Unilorin VC Professor Age explains how luck saved him from pure water business

Date: 2019-10-22

The Vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem Age said he ventured into pure water and soap making business in the 90s when he returned from his overseas studies and was frustrated out of the enterprise when his marketers didn't return the sales proceeds.

He said his saving grace was one Professor Musibau Akanji who lured him into the journey of academics from where he today became the vice-chancellor of the University of Ilorin stressing that there is the need for perseverance and luck to survive in business.

Professor Age speaking at a press briefing to mark the beginning of the 35th Convocation ceremony of the institution in Ilorin said perseverance and luck are indeed needed to a breakthrough in business enterprise.

He said, "When I returned to Nigeria from overseas after my studies I went into soap making and pure water manufacturing but the marketers frustrated me in the business they didn't return the sales proceeds. Thanks to Professor Musbau Akanji who brought me into academics. There is the need for perseverance and luck to survive in entrepreneurial endeavors."

Nigerians will soon enjoy benefits of border closure - Ajayi He also urged the federal government to increase the annual budget on education in line with UNESCO's recommended standard to make the sector better.

According to him," the federal government should fulfill its promise to increase the annual budget on education to 15percent of the total annual Budget to bring it closer to the 26percent recommended."

Professor Abdulkareem said that insufficient funding has largely affected the smooth running of universities in the country.

He also explained that the institution has commenced a process of increasing its capacity to generate substantial internally generated revenue to augment the fundings that come from the government.

Professor Abdulkareem noted that the university has been able to consolidate on its achievement in the last year.

CSO asks Buhari to sack Sylva over $62bn debt statement He maintained that in the 2018/2019 academic session the university is converting its visions and missions to attain greatness.

The Vice-Chancellor said the university has had many of its innovation patents to commercial value.

He assured the determination of university management in achieving its goals of maintaining a standard institution.

About 12,009 students are to be conferred with first degree, Diploma, higher degrees, postgraduate Diplomas as well as Ph.D. among others during the week and long convocation ceremony.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Lawal     Moshood Bakare     Shonga     JUSUN     Ayodele Shittu     KFA     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Baboko     Radio SBS     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Suwa-Arabs     Facebook     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Balogun-Ojomu     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Saheed Popoola     Offa Descendants Union     Olupako     Bashirat Bola Bello     Yakubu Gobir     2023 Elections     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Aremu Odolaye     Unilorin FM     Dogara     Kola Bukoye     Barakat Community Secondary School     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Aminu Adisa Logun     Nagode     Salman Jawondo     Alabe     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Farouk Salim     United Nigeria Airline     Bureau Of Lands     Kwara NIPR     Toyin Sanusi     Lai Mohammed     Adedipe     Ilorin Emirate     Aso-ofi     Marufat Oladosu     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Kwara Central     IQRA College     Yakub Lai Gobir     Kwara Politics     Abdullahi Atanda     Saad Omo Iya     Quareeb Islamic Association     Fulani     CCB     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Alabi Lawal     Yunus Oniboki     Otoge     Maigida     Al-Ilory     Lithium Deposit     Olatunji Moronfoye     Tunji Olawuyi     Joseph Bamigboye     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Transition Implementation Committee     Centre For Digital Economy     Abdulraufu Mustapha     JSSCE    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Bahago     Awodun     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Share/Tsaragi     Sunday Popo-Ola     Yaman     Kwara Apc     Tanke Road     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Kwara State Football Association     Modupe Oluwole     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Cornelius Adebayo     AGM Professional Services     Hauwa Nuru     Sodiya     Aso-ofi     Isa Aremu     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Coronavirus     Oye Tinuoye     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Kayode Ogunlowo     Abubakar Atiku     Abdulwaheed Musa     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Press Release     IQRA College     Mazars Consulting     Adedeji Onimago     International Vocational Centre     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Gobir     Kehinde Boyede     Ramadhan     Aisha Ahman Pategi     High Court     Rihanat Ajia     Code Of Conduct     Rex Olawoye     Emmanuel Bello     Kola Olota     Ladi Hassan     Cassava Growers\' Association     Balikis Jawondo     Bolaji Abdullahi     General Hospital, Ilorin     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Mufti Of Ilorin     Senate     Abdulhakeem Amao     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     FOMWAN     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Monthly Sanitation     Kwara 2015     Nurudeen Muhammed     Falokun-Oja     Akeem Lawal     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Saliu Tunde Bello     CCT     Local Government Pension Board     Ahmad Belgore     Alaiye     Wahab Agbaje     Gbajabiamila     MMWG     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Public Holiday     Olaitan Adefila     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Elelu