You are behind UNILORIN’s success, Aluko tells Ilorin people
By Abubakar Imam
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, University of Ilorin, His Excellency, Surv. Abiodun Jacob Aluko, has commended the people of the Ilorin Emirate for seeing and treating the University as their own.
Surv. Aluko gave this commendation last Tuesday (November 25, 2025) while receiving the National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik and some members of the Union’s National Executive Council in his office.
The Chairman said that his experiences as a member of the Governing Councils of a few other universities across the country before his current appointment showed that the people of the Ilorin Emirate are fantastic hosts who do not have any problem whatsoever with the University.
Surv. Aluko, who is a former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, said that the prevailing peace of the University and the magnitude of its achievements cannot be divorced from the fraternity of its host community.
He specifically thanked the people of the Ilorin Emirate for always supporting the University as he also thanked the management of the Ilorin Central Jumaat Mosque for its decision to build a 250-bedspace hostel at the University, among other wonderful supports.
The former Deputy Governor said the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, and the Registrar, Mr Mansur Adeleke Alfanla, as well as other Principal Officers have been leading staff and students of the University towards greatness.
The Pro-Chancellor, who spoke glowingly of His Royal Highness, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji(Dr) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, assured IEDPU, which is the umbrella sociocultural organisation of the people of the Ilorin Emirate, that the Council and management of the University would continue to work with the institution’s host community for mutual benefits.
Speaking earlier, the National President of the IEDPU, Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayo Abdulmalik, thanked Surv. Aluko for working harmoniously with the University Administration since he assumed the position.
Alhaji Abdulmalik, who is also an alumnus.of the University, congratulated the institution on its Golden Jubilee anniversary and commended the University’s management under the leadership of the Vice Chancellor, Prof Egbewole, for the achievements recorded by his Administration.
The community leader recalled that several indigenes of the community worked with other stakeholders from the old Kwara State and across Nigeria towards the establishment of the University and ensuring that it has one of the biggest landmass among its peers.
He pointed out that the Union had always been eager to work with successive administrations of the University to ensure a prevailing peaceful environment for the institution to operate; in addition to maintaining continuous harmonious relationship between the gown and town. He explained that the Union had earlier written a congratulatory letter to the Chairman shortly after his appointment.
The community leader said that the people of the University’s host community would always support the University in order for it to achieve its corporate objectives as he urged the University to continue to show more concern to the yearnings of its host community.
Alhaji Abdulmalik was accompanied on the visit by his Deputy, Alhaji AbdulRauf Babatunde Issa; the National Secretary, Mr Abubakar Imam; the National Auditor, Mr Adam Olumide Alabere and Mr Habeeb Atanda.
