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  • KWASU produces 32 First Class graduates

    KWASU produces 32 First Class graduates

    Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Moro local government area, will on Saturday this week produce 32 First Class graduates out of a total of 1,010 graduating students in its fifth graduation year.
    Speaking with reporters yesterday in Malete,  the Vice chancellor of the university, Prof Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, said that 496 graduates bagged second class upper credit, 376 graduates had second class lower credit, while 64 graduates were awarded third class.
    Prof NaAllah explained that high number of First Class graduates was occasioned by quality academic learning and environment, saying that some HND graduates who pursued university degrees were among the graduates.
    The vice chancellor, who said that the university had become the first institution to be accredited and approved to award degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering by the National University Commission (NUC), said that the accreditation would lead to further development and growth in the country.
    He also said that the commencement of the course in the university would soon lead to establishment of Space Research Centre on the campus, adding that it would help the country in aviation, engineering building and design.
    He said that the university had sustained quality education and research despite increase in number of students and effects of global recession on its activities.
    He said that a total of N11.7 million was approved in March this year, and presented to members of academic staff as grants and funds to pursue research in such areas as environmental science, Shea butter tree, organic fertiliser, cowpea varieties, moringa for fertiliser among other areas.
    He added that the convocation lecture would be delivered by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi,  Ojaja I, on Friday.
    He added that the royal father would talk on Practical Entrepreneurship: Leeway to Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth.
  • Gov. Ahmed flags off N1.5bn varsity project

    Gov. Ahmed flags off N1.5bn varsity project

    Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara on Wednesday  flagged-off  the construction of the  N1.5 billion College of Social Science and Environmental Studies  building at Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of the state.

    The governor  said in Osi that the  project was in keeping with the multi-campus model of Kwara State University, Malete.

    He said the project was also informed by the need to explore opportunities in the education sector as a catalyst for sustainable socio-economic development, especially at the grassroots.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Osi campus project was expected to be completed within 52 weeks.

    NAN also reports that the project in Osi  marked  the third phase of the multi- campus project initiated by the government.

    The government had earlier flagged-off the Post Graduate Studies Centre of the School of Business and Governance of the university in Ilorin as well as  the Ilesha-Baruba campus in Baruten Local Government Area.

    Ahmed said the projects were an eloquent testimony that the Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF) introduced by his administration had strengthened the capacity of government in meeting its obligations.

    “This project, no doubt, will go a long way to improve the standard and quality of education as regards research and human capital development within the targeted communities.

    “It will, as well, impact positively on the socio-economic development and well-being of the people of the communities,” he said.

    Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’allah, the Vice-Chancellor of  Kwara State University,  said the institution would continue to be in  the forefront of exploring new ideas and cutting-edge research findings to impact on humanity.

    He said the global concern on climate change, air and water quality, clean environment and natural resources management were major concerns of  the global community.

    Na’allah said the Osi campus of the university, when completed, would host a world-class College of Environmental Sciences, with departments such as Environmental Management and Toxicology.

    Others are Plant Environment, Biology, Urban and Regional Planning, Geographic Information Science, Survey and Informatics and Fine Arts.

    Dr Amina Ahmed, the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education,  Science and Technology, listed the project segments for execution to include school administrative block, lecture hall and theatre, students’ hostels and staff quarters.

    The Olosi of Osi, Oba Solihu Adasofegbe, and Joseph Ajayi, the council Chairman, in their remarks, urged the people to take advantage of the location of the project to improve their education and socio-economic wellbeing.

    Mr Tunji Folaranmi, the Director of Project, Unicontinental International Ltd., the firm handling the project, promised to complete the project as scheduled.

  • Kwara earmarks N450m for KWASU postgraduate campus project

    Kwara earmarks N450m for KWASU postgraduate campus project

    The Kwara Government has earmarked N450 million for the construction of the postgraduate campus project of the State University, Malete.

    The Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Hajiya Aminat Ahmed, made this known at the official groundbreaking of the project in Ilorin on Tuesday.

    Ahmed said the project, which was awarded to Unicontinental Engineering International Company Limited, was expected to be delivered within four months.

    She said that the construction of the campus was a confirmation of the present administration’s commitment toward encouraging scholarship and wider enrolment to those seeking opportunities to educate themselves.

    “Therefore, when this campus is completed, Kwara State University will be without doubt a fulcrum of knowledge, building human competences and fostering determination and competition among people through the instrumentality of modern technology,” she said.

    Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed, in his address, said that the project was borne out of his administration’s flair for human capital development.

