University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

he Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State (FUNAAB) was established on 1 January 1988 by the Federal Government when four Universities of Technology, earlier merged in 1984, were demerged. This led to the creation of the first two Universities of Agriculture in Abeokuta and Makurdi.
On the same date, Professor Nurudeen Olorun-Nimbe Adedipe was appointed the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the University. Professor Adedipe officially assumed duty on 28 January 1988. For many years the date which Professor Adedipe assumed duty was wrongly adopted as the foundation day of the University. Following a revisit to the instrument setting up the University, a Council decision at its 53rd Statutory meeting in June 2010 reverted the foundation date to 1 January 1988 as prescribed by the law which established the University.
Prior to the emergence of FUNAAB, the Federal Government had established the Federal University of Technology, Abeokuta (FUTAB) in 1983. Then, in 1984, it was merged with the University of Lagos and had its name changed to the College of Science and Technology, Abeokuta (COSTAB), before the demerger of January, 1988.
The University started off from the old Campus of Abeokuta Grammar School, Isale-Igbein near the city centre. It completed its movement to its Permanent Site along Alabata Road in 1997, in what has been termed the fastest pace of Permanent Site development in the history of Nigerian University System.
At the initial stage, five Colleges were introduced in the University in October 1988 as follows:

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• College of Agricultural Management, Rural Development and Studies (COLAMRUCS)
• College of Animal Science and Livestock Production (COLANIM)
• College of Environmental Resources Management (COLERM)
• College of Natural Sciences (COLNAS)
• College of Plant Science and Crop Production (COLPLANT)

Two additional Colleges, College of Engineering (COLENG) and College of Veterinary Medicine (COLVET) were introduced in March, 2002. During 2008/2009 session, the College of Agricultural Management, Rural Development and Consumer Studies was split into two with two new Colleges emerging as follows:

• College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC)
• College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development (COLAMRUD)

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta with the acronym UNAAB is one of the three Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria, the other being in Makurdi (Benue State) and Umudike(Abia State). It was established in January 1988. The University started at its mini-campus in Isale-Igbein right in the heart of Abeokuta, the Capital of Ogun State. The University moved in December 1997 to its permanent site, a 10,000-hectare Campus which is located next to the Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority on the Abeokuta-Ibadan road in the North Eastern end of the city, 15 km from Abeokuta City Centre.

Governing Council

The first Council was constituted on 18 May 1989 under the chairmanship of Alhaji Muhammadu Jega, former Head of Service and Secretary to the Sokoto State Government. On 1 September 1990, the Council was reconstituted with some changes for 5 years with Alhaji Muhammadu Jega retained as Chairman. The second Governing Council was constituted in 2000 for five years, with Alhaji Sanni Bagiwa Idris as Chairman. The third Council came on board in 2005 and was dissolved in November, 2007 by the Federal Government. Elder Brigadier General (Rtd.) Bassey Asuquo, a one-time Military Administrator of Kogi, Edo and Delta States respectively, was the Chairman. The fourth council was constituted in January 2009 with Mr. Raphael Oluwole Osayameh as Chairman and immediate past Pro-Chancellor. Presently, Chief Lawrence Ayinde Osayemi is the Pro-Chancellor & Chairman of Council.

Chancellors

Since inception, FUNAAB has had three Chancellors. They are His Royal Highness Alhaji Kabir Umar, the Emir of Katagum in Bauchi State. He was appointed in 1989. Next was His Royal Highness Oba Adeyinka Oyekan, the Oba of Lagos (now late). He served for a brief period from 2001-2003. The current Chancellor is His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof.) Joseph Chike Edozien, the Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, a renowned and retired Professor of Medicine of the University of Ibadan.

Vice-Chancellors

The foundation Vice-Chancellor was Professor Nurudeen ADEDIPE, who served for two terms of four years each: 8 January 1988 to 31 December 1991 and 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1995.
The second Vice-Chancellor was Professor Julius Amioba OKOJIE, who acted from 1 January 1996 till 2 September 1996 when he became a substantive Vice-Chancellor and served for one term of five year which ended on 31 August,. 2001.
The third Vice-Chancellor was Professor Israel Folorunso ADU, who served from 1 September 2001 to 31 August 2006.
Professor Ishola ADAMSON acted as Vice-Chancellor from 1 September 2006 till 24 May 2007 when the fourth and current Vice-Chancellor was appointed in person of Professor Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun.
Professor Olusola Bandele OYEWOLE was appointed the fifth substantive Vice-Chancellor at the 70th Statutory Meeting of the University’s Governing Council of Friday, 20 April 2012 and communicated through an official Letter of Appointment, signed by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Chief Lawrence Ayinde Olakunle Osayemi.

Deputy Vice-Chancellors

FUNAAB Deputy Vice-Chancellors to date:
(i) Professor G. M. Babatunde: 1 September 1994 (ii) Professor Julius Okojie: 1 October 1994 to 31 December 1995 (iii) Professor I. F. Adu: December, 2000 (2 terms) (iv) Professor T.O. Tayo: 7 December 2000 to 6 December 2004 (2 terms) (v) Professor A.R.T. Solarin: 7 December 2004 to 6 December 2006. (vi) Professor I.C. Eromosele, DVC (Academic): 14 September 2007 to 17 September 2009. (vii) Professor O.J. Ariyo, DVC (Development): 14 September 2007 to 17 September 2009. (viii)Professor S.T.O Lagoke, DVC (Development): 18 September 2009 to 2011. (ix) Professor C.F.I Onwuka, DVC (Academic): 18 September 2009 to 2011. (x) Professor F. K. Salako, DVC (Development): 2011 to date. (xi) Professor T.A. Arowolo, DVC (Academic): 2011 to date.
While the first five were the only Deputy Vice-Chancellors during their respective tenures, Professors Eromosele and Ariyo were appointed simultaneously as the first set of two Deputy Vice-Chancellors for the University, an initiative of the present Vice-Chancellor, Professor O.O. Balogun.

