Reps applauds Unilorin’s 17 years uninterrupted academic sessions

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- The House of Representatives committee on Higher Education has applauded University of Ilorin for smooth academic session

- The chairman of the committee, Malam Aminu Sule, said that university deserves commendation for its giant stride in education in the last 17 years

- He also noted that his committee looked at factors militating against effective education in the nation’s tertiary institutions

The House of Representatives committee on higher education on Friday, November 10, applauded the University of Ilorin’s 17 years uninterrupted academic sessions.

NAIJ.com gathered that the chairman of the committee, Malam Aminu Sule, gave the commendation when he spoke with newsmen after an oversight visit to the institution in Ilorin.

He pointed out that as long as the scenario was acceptable to the teachers and students of the University; then, “kudos to Unilorin”.

Sule said that the committee, among others looked at factors militating against effective education in the nation’s tertiary institutions.

He also said that the committee examined how capital funds released to higher institutions were appropriated and expended.

He expressed regrets that some higher institutions had not fully appropriated the capital from 2016 budget as there were still uncompleted projects in some of the institutions.

“The budget has not been put to use to the latter,” he said.

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The lawmaker said the government should examine factors responsible for strike in the nation’s tertiary institutions (NAN).

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that in a new report by the Economic Intelligence magazine from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the University of Ilorin, Kwara state, emerged the 2017 university of first choice among student-applicants.

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