IEDPU hails Abdulbaqi on rising profile
By Abubakar Imam
The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, has congratulated the Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of Ilorin, Prof. Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi, on her rising profile within and outside the University.
Alhaji Abdulmalik gave this commendation penultimate Friday (October 30, 2026) when he visited the Dean in her office.
The IEDPU President expressed satisfaction with the Dean’s contributions as an academic, administrator and community leader over the years.
Alhaji Abdulmalik said that he had been following the career trajectory of Prof. Abdulbaqi right from her days as a student through her sojourn as a pioneer staff member of the Kwara State Television Service and since she joined the services of the University over two decades ago.
The President urged Prof. Abdulbaqi, who is also a Council Member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), to continue to serve as a role-model to her younger compatriots for the nation to produce outstanding female leaders not just for the nation’s University system but for the society at large.
Responding, Prof. Abdulbaqi thanked Alhaji Abdulmalik for the visit, which she said was most unexpected.
She also thanked him for his kind words, adding that she would never take the privilege for granted.
Prof. Abdulbaqi, who also thanked Alhaji AbdulMalik and the entire leadership of the IEDPU for their interest in the stability, growth and development of the University, promised to continue to do her best as an ambassador of the Ilorin Emirate not only at the University but also everywhere she finds herself.
