A Senior Lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, University of Ilorin, Dr Amina El-Imam, and four distinguished alumni of the University were sworn-in as Commissioners and members of the Kwara Executive Council by the State Governor, Malam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
The University of Ilorin Bulletin, issued on Monday, states that El-Imam was inaugurated as the state Commissioner for Health, while Mrs Sa’adat Modibbo-Kawu, who received her Master’s degree from the University, now heads the state Ministry of Education.
According to the publication, Dr Mary Arinde, who received all her three academic degrees in Educational Management from the University, was assigned the portfolio of Tertiary Education, while Mrs Afolashade Opeyemi was appointed the Commissioner for Social Development.
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Similarly, the bulletin stated that a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Dr Abdulwasiu Tejidini, has also been appointed the General Manager of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP).
“The appointment of Dr Tejidini was announced penultimate week by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaiye,” it said.
Reacting to the development, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, the Vice Chancellor of the University, expressed joy at the appointment of Dr El-Imam and the alumni into the Kwara Executive Council.
The Vice Chancellor, in a statement by the University’s Spokesman, Mr Kunle Akogun, congratulated the academic and her colleagues for being singled out among thousands of qualified indigenes of the State to serve, particularly at this point in time.
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Egbewole urged the new Commissioners and the KWASSIP General Manager as well as other alumni and staff of the University in one public position or the other at local, state and federal levels to see themselves as ambassadors of the University.
He urged them to always live above board in all their undertakings as inculcated in them by the University.
The Vice Chancellor also commended Gov. AbdulRazaq for his consistent positive interest in the University, which culminated in the appointment of its staff and products into sensitive positions of authorities. (NAN)