digital age, the transition to computerbased examinations was inevitable in order to compete effectively in a globalised environment. While noting that the hitches experienced during the

conduct of the 2016 UTME were teething problems, which would be overcome, Prof. Yusuf said it was retrogressive to ask JAMB to go back to conducting manual examinations. He said, “To advise a mother to stop child bearing simply because a child has teething problem, is a wrong approach”, adding that “as at today, in Nigeria, we are not only ready we should be ready whether we like it or not. These our children will not compete with somebody in Ilorin alone; they will compete with somebody even in Britain for the next generation of jobs. They are going to compete with not just somebody in Nigeria; that is why jobs are being internationalised.” “You are asking investors to come into Nigeria; if they come into Nigeria and they establish industries and they know the workforce you have

will not be able to sustain their industries, they will have to import their workforce. It is when you are able and capable that they will employ you. Let us not deceive ourselves; this is a digital age and information age. It is like saying: are we ready for the use of digital-based banking? The answer is obvious.” According to Prof. Yusuf, going fully digital will eliminate fraudulent practices in the system. He said, “Nigeria is ready and we should go digital. I don't know what has happened, JAMB has tried before now. I hope it is not sabotage by some individuals. Nigerians have a way of doing certain things; once they know something does not favour them, they want to by-pass it and destroy it”. (Contd. on page 5)

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Don charges African varsities to imbibe ICT culture (Contd. from front page) The Conference was aimed at fostering a good merger between technology and education, and intertertiary collaborations in areas of research. It would also generate intellectual and human capital development and cross-border interaction among academic institutions. I n h i s p a p e r, e n t i t l e d “Addressing Higher Education Processes Challenges through ICT Innovations: The University of Ilorin Experience”, the Professor of Veterinary Medicine with hi-tech ICT skills said the adoption of ICT as one of its core values is one of the factors responsible for making Unilorin the most sought-for by admission seekers in the country. Prof. Ahmed also pointed out that Unilorin's heavy investment in ICT has also been responsible for the We b o m e t r i c r a n k i n g o f t h e University among the best three universities in the country in 2015. According to the erudite P r o f e s s o r, “ C o n t e m p o r a r y universities in Nigeria are digital technology driven (and) this digital dependence has impacted on teaching and learning at all levels of tertiary education, thereby challenging the conventional teaching and learning commonly in use”. He told the excited Conference participants that the University of Ilorin had anticipated the ICT modernity, a situation that accounted for its heavy investment in hi-tech. Prof. Ahmed, therefore, called on tertiary education institutions in West Africa “to anticipate the change mantra in order not to have it forced upon us”. The Keynote Speaker praised the organisers of the iSTEAMS Conference, which he said, would afford participants the opportunity to “share experience on how to transfer, integrate and adopt the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in our institutions of learning”. Prof. Ahmed said, “There is

no better time to bring together stakeholders on ICT to interact and share their experiences on the way forward in addressing the issues in tertiary education using ICT tools.” Pointing out that “the time to imbibe the ICT culture is now, with the growing population and concurrent dwindling resources”, the ICT expert said, “Most countries in West Africa are now promoting egovernance, e-education, emedicine, e-Visa, etc to ease up the stress of governance and efficiently reach out to the people.” On the impact of ICT on education in Nigeria, Prof. Ahmed expressed happiness that it had revolutionised the tertiary education sector of education in the country, as, according to him, “it has encouraged the development of contextualised institutional e-learning platforms and other generic ICT-based teaching and learning programmes”. According to him, digital technologies have brought about changes in teachers' and students' relationships “as they now learn from each other”. He said, “Teachers' roles have shifted from being providers of information to facilitators and guides to learning.” Earlier in his welcome address, the Co-Convener of the Conference, Prof. Olumide Babatope Longe, said this was the first time the iSTEAMS Conference would be held outside Nigeria since its inception in 2013. Prof. Longe said that the organisers decided to bring the conference to Ghana this year in order to give the Ghanaian contingents who have always attended previous editions in other countries a sense of belonging. The Co-Convener, however, expressed delight that since it began in 2013, the iSTEAMS Conference has continued to wax strong. He said, “From the maiden edition at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in May 2013, the Conference continued to grow in leaps and bounds with attendant global impact.”

