Kwara upgrades Ilorin college of education to university
By Dele Moses, Ilorin
Kwara State Government has upgraded the state college of education in Ilorin to a university of education.
This came as the government decided to have a university of education in the state.
A statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, the media aide to the state governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said the governor has approved the college of education to transmute into the university of education for ease of take-off and other logistic advantages.
The statement said the government would continue ongoing efforts to transform the two other colleges of education in the state in Oro and Lafiagi and make them more viable in line with current realities in the sector.
It said the decision on the location of the university comes a few days after the Governor assented to the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (Establishment) and Kwara State University of Education (Establishment) Bills, effectively birthing a teaching hospital and the university of education.
The signing of the bills took place in Government House in Ilorin in the presence of House of Assembly Speaker Rt Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu; Majority Leader Hon. Oba AbdulKadir Magaji; and the Clerk of the House AbdulKareem Ahmed; and a member of the Committee on the Establishment of Kwara State University of Education/Special Adviser (Special Duties) Abdulrazaq Jiddah.
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Meanwhile, the governor has named Prof. Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU).
The appointment, according to a statement signed by Ajakaye, follows the outcome of the screening exercise of the university’s governing council where Prof. Shaykh-Lukman placed first among the candidates.
Shaykh-Lukman is currently the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University. He was before then a Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University between 2020 and 2022.
He comes highly recommended for the job with decades of experience as an administrator and university scholar.
Shaykh-Lukman, 60, is a recipient of several academic honours, including Best Graduating Student of the Department of Religions (University of Ilorin) 1988; University Undergraduate Scholarship Award (1987/1988); University Scholar 1987/1988). He is a Fellow/member of many professional bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Public Advocacy and Management and Council of Experts for International Centre on Contemporary Research in Islamic Sciences (United Kingdom).
Shaykh-Lukman hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
