Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that he will use his position to support the University of Ibadan to remain the first and the best University in Nigeria and to reclaim its glory globally.
He gave this assurance while receiving the management team of the University, led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The team was there to decorate Shettima as UI@75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary. The Vice President acknowledged that UI is the most remarkable citadel of learning in Nigeria and West Africa.
He recalled that during his time as a postgraduate student at the institution, the University had students from all over Africa who came to obtain UI degrees, adding that the University has produced many icons. He reiterated the Federal Government’s unfaltering decision to reposition Nigeria’s education sector, affirming that the administration of President Bola Tinubu will mobilise both public and private sector support to reposition higher institutions of learning, particularly the University of Ibadan, being Nigeria’s premier University.
He expressed profound delight at the honour bestowed on him by the University, stating that he will gladly display the plaque in his office as a warm reminder of his staunch affiliation with the University. The Vice Chancellor said he led the special team from the University to perform the significant task, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the UI, restating that the University was established in 1948 and had turned 75 years on November 17, 2023.
Professor Adebowale explained that the University, through its UI@75 Committee, decided to mark the landmark anniversary by carefully selecting notable Alumni of the University who have made an invaluable impact and contributed significantly to the advancement of the cause of humanity.
He stated that the University had earlier designated many alumni as UI@75 Ambassadors while notable friends and eminent personalities who are not Alumni of the University were designated as UI@75 Ambassadors Extraordinaire. He disclosed that the Vice President is the only alumnus of the University designated as UI@75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary, the highest alumnus honour conferred. The Registrar, Mr. Ganiyu Saliu, decorated the Vice President, on behalf of the Council, Senate, staff, and students of the University, and presented a plaque to the honouree.
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