Prof. Longe thanked the management, staff and students of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), for the wonderful hospitality they accorded the Conference participants, saying, “We look forward to more productive relationship with UPSA and other institutions across the globe in the future.” In his goodwill message, the Vice-Chancellor of UPSA, Prof. Joshua Alabi, congratulated the organisers of the Conference, saying that they made a right choice to hold it at the University of Professional Studies, Accra. Prof. Alabi, who was represented by the Pro-Vice Chancellor of UPSA, Prof. Abednego Amartey, said that the Conference had “come at a very opportune time in a dispensation where research and academic dynamics are becoming more collaborative, inter-tertiary and cross-border at increasing geometrical rates.” The next edition of the Conference will hold at the University of Ilorin in September this year. Among the dignitaries at the Conference opening ceremony were the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON); the Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Prof. Ayandiji Aina; and the President of Accra Institute of Technology, Prof. Clement Dzidonu; Also in attendance were Prof. Edward Santiago-Blas of Colorado State University, USA; Prof. Kousati Edwards of Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA; Dr. Deborah Ebem of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Prof. Hilda Vember of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa; Dr. Irene N. of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho Volta Region, Ghana; and the Deputy Director, Ilorin Business School, University of Ilorin, Dr. Rasheed Jimoh.

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Unilorin may host NURESDEF 2018 By Adeyinka Ademuyiwa

he University of Ilorin may play host to the 2018 edition of the Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair ( N U R E S D E F ) i f t h e Vi c e Chancellor, Prof AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), accedes to the request on his table. Also, an ultra-modern market to display and sell bulk quantities of University of Ilorin commercial products to end users and market women is in the offing. These are parts of the recommendations contained in an official report by the Unilorin contingent to the just concluded NURESDEF 2016 at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The Report was submitted to the Vice-Chancellor by the Director of Laboratory to Product (LABTOP) Centre, Prof Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, who led the Unilorin researchers to the NURESDEF According to Prof Abdulkareem, the Deputy ViceChancellor (Research Technology and Innovation), Prof Gabriel Ademola Olatunji, who had been a pillar of support to the Local Organising Committee of NURESDEF 2016, and who was physically present in Awka to motivate and interact with other stakeholders from the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), and researchers from other universities, mooted the idea of University of Ilorin hosting the next edition of the Fair coming up in 2018.

He said, “This will trigger several futuristic plans the University has for research development and commercialization of research findings. Prof. Abdulkareem also told the Vice-Chancellor in the report that an ultra-modern campus market is being planned as a one-stop shop to warehouse, display and sell all of the University of Ilorin commercial products like Moringa, honey, bottled and sachet water, vegetables, sugar cane, poultry eggs and birds, and several others that will be added to the list from research efforts. He explained that “a University as big as Unilorin deserves an on-campus market that will cater for staff and students' needs apart from adding to the revenue profile of the University and attending to basic welfare needs of our people”. According to him, “Instead of students and staff facing Yoruba Road, Tanke Oke-Odo, for their daily needs, it should be possible to buy all you need on campus at the close of work while still on campus”. He said, “More importantly, we should be able to supply the needs of market women in surrounding markets like Tanke, Gaa Akanbi, Yoruba Road etc. So, it is the market women that should come to our campus to buy the things we produce and not the other way round”. The Report also conveyed to the Vice-Chancellor, observations and comments of guests at Unilorin's

exhibition stand as well as assessors' remarks on the University's presentations at the NURESDEF fair. “For example”, the report said, “many assessors want our researchers to collaborate crossdisciplinarily to obtain better results”. Although the University of Ilorin was adjudged third in two of the four awarded categories, the Report noted that many guests who visited the University stand at the Fair publicly rated the University better in the quality and quantity of presentations. When preparing for NURESDEF 2016, Prof Abdulkareem further disclosed, “five Faculty exhibitions were held by the Faculties of Engineering and Technology, Physical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Life Sciences and Agriculture before the University Research Exhibition Fair was held on February 26, 2016”. He added that only the Faculties of Social Sciences and Veterinary Medicine did not participate in any of these activities. At the end of the University Fair, prizes were awarded to the three presentations considered best by the Committee of Faculty Research Managers. “All participating researchers were awarded Certificates of Participation and from their presentations 37 were picked for NURESDEF 2016 at Awka”.

