IEDPU hails UNILORIN on emergence as best Nigerian varsity in Research Quality

By Abubakar Imam

The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has congratulated the management, staff and students of the University of Ilorin on its emergence  as Nigeria’s number one University in the realm of Research Quality as released by Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The report shows the University scoring 69.4 per cent, the highest by any Nigerian university ranked this year.

In a statement issued by the Union’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Suleiman Shuaib Dagbo, the IEDPU President said that the performance of the University is an attestation to the rigorous and vigorous efforts of its stakeholders in repositioning the University for better service delivery.

The President specifically congratulated the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, and a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University, who is also the University Ranking Implementation Manager, Prof. Suleiman Folorunso Ambali, on the feat.

Alhaji Abdulmalik, who is also an alumnus of the University, described the institution as a pride of the Ilorin Emirate and Kwara State, saying that the University has greatly impacted on its host community, the nation and humanity at large.

While encouraging all the stakeholders of the University to continue to do their best towards projecting the University better to the rest of the world, Alhaji Abdulmalik assured them that the people of  Ilorin Emirate would continue to support the University in everyway possible for better service delivery.