TThe University of Ilorin Alumni Association on Sunday tasked the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Wahab Olasupo Egbewole to take the university to greater height than where it is today.
The association, through its Chairman and Coordinator, Prof Jeleel Ojuade, said university of Ilorin has created a niche for itseld in the comity of tertiary institutions in Africa, adding that Egbewole could not have come at a more auspicious time to lift it beyond what it is now.
Egbewole was named on Thursday as the 11th vice chancellor who takes over in October from the current vice chancellor, Sulyman Age Abdulkareem.
“We heartily felicitate with Professor Abdulwahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN on his appointment by the Governing Council of the University of Ilorin and subsequent ratification by the Federal Government of Nigeria as the eleventh substantive Vice Chancellor of the ‘Better by Far’ University, the University of Ilorin,” the association said in its statement on Sunday.
Going further, the Alumni said that Egbewole’s “appointment did not come to us as a surprise judging by your profound scholarly erudition and immense administrative experience.”
It added would “like to put it on record that your previous string of successes in your earlier assignments within and outside the University, especially your immediate professional community, the Nigerian Bar Association, are a testament as well as an indicator of a successful outing even in this new role.
“The import of your appointment at this challenging time in our educational trajectory is not lost on us.”
Tasking Egbewole, the alumni body said the onerous task before him is how to take the institution from where it is today to a new height where it competes favourably with any other institution anywhere in the world.
“UNILORIN alumni are proud performers wherever they are. Your coming at a time our country’s education faces humongous challenges of academic calendar instability, curriculum advancement complexities and general infrastructure inadequacies and decay places on your shoulder a very heavy responsibility.
“However, we are convinced that with Allah on your side, your tenure in office will end in success, no matter how daunting the task is.”