IOE Director seeks support for JAMB’s CBT (Contd. from page 3) Pointing out that “Change is a natural thing”, Prof. Yusuf said, “If people are asking JAMB to go back to manual-based examination, it is retrogressive. They should be asking JAMB, you did this thing, there was a problem; how is it that you are going to ensure that next time the problem does not reoccur that is what we should be doing …” While commending JAMB for allowing for remediation where lapses have occurred, the IOE Director explained that in

everything human, there is bound to be error. Prof. Yusuf, however, enjoined the examination body to “go beyond its in-house IT officers”. According to him, “JAMB should call stakeholders, the IT officers and other experts in the area of Information Technology from outside the establishment and universities”, adding that the University of Ilorin, which is a pioneering institution in the area of computer-based test, and others who

have established themselves in that area should be invited to be part of the JAMB team as well as experts in tests and measurements, for a brainstorming session. "Let them open up what has happened and then that is what we call system analysis, then we come back to system synthesis. And I am sure the body will be fortified and will provide better services than what has happened before.”

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‘Why Nigerians shun voluntary blood donations’ (Contd. from front page) The N4.5million-worth Study, sponsored by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), is entitled, “Determinants of Voluntary Blood Donation Practices and Blood Donation Campaign among Adults in North Central Nigeria”. In an interview with Unilorin Bulletin, a key member of the research team, Dr. Salaudeen, lamented the delays in getting blood when needed. He said this has caused needless deaths and brought untold hardships to relations of patients and health professionals manning the hospitals. Dr. Salaudeen, who is also a Consultant at the Public Health Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), disclosed that only 600,000 units or 30 per cent of the two million units of blood required for operations in Nigerian hospitals are voluntarily donated. He added that “the rest 70 per cent (or 1.4million units), is sourced through unethical and questionable means, including paying blood donors, buying Transmission Transmissible Infections (TTI), borrowing from the hospital with the risk of not

paying back especially if the operation fails or relations do not show up again”. He said, “In Nigeria, myths, misconceptions, bias, poverty, ignorance, fear and malnutrition have posed serious threats to voluntary blood donations”, pointing out that many people are afraid that their blood could be used for rituals”. Dr. Salaudeen further explained that “others feel malnourished and are not ready to donate blood, which to them is like donating their life. Yet another group donates blood regularly for sale to patients and are operating like a cartel, frustrating voluntary blood donors. They see blood donation as their business and discourage anyone practising it if he does not belong to their group”, he further explained. The Epidemiologist, who had worked on breast cancer, cigarette smoking, violence against women, malaria, poliomyelitis, immunization, and disease surveillance, among others, disclosed that a voluntary blood

donation campaign is already ongoing in some parts of Kwara and Kogi states “as part of the Study to help educate and inform our people about the importance of voluntarily donating blood and allay fears attached to it”. He said that as part of the campaign, “blood donors are being encouraged to donate blood voluntarily through some reward mechanisms. For instance, every blood donor will know more about his/her blood, the blood group, the genotype, HIV status, PVC level, Hepatitis 'B' or Hepatitis 'C' presence etc. Again, we offer free counselling and referrals to teaching and specialist hospitals for further investigation and management”. The Researcher urged the government to continually create an enabling environment for voluntary non-remunerated blood donation, promising that the Study will foster a culture of voluntary blood donation in the North Central Zone of Nigeria. He added that it would also improve public awareness and acceptance of voluntary blood donation as a social norm.

