University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has appointed Prof. Wahab Egbewole as the Vice Chancellor last Thursday. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Governing Council, Mallam Abidu Yasid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The students of UNILORIN have highlighted their expectations from the new Vice-Chancellor. Most importantly, they want him to dissociate the school from ASUU, introduce more practical courses, build more lecture halls, and address transportation problem, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are the reactions….<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 200-Level\u00a0 Accounting Student, Itunuoluwa Blessing Adejumo, wants the new VC to prioritise students and staff welfare within and outside the institution. She said\u00a0\u00a0 hostels, classrooms and school park were not conducive for a normal lifestyle. She said she\u00a0 had to opt out of the school hostel because of the lack of cleanliness\u00a0 and order. Adejumo said she skipped\u00a0 lectures as a result of poor\u00a0 lecture halls\u00a0 of\u00a0 700-800 capacity with\u00a0 close to 200 fairly manageable chairs meant to accommodate 1,500 students.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s always said that if you can survive in UNILORIN, you can survive anywhere in the world. But must we go through that pain as students? I really think the welfare of students should be put in first place. After all, without students, there\u2019s no UNILORIN,\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking on if the new VC should intervene in the ongoing ASUU strike, she said: \u201cThe incoming VC should decide what\u2019s best for the school. We don\u2019t want our education to be put on hold. So, let him pull us out of the strike or of what benefit is the union to us?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A 200-Level student of Public law, Oluwasegun Godswill, urged the new VC to tackle the case of transportation for students living off the campus as there have been difficulties. According to him, it is very difficult task to get buses to and fro,\u00a0 therefore, it is\u00a0 advisable to establish a system whereby many buses are being put in place to ease the burden of transportation\u00a0 for\u00a0 students.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Godswill said if the new VC\u00a0 wants to back out of ASUU, he needs the backing of the school governing council.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Gbenle Ayomide John, a 300-Level student of Mathematics, wants the\u00a0 new VC\u00a0 to introduce more practical courses, have\u00a0 a good relationship with students, create a\u00a0 more conducive learning environment as the lecture theatres are\u00a0 always choked up.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “For Blessing Opeyemi, a 400-Level\u00a0 student said she expects the new VC to perform better than the former VC by making the classroom more conducive for the students and address transportation issues.<\/em> She also said she expects him to find a solution to the ASUU strike since the institution hasn\u2019t been on strike for decades.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot needs to be done as regards the case of conducive environment. For instance, my department classrooms need renovation,\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 300 level student of History and International studies, Afolagboye Fedora Boluwatife, said: \u201cI think he (the new VC) should pull UNILORIN out of ASUU\u00a0 because the institution has not been a part of the union for over two decades, so he should also work towards that aspect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Busola Akinbade, a 200-Level Microbiology student, expects\u00a0 the new VC to support\u00a0 activities that can be helpful to students like sports and other extracurricular activities. She also expects him to help solve the ASUU strike issue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Usman Adebayo, a Mass Communication student,\u00a0 urged the new VC to review the academic calendar, restore\u00a0 campus activities monitoring through CCTV. He also wants him to bring back the modesty UNILORIN is known for through dress code and many other innovations to project the university to the international community<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the same vein, a Law student, Ematuwo Shukrah, urged the new VC to help the students find solution to the incessant strike and also the issue of transportation. She said: \u201cI\u2019m expecting him to help us find solution to the incessant strike. Also,\u00a0 he should look into the issue of transport fare; the price is hard on us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lateef Wahab Alabi, an\u00a0 Arabic\u00a0 Education student said: \u201cI wish he could be the best VC ever for the university. But the nost important part is to dissociate the university from the national ASUU for better academic calendar.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Abdulsalam Kabirat Omowumi, an Islamic student said\u00a0 the new VC should find a better solution to the issue insufficient of bus on campus<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taofik Waliu Opeyemi, the Student Union Government President,\u00a0 said: \u201cAs a student leader, my expectation is that he continues to lift the university to lofty heights. We have our challenges from the student community and we hope that with the new dispensation, most of our problems will be solved. We want a VC that can attend to us. Meet our yearnings and expectations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sofiah Hisbah, a History and International Studies student, said: \u201cHe should solve transportation problem and create a more secure environment for learning and research. He should also look into reducing the cost of\u00a0 convocation fees, the economy isn\u2019t friendly to the majority of the masses.