The Vice Chancellor-designate of the University of Ilorin, Prof Wahab Egbewole (SAN), has promised that his administration will be fair to all.
A press statement released on Sunday by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, quoted Egbewole as saying
“the University of Ilorin is greater than all of us and we want to extend our hands of fellowship to all our colleagues who also applied for this post and appeal that they should join hands with us to do this work collectively and in an all-inclusive manner.”
He sought the support of all stakeholders “in the discharge of the onerous tasks ahead.”
Alumni advise VC
Meanwhile, the University of Ilorin Alumni Association on Sunday advised Egbewole to take the university to a greater height than where it was.
The association, through its Chairman and Coordinator, Prof Jeleel Ojuade, said the university had created a niche for itself 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 was.
The alumni association said Egbewole’s “appointment did not come to us as a surprise judging by your profound scholarly erudition and immense administrative experience.”
It added that it would “like to put it on record that your previous strings 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 alumni body said the onerous task before him is to take the institution from where it is today to a new height where it could compete favourably with any other institution anywhere in the world.