Unilorin students shine at UI summit By Olusegun Mokuolu

he University of Ilorin Students' Union has again proved its mettle among Nigerian university student organisations, as members of its Senate Council clinched the second position at the inter-varsity debate of the third annual legislative summit organised by the Students Representative Council of the University of Ibadan Students' Union. The event, which took place penultimate Friday (March 18, 2016), was themed “21 Century Legislature in Anticipation of a Better Nigeria”. The Unilorin representatives at the debate were Aiwekhoe Richard Osaro, Adekunbi Ademola

and Bashir Lukman. They were at the Students Affairs Unit last Monday (March 21, 2016) to hand over the prize they won to the Dean, Student Affairs, Prof. A. E. Talabi. Receiving the award, Prof. Talabi noted that he has always been impressed with the Unilorin Students' Union, adding that the recent visit of the Kenyatta University Students Association (KUSA) to the University was a testament to the quality of students' unionism in the University of Ilorin. Prof. Talabi, who was with the Sub-Dean, Student Affairs, Dr. A. Yusuf, described the award as “another cap to make the University of Ilorin better by far”. He thanked the University administration, led by

t h e Vi c e - C h a n c e l l o r, P r o f . AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), for providing the enabling environment to allow constructive unionism to thrive on the campus. Other students that attended the Ibadan summit were: Musa James Jiya, Deputy Senate President; Sanni Jamiu Mohammed, Senator, Imam-Lawal Ummulikhaer, Students' Union V i c e - P r e s i d e n t ; A k a n o T. Ifeoluwapo, Students' Union General Secretary; Abdulrasheed Olatunji, Students' Union Welfare Secretary; Imam Abdulkadri, Clerk, Senate Council; and Akinboro Doyinsola, Deputy Clerk, Senate Council.

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Akanbi tasks parents of remedial students By Mubarak Oladosu

he Director of the School of Preliminary Studies (SPS), University of Ilorin, Prof. Mustapha M. Akanbi, has called on parents and guardians of the incoming students of the School to prepare the minds of their wards for five months intensive training while equipping them financially and emotionally. Prof. Akanbi, who gave this advice during an interview with Unilorin Bulletin, disclosed that candidates for the remedial programme must have passed five subjects in the school leaving certificate examination as against the old practice when the programme used to accept candidates with deficiency in one subject or the other. The Director noted that the campus is not a regular university campus but a campus for aspiring undergraduates that is located away from the city and without banking facilities. On what should be the expectation of the new students, Prof. Akanbi said, “The first thing is that the person, child, because most of them are kids, 15, 16, 17, that comes there must first understand he or she is not a University student yet. It is a School of Preliminary Studies. He is getting set to go to the University. He is yet to be a University student: like I normally

joke, it is SS4 … It is from there that he is getting into the University. So, he shouldn't have the mind-set of having been admitted into the University. He should have the mindset of someone that is coming there to prepare for admission into the University.” Prof. Akanbi advised parents and guardians to counsel their children and wards, who would be leaving home to live independently for the first time, properly and remember to give those with peculiar health challenges their medications. He added that the University has a clinic, which caters for the remedial students. While commenting on potential environmental challenges at the Fufu Campus of the School of Preliminary Studies, the Director noted that they are being addressed by the University authority. He disclosed that the housing facilities of the University can only accommodate about ten per cent of the students but students have access to private hostels which have porters and security men employed by the University. Prof. Akanbi disclosed that he chairs the security committee of the SPS with other members including the Chief Security Officer of the University, the Officer in Charge of Civil Defence Corps in the area, the Divisional Police Officer of Fufu, the

head of vigilantes in Fufu, the head of the hunters and the Secretary of the Landlords Association in the area. While explaining the nature of the private hostels around the School premises, the Director said that all the female hostels are secured with fences and the minimum number of students in each room is three while the maximum is six and students cannot visit the hostels of the opposite gender. The Professor of Business Law added that the University has succeeded in crashing the cost of accommodation in the private hostels from N120, 000 to between N50, 000 and N30, 000. Prof. Akanbi described the remedial programme as a quality control programme, which is more rigorous than the Post-UTME, a similar quality control device. The Director said, “The parents need to counsel the kids properly before dropping them off. There is the need for the kids to behave themselves, comport themselves properly. They should not become source of embarrassment to their parents. Number two is that the parents should ensure that they give their wards a little more than their needs. The parents should not indulge the kids unnecessarily. What the kids have come to do is to study. It's a short period: four to five months; and it's intensive.”

