Ilorin Emirate Professors Back New KWASU Vice Chancellor

Date: 2024-06-27

According to a news report from The Nation, the Association of Ilorin Emirate Professors has declared its support for Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, the newly-appointed Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

The association members pledged their support during a meeting convened by Professor Jimoh to seek their cooperation.

The Chairman of the Association and former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Professor Abdulganiyu Funsho Alabi, led the members to the meeting.

He praised Professor Jimoh for his humility and visionary leadership, noting that the prompt call for the meeting following his appointment was commendable.

“I thank you most sincerely for your humility and the way and manner you have been piloting the affairs of this institution since you became the Acting Vice Chancellor till the present moment that you have been appointed as the substantive Vice Chancellor. We will all be there for you,” he pledged.

Alabi said the association would do everything within it powers to give the new VC all the support needed to pilot the affairs of the institution to enviable heights.

“We will work in unison, we will speak with one voice and with good mind for you to achieve your desired success as the third substantive Vice Chancellor of this great university.

“Inviting us to a meeting, and for the fact that this meeting is your maiden meeting after your appointment as the substantive Vice-Chancellor further demonstrates your humility and large heart.

It shows that you hold us in high esteem, and we must reciprocate this rare recognition by giving you the unalloyed support for us to collectively move KWASU forward,” he said.

The don prayed to God to guide the new Jimoh in his new assignment.

The immediate past Dean of the School of Post Graduate Studies, Prof. Hamza Ishola Abdulraheem, praised the VC for his wisdom and courage demonstrated by calling the meeting, noting that the association appreciates his wisdom and large heart.

Abdulraheem hailed other contestants for the Vice Chancellor's position from the association for accepting God's verdict, pointing out that their presence at the meeting showed that they have accepted the new helmsman whole heartedly.

Jimoh, said he had convened the meeting to seek the support and prayers of the association and expressed joy at the large turnout.

The VC who recalled that he had met with the association when he became the Acting Vice Chancellor to seek their support and to resolve an issue a few months ago, explained that this meeting was to again, seek their support to work collectively and achieve a common goal.

He noted that his appointment was a manifestation of God's will, adding that the support and cooperation of all was necessary for him to succeed.

Jimoh was appointed recently after holding the position of Acting Vice Chancellor following the death of his predecessor, Prof. Mustapha Akanbi in 2022.

He was Deputy Vice Chancellor between 2020 and 2022 and hails from Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

 

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