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  • UNILAG: Emeritus professor urges incoming VC to build on Bello’s achievements

    UNILAG: Emeritus professor urges incoming VC to build on Bello’s achievements

    Emeritus Professor, Nimi Briggs, the Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Lokoja, on Monday appealed that whoever succeeds Prof. Rahamon Bello as Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos ( UNILAG ) should build on his achievements.

    Briggs spoke at the Public Presentation of the Book, “Walking the Vision,’’ in honour of Bello, whose tenure ends in November.

    “Bello’s successor must be silent on his mistakes and that of the past VCs, concentrate on how to build on the good work they have started and let posterity judge.

    “Bello has done excellently well; he is human and cannot solve all the problems of UNILAG,’’ the Emeritus professor, who was the book reviewer, said.

    He described Bello as a remarkable man deserving of a national honor, s and said the book is a reliable account written by those who worked closely with the VC.

    Prof. Jerry Gana, a former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the institution, also lauded the contributions of Bello to the development of the university.

    Gana, represented by Dr Isuwa Dogo, CEO, Kishima Nigeria Limited, said Bello had piloted the institution toward achieving the vision of the founding fathers of the institution.

    Also, Dr Bolanle Babalankin, the current Pro-Chancellor of the institution, said the book was written for inspiration and guidance in University governance and for life well spent.

    In his response, Prof. Bello, thanked God and dedicated the book to all the Council members who worked with him.

    According to him, the council members gave the enabling environment for him to work and achieve what was recorded in the book.

    Prof. Bello resumed office as UNILAG VC in November 2012.

    NAN

  • Federal University Lokoja graduates 200, to immotalize Ocholi

    Federal University Lokoja graduates 200, to immotalize Ocholi

    The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) said it will on Saturday honour the late Minister of State for Labour, Barr. James Ocholi (SAN), during it’s convocation ceremony, where 200 of the pioneer students will be awarded degrees.

    Briefing reporters at the mini campus in Adankolo, ahead of the convocation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Angela F. Miri, said that the school took the decision to immotalize the late federal minister who hailed from Kogi State, to serve as motivation in the pursuit of excellence and dedication to service.

    She announced the naming of the school’s proposed School of Post Graduate Studies, after Ocholi, a decision she said had been communicated to the authorities at the Federal Ministry of Education.

    “We want to do this, to immotalize him and to immotalize his memory. He was a good servant of the state, and a good servant and illustrious son of this country. The Federal Ministry of Education has already given the go-ahead for this, and our School of Post Graduate Studies will be named after him”, she said.

    Others to be honoured include Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idriss, the first Chancellor of the university and Emir of Fika and Senator Tunde Ogbeha.

    She explained that the N5 billion endowment fund launched August this year is a continuous thing, to be channelled for the development of the university.

  • Miri takes charge as first female VC

    The newly appointed Vice Chancellor for the Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Prof. Angela Freeman Miri has formally assumed office.

    The woman who succeeds Prof. Abdulmumuni Hassan Rafindadi, resumed February 25th, shortly after which the inauguration of the university council took place in Abuja, on the 1st of March, with Prof. Nimi Briggs as FUL’s  Chairman of council/Pro-Chancellor.

    The amazon, formerly of the University of Jos visited the palace of the Maigari of Lokoja on Monday, March 7.

    Miri was former two-time commissioner in Plateau State.

    Prof. Briggs, the chairman of council was to later embark on a tour of both the institution’s permanent and mini sites, in Felele and Adankole, when he visited FUL for the first time, while the first council meeting is to begin on Thursday.

     

  • VC task varsity administrators on innovation

    VC task varsity administrators on innovation

    The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Lokoja, Prof Abdulmumini Rafindadi, has highlighted the significance of good administrators in the university system.

    Extolling their role in the system, Rafindadi described them as the backbone for the survival of university education.

    Rafindadi, who made the submission in an address delivered at the inauguration of the local chapter of Association of Nigerian University Administrators, at Adankolo, Kogi State, called for their commitment, and urged them to always spare a thought for human capacity building and innovativeness.

    His words: “Just as the teaching staff constantly update themselves and search for excellence, so the professional administrators in the university should seek, through training and re-training to keep up with the global best practices. Therefore, with the inauguration of the ANUPA, Federal University Lokoja branch, it is my utmost belief that our administrators in this university are moving in the right direction.

    “The roles of professional administrators in universities cannot be overlooked. Their duties are essentially for the smooth running and development of the institution.

    “For the university administrators to continue to excel and be relevant in years ahead, there is need for concerted effort of all stakeholders to, as a matter of importance, deliberately begin innovation in their service delivery in such a manner that their relative relevance becomes sine qua non for the survival of the system. This can only be attained through a deliberate plan.”

    National President, ANUPA Mr. Samuel Mwansat, praised Rafindadi for his commitment towards establishment of ANUPA at FUL.