26th Registry Seminar holds Wednesday

he 26th edition of the Registry Seminar Series will A statement made available to Unilorin Bulletin by the th hold this Wednesday (30 March, 2016) at the Secretary, Registry Seminar Committee, Mr. M. O. Basement of the University Auditorium by Adewuyi, urged all concerned to attend punctually 11.00a.m.

Adewara's son weds

he son of Mr. and Mrs. Olabisi Adewara of the Academic Planning Unit, University of Ilorin, Mr. Sijuwade Olabisi, will this Saturday (April 2, 2015) tie the nuptial knots with his heart-throb, Miss Oluwabunmi Oyebolanle Oyedepo. The wedding

ceremony will take place at the First ECWA Church, Taiwo Isale, Ilorin, by 10.00a.m. while reception follows immediately after the solemnization at the ECWA IDCC Hall, Challenge, Ilorin. A wedding notice made available to Unilorin Bulletin

indicated that the wedding will be preceded by an engagement ceremony on Friday (April 1, 2016) at Meduku Area, Sango, Ilorin by 3.00p.m. Members of the University Community and the general public are cordially invited.

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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT FOR THE PERIOD 18 MARCH TO 24 MARCH, 2016

RECEIPTS Postgraduate Acceptance Payment Postgraduate School Charges Postgraduate Students Union Charges Undergraduate Hostel Accommodation Institute of Education Application Form Remedial School Acceptance Charges 8/3/16 to 24/3/16 Remedial School Charges Total Receipts for the period PAYMENTS: PAYMENT TO CONTRACTORS/SUPPLIERS: Cornice Consults Ltd Rehabilitation of Lecture Theatre IV Cert 04 Interfem Reconstruction Company Rehabilitation of Lecture Theatre IV Cert 04 Diamond Royal Unique Link Ltd Rehabilitation of Lecture Theatre IV Cert 04 Cotad Nig Ltd Maintenance of Teak Plantation Cert 05 Salm-Live Power Nig Ltd Maintenance of Teak Plantation Cert 05 Wabsmart Global Concept Ltd Supply of 1 Tricycle to P G School UBB Bureau De Change Ltd Subscription Fee for International Association Omate Nigeria Supply of Furniture Open Ph.D Thesis Integrated Full House Nig Ltd Supply of Water Through New Road Cert 01 Turning Point Engr. Ltd Maintenance of Teak Plantation Cert 04 Azzima Company Nig Ltd Construction of Model Sit-out & Metal Chairs Sabiko Venture Ltd Maintenance of Teak Plantation Cert 05 UBB Bureau De Change Ltd Subscription Fee for International Association of Universities Shon Nig Ltd Construction of Office Block B Solamid Nigeria Ltd Construction of Library for College of Health Sciences Ibadan Electr. Distr. Coy Electricity Bill for March, 2015 Mini Campus Ibadan Electr. Distr. Coy Electricity Bill for March, 2015 Mini Campus Ladeen Global Res. Ltd Construction of Linked Road from Main Campus to College of Health Sciences Alh Jimoh Folorunsho Nig Ltd Construction of Veterinary Teaching Hospital Cert 06 Tangent Nig Ltd Construction of NLNG Engineering Res. Centre MHOA& Co Audit Fee & Reimbursement Expenses Madrasat Mazohiru-L- Mulu Ltd Construction of Foot-ball Field at Dept of Education Tripad Engineering Construction Ltd Construction of Students Hostel OTHER PAYMENTS: Purchase Advances Various Various DTA, Imprest, Refund E.T.C Total TSA Charges TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD

AMOUNT 400,000.00 5,320,550.00 368,000.00 91,000.00 890,000.00 12,690,000.00 79,704,000.00 ? 99,463,550.00

3,637,413.32 3,233,414.55 5,471,367.30 1,790,708.34 1,758,230.84 540,750.00 320,000.00 509,775.00 4,128,568.31 1,200,800.00 8,978,304.19 1,645,416.60 5,359,593.21 34,340,190.61 15,501,532.91 219,104.68 27,165,349.19 13,085,198.93 4,009,442.75 24,355,102.88 3,750,000.00 8,494,710.00 23,491,706.74 903,760.00 4,047,137.00 30,555.00 ? 197,968,132.35

