Abdulrazaq appoints ex-Unilorin VC, 10 others to plan establishment of Kwara Education Varsity

By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin

The governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appointed former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Prof. Shuaib Oba as chairman of the study, planning and implementation committee for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education,

Others were; Pastor Afolayan Babatunde (Secretary); Professor (Mrs) Medinat Salman; Prof. (Mrs) Sidikat Adeyemi; Prof. Umar Gunu; Engineer Sa’ad Belgore; Mrs. Risikat Lawal; Femi Aina; former Special Adviser on Special Duties Alhaji Abubakar Abdul-Razaq Jiddah; and a representative each of the Ministries of Housing and Urban Development and Justice (the latter being a female).

The appointment was announced in a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, on Wednesday.

The statement stated that the administration has since started preliminary efforts to birth the university of education using one of the three existing Colleges of Education as the launchpad.

” The State is similarly pulling the strings to have Abuja adopt one of the CoEDs as a Federal College of Education, while the third one adopts dual-mode that empowers it to issue bachelor’s degree in line with the recent laws governing Colleges of Education in Nigeria”, said Ajakaye.

The statement added that the 11-person committee would work out the modalities for the establishment, workings, and funding of the school.

” It will, among other things, develop the rationale and justification for a state-owned specialised university of education, including an assessment of the existing conventional, non-degree awarding NCE/Diploma colleges or university which limited facilities may fall short of the eligibility for automatic registration with the Teachers’ Registration Council”, said Ajakaye.