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another student,\u00a0 Joachim Segun, said: \u201cHe should put the transportation and CBT coordination into consideration. After the strike,\u00a0 scarcity of buses and CBT troubles should ease. Either he widens the park space or puts out more buses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iyiola Emmanuel, a student of Human Kinetics Education, said: \u201cStandard of living in hostels, the quality and relevance of our curriculum in the modern world,\u00a0 lecturers\u2019 and students\u2019 welfare in general,\u00a0 are areas he should work on. Off-campus students are always stranded when coming to campus due to transportation issues and they are always robbed or harassed by the police.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A 300-level student, Ibrahim Abdulfatai Alayaba, urged the VC to tackle indecent dressing on\u00a0 campus. \u201cGiven his tenure as a dean of the faculty of law, he\u2019s not new to the university government system. Therefore I believe he would\u00a0 be able to improve on the good works of his predecessor, and continue to keep the school running smoothly. I also expect him not to neglect the issue of dress code as the previous administration was kind of lax on that issue, and the issues of transportation I believe he should improve on,\u201d <\/em>he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Benson Julius Aziakpono, a 300 level student of Human kinetics, said: \u201cI wish he can bring about more innovation to the conduct of examinations in school premises as the process needs to improve ranging from attendance taking during examinations to the mode of\u00a0 conduct. Most times it is poorly organised. Most cases are CBT exams as the timing is mostly never accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Transportation Department, too, needs to be restructured as the drivers sometimes harass the students; so, I wish he can address that since the school activities are under his jurisdiction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Adedimeji Quayyim Abdulazeez, the President of Unilorin Law Students, said: \u201cWe are really tired\u00a0 of the ASUU strike. We believe that a new change in the administration will bring the university back to its pre-ASUU days.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy main hope is that UNILORIN successfully exits ASUU and we continue to have a stable calendar that we had before the tenure of this outgoing vice chancellor. I hope that the new change in the school will mean a change in ASUU struggle. I want the school to be back on track, I want to resume.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n A final year student, Ayobami Asare said: \u201cWe hope for a better water system in school-owned hostels whereby students sometimes during exams had to go to exam classes unclean due to water issues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oriyomi Covenant, a student of Medicine said: \u201cIt is no news that the school\u00a0 was known to have one of the fastest academic calendars compared to other universities due to their non involvement in the incessant ASUU strikes. We want the VC to withdraw the school from the ASUU struggle which has almost destroyed the lives and future of the students they claim to be fighting for.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He said: \u201cIn my school there are many outlets to generate revenue such as the school\u2019s bakery, sachet and bottled water production, private hostels, transport and renting spaces to many business owners, among others. Most public universities have primary and secondary schools. The revenue from these outlets can be used to meet some of the demands of ASUU independently by each school, instead of punishing the students and lecturers every year. So many business owners who have paid for spaces are also affected by the strike. As the Chairman of the Vice chancellors\u2019 association, I hope that he proposes these sources of revenue to the\u00a0 union which will save us all from the ditch this struggle is heading for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ayodeji Elero, a student of Art Education, implored the VC to involve every stakeholder in policy formulation. In his words, \u201cMy expectation is that he should run an inclusive government. Where every major stakeholder will be carried along. If possible pull out of the ASUU so that the university can return to its days of academic stability<\/em>.“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n However UNILORIN ASUU branch chairman, Moyosore Ajao, said\u00a0 academic staff were labelled traitors when they were not part of the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his words, \u201cWe cannot be part of a body and say we don\u2019t want to function with the body. The question everybody should ask is how did ASUU get bad like this? It is because we have an irresponsible government. And we have a minister of finance who would not want to pay people, after working to earn a pay,\u201d <\/em>he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: The Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n #EduSAVINGS#EduLOANS#EduSURE#INTERNSHIP#SCHOLARSHIP#EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE#ENTERPRENUERSHIP#PressPayNg#TERTIARY#EDUCATION#TUITION#FEES#UNIVERSITY#POLYTECHNIC#MONOTECHNIC#FELLOWSHIP#COLLEGEOFEDUCATION#HOLIDAYJOBS#SOFTSKILLSTRAINING<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has appointed Prof. Wahab Egbewole as the Vice Chancellor last Thursday. 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