Nine Unilorin lecturers receive N49m research grants

Date: 2023-11-14

In its bid to ensure quality service delivery, the management of the University of Ilorin has awarded N49,380,000 to nine of its academic staff to enable them carry out studies on specific areas of interest for the betterment of mankind.

This was disclosed in a memo dated November 3, 2023, and addressed to members of the university community by the institution's Senate Research Grant Technical Committee, a copy of which was made available to journalists in Ilorin.

According to the memo signed by the Chairman of the Committee, who is also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University, Professor Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, only nine out of the 30 research proposals submitted to the Committee were picked after careful consideration of several factors including spread across various Faculties, and based on the conviction that the selected “research endeavours have the capacity to make substantial contributions to the advancement of knowledge and research within the University”.

The areas of interest to be researched on range from the Humanities to Sciences with N8,050,000 awarded to Dr. Segun Isaac Talabi, whose project is titled “Production of smokeless briquettes as an alternative domestic energy source using biomass residues within the University of Ilorin” as the highest amount.

The lowest amount of N2,700,000 was awarded to Dr. Akorede Ganiu Jimoh for a project titled “Effects of Vitamin C on Neuro And Reproductive Toxicity Induced By In Ultero and Lactational Exposure To Carbarmazepine in Wistar Rats”.

Other beneficiaries of the grants are Professor Abdulrasheed A. Adeoye, a former Dean, Faculty of Arts, who got N5,100,000 for his project titled “Collaborative and Sustainable Strategies for the Empowerment of the Marginalised Population in Kwara”; Professor Dominic Leah, a former Director of Sports, University of Ilorin, who received N4,010,000 for her project titled, “Assessment of Hypokinetic Disease Risk Factors and Awareness Creation for Lifestyle Modification in a Nigerian University”, and Professor Gafar Tunde Ijaiya, whose project, titled, “Functional Literacy and Entrepreneurial Competencies As Correlates Of Tertiary Education Graduates' Wealth-Creating Capability in Kwara State, Nigeria” and who was awarded N3,900,000.

The list of beneficiaries of the UNILORIN Research grant also includes Professor AbdulAzeez Muhammad-Lawal of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, who got N6,700,000 for research he titled, “Food Waste Management Practices among Households in Ilorn Metropolis”; Professor Rasheedat Modupe Mahamood, whose project, titled, “Reducing the Carbon Footprint of UNILORIN Main Auditorium through Renewable Energy Supply”, attracted N5,300,000; and a former Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, Professor Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh, who was awarded N6,520,000 to conduct a study on “Development of Security Intelligence Gathering and Escalation System in Ilorn South Local Government of Kwara State, Nigeria”; as well as Professor Adepoju Feyi Grace, who was granted the sum of N7,100,000 for her research titled “Clinico-Epidemiological Study and the Adoption of Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in the Management of Corneal Ulcers in Nigeria”.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulkadir Jimoh     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Galadima     Tsaragi-Share     Bola Magaji     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Bayer AG     Muhammadu Buhari     IESA     Kwabes     Www.Kwarareports.com     Baakini     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     KWAFFA     Alimi     Bibire Ajape     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Oko Erin     Elerin Of Adanla     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Oyun     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Sheikh Ariyibi     Ayo Opadokun     Samari     Saduki Lafiagi     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Yaman     Ita-Nmo Market     Salake     David Oyedepo     Ajasse-Ipo     Ahmed Bayero     Adama Isa     CKNG     Suleiman Mora Omar     Tope Daramola     Kwara University Of Education     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Kunle Okeowo     Makama Of Kaiama     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Sunday Fagbemi     Amule     Oke Sunna     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Bankole Omisore     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Oko-Olowo     Memunat Monsuma     Ibrahim Abiodun     Sabi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Oluwole Dupe     Kannike     Amos Justus Sayo     ANCOPPS     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Abdulwahab Ololele     Saheed Alakoso     Olushola Saraki     Wahab Abayawo     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Taofeeq Olateju     Lateef Fagbemi     Ayobami Seriki     Muhammed Danjuma     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Ilorin Innovation Hub    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Segun Abifarin     Ndama Al-hassan     Nigerian Army     John Obuh     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Gbenga Awoyale     Mumeen Lah     Ibrahim Jawondo     Bio Ibrahim     Rotimi Atere     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Kwara State Polytechnic     Sidikat Akaje     Allocation     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Read With Me     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Babajide Ajayi     Police Commissioner     Isiaka Yusuf     Leke Ogungbe     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     GAMA     Asa LGEA School     Offorjama     Oja-Oba     Wahab Abayawo     Dele Belgore     Marufat Oladosu     Ajayi Okasanmi     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Lanre Issa Onilu     Fatai Olodo     Abioye Bello     National Party Of Nigeria     Saad Omo\'ya     IPSAS     Olaiya Lawal     Kwara Pdp     Elerin Of Adanla     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Kayode Alabi     Ilorin Emirate     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Maryam Ado Bayero     Sherif Shagaya     TESCOM 2025     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ibrahim Orire     SARS     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ajeigbe     Nagode     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Wahab Issa     Gurei     Offa     Idris Garba     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Yahaya Muhammad     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Oke-Ero     Saadu Yusuf     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Kwara South     Aiyedun     Mukhtar Shagaya     Universal Basic Education Commission     Ridwan Agboola     AbdulHamid Adi     Gwanara     Olawuyi     Ayinde Oyepitan     Saliu Shola Taofeek