The vice Chancellor of the University of ilorin, Professor Wahab Egbewole has disclosed that the University spends between 100 million naira to about 130 million naira to settle the electricity bills of the institution on monthly basis.
Speaking at this year Ramadan Iftar with journalists at the VC Lodge over the weekend, Professor Egbewole said despite the fact that the University is not a revenue generated institution, the management of the Unilorin still ensure both students and people in the university community enjoys uninterrupted electricity supply on daily basis by prompt payment of the electricity bill.
He declared that ” We need to create an enabling environment for our students to learn, for our staff to ply their trade and for the university to achieve its smart agenda “
Professor Egbewole said the University mantra entails that my administration, with your support, will be purposefully geared towards achieving sustainable development, monumental achievement, adaptive capacity, rapid response to change and team building.
According to him ” we are also hopeful that we will ensure the thrive we are presently having is not in any way diminished and that is why l can confidently tell you that the current Semester Examination is currently going to an end without any form of destruction in our academic calendar inspite the strike by NASU and SSANU and we intend to continue to maintain that our position by the grace of God”
He used the occasion to commend role played in the NASU and SSANU strike without any disruption in Academic activities of the University.
Professor Egbewole disclosed that the management of Uniilorin had recruited about 201 both Academic and non Academic staff to boost the work force of the institution.
He said ” if we really want to be global player then we need to do things differently and that is why l believe that we are positioning ourselves as a University to the point that we should be self-sustaining because that is essence of an Academic, you need to think outside of the bus on actually, without the bus,that is the only way we will end up becoming global players”
Professor Egbewole also used the forum to thank journalists working in the state for projecting unilorin positively to outside the world saying the institution would continue to partner with the pen profession at all the times.
