National Integration: Shettima Urges Nigerians To Embrace Ilorin Model

Date: 2023-12-11

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerians to learn from the people of Ilorin, Kwara State in the nation's search for national integration and genuine spirit of brotherly relationship.

Shettima stated this on Saturday during the 13th convocation of Al- Hikmah University, Ilorin, where he delivered the convocation lecture. The vice president said Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State had for several decades remained a city of “tolerance with rich cultural heritage and scholarship heritage where people of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds have cohabited together peacefully.

“This is the city where the Kanuri, the Yoruba, Fulfulde, Hausawa including the Gobir along with the Nupe, Baruba, Gwari and Kambari extractions are all proud to combine their Islamic names. “Growing up in Maiduguri in the 70s and 80s, we always thought of Ilorin as an exotic place, a land of milk and honey, a paradise on earth. “In our search for national integration, national comfort and genuine spirit of brotherly relationship, Nigeria has a lot to learn from Ilorin,” he said.

On his lecture titled, “Addressing Nigeria's Food Security Challenges Through Hi-tech Approach: The Role of Nigerian Universities”, the vice president charged Nigerian universities to take advantage of the growing influence of technology, research and innovation to produce graduates who will move directly into agriculture.

Shettima, who announced a scholarship of N25 million for indigent female students of the university, called for more investment in public schools to allow more people access to education. “Prosperity will judge us harshly if we allow public schools to collapse in Nigeria,” he said.

The vice president was received at the Babatunde Idiagbon International Airport, Ilorin by Kwara State governor and chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

The deputy governor, Mr Kayode Alabi; speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Salihu- Danladi; Senators Saliu Mustapha, Sadiq Umar, some members of the state executive council; and the chief executive of KAM Holdings Nigeria Ltd, Alhaji Kamaru Yusuf joined the governor in receiving the vice president at the airport.

Other dignitaries at the occasion included the inspector-general of police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, who has just received his doctoral degree from the institution; founder of the university, Chief AbdulRaheem Oladimeji and vice chancellor of the university, Prof Noah Yusuf.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yahaya Seriki     Emir Of Yashikira     CBT     Summit University     Amusement Park     Bahago     Toyin Abdullahi     Hausa     TVC Female National Debate     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Matthew Okedare     Buari Edun     Village Alive Development Association     Oloye     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Bayo Lawal     Maja     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Baba Issa     Amuda Musbau     Lukman Adeloyin     Okin Biscuits     Olugbense     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     EndSARS     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Agor Market     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Salami Adekunle     Asa     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     KwaraLearn     Yaru     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Oke-Ogun     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Lanre Aremu     Salake     Olaiya Lawal     Ibrahim Mohammed     Goodluck Jonathan     Oyedepo     Olaitan Buraimoh     Prince Bola Ajibola     Mashood Dauda     Forgo Battery     Ibrahim Akaje     Shettima Of Ilorin     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Tunji Ajanaku     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ita-Ore     TIC     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Issa Manzuma     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Amosa     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Timothy Akangbe     07039448763     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Ilorin Durbar     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Elections     Oba Abdulraheem     Oko Erin     Ohoro Of Shao     Baboko Primary School     John Kehinde Salako     Khairat Gwadabe     Aliyu Kora-Sabi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Bolakale Ayo     Ben Duntoye     Oloje     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Musa Abdullahi     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Okin High School     Theophilus Oyebiyi     National Party Of Nigeria     Oyun     Twitter     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Isau     NAWOJ     Mujtabah Bature     Oke-Ero     IsDB     Biliaminu Aliu     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Sabi     Patigi Regatta     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Albert Ogunsola     Chief Of Staff     Senate     Lanwa     Onilu     Samuel Adedoyin     Bayo Ajia     Grillo     Gwanara     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Gbugbu     Kwara Hotel     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Tafida Of Ilorin     Oni Adebayo     Mumeen Lah     Ilorin.Info     Saadu Yusuf     Alabere     Kulende-UITH     KSIRS     Stephen Fasakin     Age AbdulKareem     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Abraysports FC     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Abdullahi Atanda     Alfa Belgore     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ajayi Okasanmi     March 28     Lateef Fagbemi     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Iponrin     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Raymond Olaitan     Saidu Isa     KWSUED     Congress For National Consensus     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     2017 Budget     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Idiagbon     Abdulazeez Arowona     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Agbarere     Yunus Lawal     Saka Aleshinloye     Abubakar Aliagan     Kumbi Titilope     ITP