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Ø The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin has approved the appointment of Prof. Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem as Deputy Vice-Chancellor. (“New DVC, 43 professors appointed in Unilorin”, National Pilot, Mon. 21st – Wed. 23rd March, 2016, p.19; See also, “Unilorin gets new DVC, 43 professors, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, p.11) Ø Authorities of the University of Ilorin have frowned at the outburst of a faceless 'Concerned Citizens' over the deadline for the payment of tuition fees in the University. (“Unilorin decries opposition to fee-payment ultimatum”, Nigerian Pilot, Thursday, March 17, 2016, p.12; See also, “Unilorin decries outburst over feepayment ultimatum”, SevenDays, Thursday, March 31, 2016, p.6) Ø The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has called on postgraduate students in the University to think outside the box and use the opportunity of their postgraduate studies to collaborate with their colleagues in other universities towards contributing to the development of the country (“VC tasks students on national development”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, p.21) Ø The University of Ilorin has been offered the hosting right of the 2016 edition of the National Youth Games for the year 2016. (“Ilorin varsity to host National Youth Games”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 16, 2016, p.22) Ø The University of Florida Cancer Centre, USA, has signified its interest in collaborating with the University of Ilorin on prostate cancer research. (“Ilorin and Florida varsities collaborate on prostate cancer research”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.21) Ø The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has called on African leaders to bridge the existing gap between countries on the continent by creating the platform for regular interaction among African youths. (“Ambali seeks cooperation among African youths”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.22) Ø About 45 research works from about 12 Faculties and more than 80 academic Departments were showcased at the 2016 University of Ilorin Research and Exhibition Fair. (“Varsity research fair showcases 45 works”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.22) Ø A team from the Registry Unit of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has visited the University of Ilorin Archives and Documentation Centre (UADC) to understudy the process of

establishing an archives centre in the university. (“FUTA team understudies Ilorin varsity archives”, Nigerian Pilot, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.22) Ø The Head of Media and Public Relations of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who was at the University of Ilorin for JAMB supervision, has commented on the conduct of ComputerBased Test (CBT). (“Benjamin: Challenges of PPT worse than CBT”, New Telegraph, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, p.34) Ø While addressing newsmen in Ilorin, the Head of Information of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Omojasola, has debunked media reports that surgeons at the hospital use torch light while performing surgeries. (“UITH Denies Using Lanterns, Torch lights for Surgeries”, Leadership, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, p.10; See also, “UNILORIN hospital does not perform surgeries with torch lights”, The Nation, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, p.42; “We don't use torch for surgeries-UITH management”, Nigerian Tribune, Tuesday, March 22, 2016, p.39; “UNILORIN teaching hospital denies using lantern for surgeries”, The Guardian, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.II) Ø While speaking at the March edition of the keep-fit exercise of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, The Chief Nursing Officer of the Hospital, Mrs. Tina Asaju, has stressed the importance of regular exercise. (“Importance of keeping fit stressed”, The Herald, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, p.23) Ø While responding to questions from newsmen, the Head, Department of Geography, University of Ilorin, Dr. Olarewaju Rhoda Mojisola, has urged Nigerians to always keep on monitoring the weather and climate condition. (“Keeping a watch on weather and climate”, The Herald, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, pp.12-13) Ø The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, is listed among dignitaries expected at the launch of a book, entitled “Our illustrious icons: A Biography of selected prominent people of pakata-1831-2015. (Ahmed, Atunwa, Yusuf Ali, Ambali, others for Pakata Book Launch”, National Pilot, Thursday, March 24, 2016, p.5) Ø Some patients patronising the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, are lamenting over the ongoing industrial strike by the resident doctors at the Hospital. (“Patients groan as UITH resident doctors continue strike”, Daily Trust, Thursday, March 24, 2016, p.12) Ø The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Unilorin Branch, has restated its commitment to a stable academic calendar in the University (“Unilorin ASUU restates commitment to stable academic calendar”, The Herald, Monday, March 21, 2016, p.16)

