Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama said the University of Ilorin has paid attention to academic excellence and provision of students' welfare in recent time. President Mahama said he had keenly monitored events at the university since October last year when he attended its 40th anniversary and 31st convocation ceremony.

The president said this in Ghana when the management of Unilorin paid him a visit. A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs of the University, Mr. Kunle Akogun, said Mahama sees as a remarkable privilege, his recent visit to the institution. "Since my visit to Nigeria last October, I have taken time to constantly monitor the progress of the University of Ilorin. The university stands out as a very distinguished centre of learning. "Since then, I have been following developments at the school and I have become an honorary member of the institution and we have created a partnership as I have become a part of Unilorin,"" Mahama said President Mahama, who was in company of the Majority Leader of the Ghanaian Parliament, Hon. Alban Bagbin, said the invitation by the University of Ilorin also gave him an opportunity to visit his homeland, Offa, after his last visit in 1981. ?Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, said they were in Ghana to register the university's appreciation to the president for attending its anniversary and convocation ceremonies.