The University of Ilorin, located in Kwara State, has taken disciplinary action against 19 students, including six final-year students, for their involvement in various infractions.
This decision, approved by Vice Chancellor Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), follows recommendations from the Students’ Disciplinary Committee during its 220th/221st meeting.
Director of Corporate Affairs Kunle Akogun conveyed this information in a press release issued in Ilorin on Monday.
The infractions leading to expulsion or rustication ranged from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, and hostel bed-space racketeering to assault and admission racketeering.
Prof. Egbewole also commended the university’s unions for their stance during the recent warning strike declared by NASU, highlighting his appreciation.
The penalties imposed on the erring students include rustication for either one semester or one academic session, as well as expulsion.
The affected students, spanning various academic levels, hail from diverse departments such as Arts, Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Basic Medical Science, and Performing Arts.
Additionally, Prof. Wahab Egbewole SAN clarified that the recent 7-day nationwide warning strike declared by NASU/SSANU did not disrupt the ongoing semester examination process at the University of Ilorin. He made this announcement during the Ramadan Iftar event with journalists in the state.
Commending the unions and the general staff of the institution, Prof. Egbewole said “I have said it over and over that our unions are responsible unionists and our primary concern is our students and that is why it was possible for us to have our examination process without hiccups.
“They obeyed and I want to say with all sense of responsibility that the unions obeyed their leaders at the national level and went on with the strike.
” But because of our understanding, the unions that were not on strike assisted in creating a seamless examination process,” he explained.
The Vice-Chancellor reiterated the commitment to create enabling environment for the university to achieve its ‘Smart Agenda’.
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He said “We need to create enabling environment for our students to learn, for our staffs to ply their trade and for the university to achieve its smart agenda.
Recall that the Vice Chancellor, during his inauguration and assumption of office in Ilorin said “I believe strongly in the human capital interest of this great university. Together, we can take the university to the topmost league in Africa if we are SMART.”
“The SMART university mantra entails that my administration, with your support, will be purposefully geared towards achieving sustainable development, monumental achievements, adaptive capacity, rapid response to change and team building.”
” We are also hopeful that we will ensure that the thrive we are presently having is not in any way deminished and that is why I can confidently tell you that the current semester examination is currently going to an end without any form of disruption in our academic calendar and we intend to continue to maintain that our position by God’s Grace,” he added.
Highlighting the achievements recorded in the university, he said “a number of infrastructural additions had come to our University. We completed the Chemical Engineering, we have also added value by creating the car park that is befitting of the structure. We have also renovated a number of facilities as we speak, and completed a number of new hostels.”
“We believe that the welfare of our students will be better taken care of. We have been able to add to our workforce by recruiting the approved number of 201 academic staff and non teaching staff into our University.
On the global plain, Prof. Egbewole said for the university to be a global player, “we need to do things differently and that is why I believe that we are positioning ourselves as a University to the point that we should be self sustaining because that is the essence of an academic, you need to think outside the box, without the box, that is the only way we will end up becoming global players.”