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Demented Hawkers on Rampage

n spite of the efforts our Amiable Registrar, Mr. Emmanuel Dada Obafemi, had made to stop hawking on our campus, which, to me, is really staining our reputation as the most stretched and beautiful campus in Nigeria, it is being entrenched widely across the campus with impunity. It is always irritating to me when I see women hawking meat, fish, tomatoes, pepper, vegetables, locust beans, yam flour, garri etc. around, and sometimes having the effronteries of freedom to even enter offices to sell the goods, which should only be found in a market and not in an academic area. The new most disgusting trend is now being perpetrated by the socalled roaming quack and naive pharmacists that move from one office to the other peddling and advertising drugs that enhance male sexual performance. Of course, university, as an institution of society, is located within a community and the university, therefore, cannot completely be an isolated consecrated place that will be barred from the people in the community. In other words, universities are established to serve the community in all their various forms of academic endeavours. Therefore, there should be a free flow of people in and out of a university like ours that valorizes community service both in its mission and vision. Notwithstanding, the sanctity of academic purposefulness of the university must be respected and kept. Situation whereby hawkers of all forms of ridiculous goods are free to roam about on campus to blot the clean purposefulness of our academic reputation is sordid and sickening. I must confess that I actually have great sympathies for many of the old women that hawk around the campus. The reality of the harsh economic situation in the country is excruciating, and only few corruptly rich individuals are spared from the agonies that are associated with the reality. Rather than begging for livelihood, it is more honorable for the women to market some commodities around to get some means of keeping soul and body together. One might then think subjectively or objectively that the University is rescuing some people from economic traumas if it allows the hawkers to move freely on campus. The demented hawkers on our campus are, however, not really these old women that need all forms of assistance and supports. Rather, the bulk of the wild hawkers that are on rampage on the campus are made up of the socalled casual workers that the University has given some sort of support by temporarily employing them to do some casual works for us. Indeed, it is an absolute ingenious managerial decision on the part of the university management to temporarily absorb these casual workers, who would have remained unemployed and unexploited. The University is even very magnanimous in its decision that they will be absorbed permanently into the university working force one after the other as the need arises.

However, it is unfortunate that the majority of the workers have very bad attitude to work. Perhaps, because they don't appreciate the stipends the University is paying them, the majority of them are lackadaisical, insubordinate, defiant, rude and indolent. This is why some of them take their assignments not as important as the hawking they combine with their work. Perhaps in the bid to argument the meager wages the University is giving them, they relegate the work for which they are temporarily employed and take to hawking fried meat, Ponmo(cow skin), Zobo, Kunnu (indigenous drinks) around the campus. I must make it clear that not all the casual workers working for the University are irresponsible and laid backs as the few ones I have just described. There are a good number of them that are extremely responsible and diligent. My recent encounter with one of the few demented ones was harrowing. The wild woman impenitently embarrassed me to a standstill. She was really wild. It took me time to recover from the humiliation I undeservedly got from the woman this bad day. As I was cognitively and emotionally managing the humiliation, a torrent of rhetorical questions was surging into my head: Who is this woman? Is she mad? Who could be this woman's husband? How did this one get into our sanctified community? The fact that I could not get any answer to all these questions really compounded the agonies I got from this wild, malevolent and uncultured woman. Unfortunate for me, I allowed her to win and take shine off me this fateful day not only because I was the one that unintentionally stepped on the cobra of a woman, but also because I could not operate on the same level of craziness with her. On a more serious note, I enjoin the Registrar to intensify his efforts at eradicating all forms of hawking on our campus. Like I have said, the trend is a sharp antithetical symbol to our reputation and vision. To the best of my knowledge, no reputable university on our level of glory allows this kind of impunity and ugly practice to foster in its serious academic environment. The memo the Registrar circulated one time to warn the staff members that are also part-time hawkers should be recirculated with tougher warnings. Tough disciplinary measures should be taken against the adamant violators. Our security personnel also have a lot to do in deterring the violators. On the part of the management in general, the recent proposal of the Director of the Laboratory to Product Center, Professor Sulyman Age, for a market on the campus must be considered and executed in time. A one-stop market that can serve our needs while we are on campus and even for our needs at home is, indeed, long overdue. If we have this kind of market, we will be saved of the kind of demented hawkers that snapped at me on the day I will never forget in my life.

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