    “As you are aware, my administration has always prioritised human capital development, especially functional education, as an indispensable ingredient of sustainable development.

    “This emphasis is based in recognition that the growth of any society is directly influenced by the quality of human capital resources available to it.

    “It is in acknowledgement of this that my administration is committed to developing education at the foundation, secondary and tertiary levels,” he said.

    The governor said that the establishment of the Post Graduate School was to keep to the resolve to produce quality, skilled and entrepreneurially inclined scholars needed to spearhead a new crop of intellectually sound future leaders.

    According to him, the state university, when conceived about eight years ago is designed to be a Multi-Campus University.

    He said: “In keeping with this mandate, we took the bold decision of executing this project through Public Private Partnership by sourcing development partners.

    “The partnership approach is not only expedient under the current financial challenges confronting our state, but it also ensures our partners have a stronger buy-in into the project.

    “The Partnership approach connects with our innovative approach to project funding through the Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund.”

    The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, said that the official groundbreaking for the campus had demonstrated the state government’s confidence in the university.

    Na’Allah said that the project would further make the institution a centre for academic learning and research.

    He assured the government that it would not regret the exceptional belief and the investment it had on the university.

    Mr. Alex Swan, the Managing Director of the Unicontinental Engineering International Company Limited, said that the company would carry out the project to make the university a world-class standard in term of structure.

    Swan pledged that the project would be done to the specifications and delivered within the time frame.

     

  • Make KWASU software research-based institution – VC

    Make KWASU software research-based institution – VC

    The Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, (KWASU) Malete, Abdulrasheed Na’Allah has advised its Software Development and Innovation Team to make the university a software research-based institution.

    Na’Allah gave the advice on Friday in Malete, Kwara, while inaugurating the university’s 22-member Software Development and Innovation Team.

    He said the team should among other things conduct research and develop software in advanced technological areas possible.

    “This should be in service to KWASU and the larger Kwara, Nigeria and the global community.

    “We want people to be coming in and out of KWASU to get solution to their problems in terms of the software you will produce.

    “So, you have the mandate to acquire grants in support of your activities and boost KWASU’s Internally Generated Revenue drive.

    “Your mandate also includes collaboration with I.T. providers, such as Google, Oracle, SAP and Microsoft and also collaborate nationally and internationally with educational institutions,” Na’Allah said.

    He said that the team should be able to impact on the immediate environment by creating original and patented softwares that would relate to people’s social way of life.

    “I am charging the team to act local and think global, then think global and act local in the sense that, they should put our social way of life into consideration.

    “This is because many things done in technology these days are copied in such a way that they are not reflected to the local reality, hence they are short-lived.

    “So, it is important that when one is innovating anything, you look at the social way of life of the audience.

    “Think out of the box to develop softwares that can help villagers, market women and other members of the community as a whole,” Na’Allah said.

    Prof. Bayo Lawal, the Coordinator to the VC on Research and Industry, also told  the team to encourage students, especially the exceptional ones.

    He advised the management to try and send some members of the team for training out of the country.

    In her acceptance speech, the Chairperson of the team, Hajia Hassanah Bello, said the they would work together as a team to achieve the best for KWASU, Nigeria and the world at large.

    “We promise that we will be an African ICT Hub where original softwares will be produced.

    “We will be as interactive as possible with people within and outside this community to encourage interaction,” she said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that among the 22 member-team, five are Alumni of the institution, while four of them are students.

     

  • KWASU: 1st Nigerian university to offer aeronautical engineering programme

    KWASU: 1st Nigerian university to offer aeronautical engineering programme

    The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro Local Government Area of the state, has become the first university to run Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering degree programme in the country.

    This is sequel to the approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

    The NUC approval is contained in a statement by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, in Ilorin on Monday.

    The Vice-Chancellor claimed that the university had formally submitted an invitation to NUC for accreditation, and assured that the university was fully ready for the exercise.

    Na’allah congratulated all the students and staff of the institution`s College of Engineering and Technology, particularly the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.

    He attributed the accreditation of the course to the hard work and patience of the students and staff of the university.

    KWASU’s college of engineering and technology currently offers courses in mechanical engineering, civil engineering, electrical and computer engineering, food, agricultural and biological engineering and material science and engineering.

    Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed, said the government would continue to promote sound scholarship for citizens.

    He said the current administration has completed the construction of an N800 million engineering complex for the university to boost learning and teaching in the citadel of learning.

    Kwara State University is the 77th university to be registered by the NUC.