Rainfall destroys facilities worth millions at Unilorin
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin ( Unilorin), Professor Wahab Egbewole, Monday, expressed mixed feelings over the havoc wreaked on the institution by heavy rainfall accompanied by a windstorm.
Egbewole, who led other principal officers on a campus-wide tour to assess the level of damage done by the rain, said he was saddened by the incident.
He, however, expressed relief that it occurred when students were on a break following the directive of the Federal Government to shut all universities for the period of the 2023 General Elections.
He said if not for the break, no one could predict the extent and consequences of the havoc.
The vice-chancellor lamented that properties destroyed by the rain would have serious consequences because they would affect the activities of staff and students, especially researchers who required the internet facility for their academic work.
Egbewole, however, assured stakeholders that all affected facilities would be given ultimate attention, adding that their repairs and restoration will start in earnest.
On her part, the Director of Computer Services and Information Technology, Professor Dupe Ademola-Popoola, explained that some parts of the university community would find it difficult for some days to access internet services as a result of the havoc.
She lamented that facilities worth hundreds of millions of Naira were destroyed while expressing happiness that the mast did not fall on the building because some staff members were at work when the incident occurred.
The director explained that as a result of the fall of the mast, several huge access points have been destroyed, which is why some parts of the university campus would be without internet service for the time being.
“On the mast, there were several huge access points. Access points are radios that connect one point to another with the internet. All such distributing radios that were distributing wireless internet were on that mast.
“I can confirm that a number of them have been destroyed. It is not just the metal that was affected but the access points that carry, transmit and distribute internet across the campuses,” she said.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Oro Grammar School Old Students Association Ilorin.Info Abubakar Baba Eleja Shuaib Abdulkadir Al-Hikmah University Abiodun Abdulkareem Sa\'adu Gambari National Democratic Congress Seni Saraki Ile Arugbo John Olajide Adedipe Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Mahmud Ayinla Giwa Najim Yaasin 20 Billion Bond Taofeeq Olateju Ajibike Katibi Olota Of Odo-Owa Oniye Raymond Olaitan Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu Roseline Oni Aremu Abdulfatai Baakini Solomon Edojah Iyeru Grammar School Roheemat Hammed Gbemisola Oguntimehin Bilikisu Gambari Issa Memunat Moyosore General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Lotus Bank Mohammed Abdulahi Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq 08001000100 Adekunle David Dunmade Tunde Saad Alabe Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore CELF Amada Jidda Abdulrauf Yusuf Mazars Consulting JAMB Jelili Yusuf Kwara United Onilu Islamic Development Bank Dan Masanin Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations Shuaib Olarongbe 11th Galadima Rafiu Ajakaye Kwara Basketball Association Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Academic Staff Union Of Universities Maja Gbugbu Garba Ado Sanni Agbarigidoma Jumoke F. Ajao Toyin Saraki Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao SAPZ Project Olusola Saraki Elerin Of Erin-Ile Aremu Odolaye ASKOMP Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Adesoye Olofa Of Offa Government House Kwara State Governor Fola Consultant Kola Ologbondiyan Abdulrazaq Akorede Kwara State Television (KWTV)

