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.

Yunus Oniboki     Gbenga Awoyale     Hajj     Valsolar Consortium     Offa Descendants Union     Ahmed \'Lateef     Owode Market     Alikinla     Florence Saraki     Maja     Bukola Ajikobi     Okoolowo     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Yetunde Balogun     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Mohammed Lawal     Adesoye     Umar Gunu     IESA     Bolaji Nagode     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Iliasu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Idowu Aremu     ANCOPPS     Iyaloja-General     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Transition Implementation Committee     Bursary     Saka Isau     Eghe Igbinehi     Medview Airlines     Kola Bukoye     Communication Network Support Services     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Yaman     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Umar Ayinla Saro     Millennium Development Goals     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Students Union Government     John Obuh     Aminat Omodara     Lanre Badmas     Sulaiman Gado     Oro Grammar School     Offa Grammer School     CELF     Curfew     Saliu Tunde Bello     AGF Abdulrazaq     Ben Duntoye     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Eruku     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Salman Jawondo     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Eghe Igbinehin     Omupo     Royal FM     Oyelere Oyinloye     Aiyedun     Popo-Igbonna     Kayode Zubair     Gurei     Valsolar     IQRA College     Atiku     FERMA     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     John Mayokun Dada    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aremu Odolaye     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Yunus Lawal     Ahmad Lawan     Oloyede     Seed Technologies     Air Peace     Oko     Kwara State Fire Service     Sodiya     Sulu Gambari     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Lanre Issa-Onilu     EndSARS     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Third Estate     Offa Poly     Abdulkareem Alabi     James Kolo     Ibrahim Mohammed     Okoolowo     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Balogun Gambari     Hassan A. Saliu     School Of Nursing     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     KWIRS     Moremi High School     Saka Onimago     Sheriff Shagaya     Babaita     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Ita-Ore     ASMAU PLAZA     Orisun Igbomina     Kayode Yusuf     Elewu     Ahmed \'Lateef     20 Billion Bond     Ilorin East     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Al-Hikmah Radio     Tunde Yusuf     Bilikis Oladimeji     Joseph Offorjama     Galland Marcias     Nurudeen Muhammed     Oba Abdulrahim     National Pilot     SDP     Kola Ologbondiyan     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Sa\'adu Salahu     Okin Biscuits     Muslim Cementary     Sunday Otokiti     MATTA Girls Foundation     Maryam Ado Bayero     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Pilgrims Board     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Lawal Olohungbebe     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Alikinla     IHS     Kolo     Lafiagi     David Adesina     Ibrahim Abikan     Oniwasi Agbaye     Laboratory-to-Product     Bashiru Makama     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu