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The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of Kwara State University, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, OON, has charged the people of Ilesha-Baruba and Osi to be prepared to welcome staff and students of the University who would soon commence academic activities in the two communities.
According to a statement issued by the
Ag. Director of University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu said Professor Ambali made the charge when he led members of the Governing Council of the institution to the palaces of the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, HRH Professor Halidu Abubakar, and the Oba of Osi, HRH, Oba Salihu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe Arowobeku I as part of the Council’s tour to assess the level of construction on the campuses.
The Pro-Chancellor noted that over one thousand two hundred students of the Faculty of Agriculture, and one hundred and eighty students of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences are set to resume academic activities on the campuses of the University in the 2024-2025 academic year as the inspection of the construction presently on-going showed great improvement and advancement.
He reaffirmed the commitment of the State Government and that of the KWASU management to begin academic activities on the campuses which he noted would fulfil the dreams of the people of the areas while bringing significant development to the regions.
Professor Ambali congratulated both communities for being the sites for the campuses, urging the traditional rulers to prepare their people to welcome the students who would soon be a part of their kingdoms.
In their separate responses, the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, Professor Halidu Abubakar and the Oba of Osi, Oba Salihu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe Arowobeku I, noted that their communities were eager for the students to join them, promising that they will be received with the best of hospitality.
The Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, Professor Halidu Abubakar, on his part, noted that his community was a cosmopolitan one, being home to the largest livestock market in West Africa.
He encouraged the University to leverage on the presence of the market in the community by commencing the Veterinary Sciences part of the Faculty of Agriculture to add more value to livestock development in the State.
Both traditional rulers lauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for ensuring that the dream of having operational campuses of the University in their domain did not die, pledging to do their best to help integrate both staff and student who would soon become a part of their communities.
It would be recalled that the Kwara State University was designed to be a multi-campus institution with campuses in Malete, Ilesha-Baruba, and Osi. The concerted effort of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is about to bring this dream into fruition, fifteen years after the establishment of the University.
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