Other Principal Officers

FUNAAB has had only two Registrars, Bursars and University Librarians to date, respectively. Mrs. C.A. Soboyejo was the first Registrar, from 1 October 1989 to 30 June 1998. She was succeeded by Mr. A. Oyerinde, who acted as Registrar from June 1998 till 19 September 2000 before he became the substantive Registrar on 20 September 2000. The Present Ag.Registrar is Mr. A.O. Adeboye. Pastor. S.T. Osamiluyi, the first Bursar, served from 1 October 1989 to 17 October 1999. He was succeeded by Rev. E.A. Ajayi and the present Ag. Bursar is Mr. M.O. Ilesanmi. Dr. T.M. Salisu, the first University Librarian came on board and served from 4 February 1991 to 3 February 2001. After his tenure was Mr. A.A. Agboola, the present University Librarian.

Awards/Honours/Laurels Won

The university was awarded the best university in the country by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) consecutively in the year 2002 and 2003.
The establishment of the Universities of Agriculture was an entirely new concept for promoting agricultural education and services for agricultural development and attainment of self-sufficiency in food and fibre.
Some Awards/Honours/Laurels
Prof. Israel F. Adu: - NUC Best Vice-Chancellor (Maiden) 2004, 2006 - Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Outstanding Leadership Merit 2003 - Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science 2006
Prof. (Mrs.) Olufunmilayo Adebambo - First Female Professor of Animal Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology in Nigeria 1996 - Royal Society of England Third World Fellowship 1996 - Only female among 34 Scientists to win $7500 World Bank Assisted Research Grant 2004 - Outstanding Research at the 1st and 2nd NUC Research fair for poultry breeds development in Nigeria 2005
Prof. Peter A. Okuneye: - Millennium Medal of Honour 1992 - Nigerian Agricultural Merit Award 1992 - NAMA Winner 1999 - American Biographical Institutes MAN OF THE YEAR 2000 - Fellow, Nigerian Farmers' Institute (FNFI)
Prof. A.M. Omotayo: - Welcome Trust Research Grants 2000-05 - Visiting Fellow, African Studies Centre, The Netherlands 2003 - Adviser, IFS, Sweden 2005 - Nestle Foundation International 2006-07 - PropCom/DFID Grant 2007
Prof. E.B. Oguntona: - Fellow, World Poultry 1995 - President, World Poultry Science Association-Nigeria 1998-2004 - Fellow, Nutrition Society of Nigeria 2003 - President, Nutrition Society of Nigeria 2005
Prof. O.B. Oyewole: - IFS Grant 1986 - 1998 - IFS/King Baudouin Award 1992 - IFS/Danida Award 1999
Prof. L.O. sanni: - Fellow, NIFST 2008 - CGIAR Award on Technological Development in Africa 2008 - IITA Outstanding Performance Award 2005 - Best Oral Presenter at the 7th ACSC, Entebbe, Uganda 2005 - CTA Travel Grants, Kenya, Netherlands Abidjan-Côte d'Ivoire 2006, 2007 - IITA Travel Grants Colombia, Malaysia, Cameroon, Brazil, Uganda, India, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique 2004-2007 - EU Travel Grant, United Kingdom 2004-2006 - DFID travel Grant, United Kingdom 2003, 2006 - Junior Chambers' Outstanding Young Person in Academic Leadership and Accomplishment in Nigeria 2001 - IFS Travel Grants, India, Burkina Faso, Japan, Netherlands, Cameroon 1999 - IFS Research Grant 1997, 1999, 2000 - Second Prize in Young Scientist Paper Presentation Competition, ibadan. 2003 - World bank/NUC/PIU Fellowship, UK 1996-2003, 1995-1996
Prof. Olusegun A. Osinowo: - Fellow, The Nigerian Society of Animal Production 2000
Prof. Adewale R.T. Solarin: - African Millenium Mathematical Science Research Fellowship, South Africa 2005
Prof. (Mrs.) Daisy Eruvbetine: - President, World Poultry Science Association-Nigeria 2006 - Member of Winning Team representing UNAAB at NUC Research fair, Abuja 2004
Prof. A.M. Bamgbose: - Member of Winning Team representing UNAAB at NUC Research fair, Abuja 2005
Prof. S.T.O. Lagoke: - SAFGRAD/AAU/Korean Govt. Fund USAID/IITN 1999 - ADIA TN Grant 2001 - FAO Grant 2002 - SAFGRAD Travel Grant Burkina Faso 2007
Prof. C.O.N. Ikeobi: - CIDA Travel Grant Canada 1994 - ICGEB Workshop Grant, Nigeria 1996 - Roll of Honour of the Nigerian Society for Animal Production 1997 - IORC Travel Scholarship, Senegal 2000 - Commonwealth Staff Fellowship, UK 2000 - Visiting Scientist, Edinburgh, UK 2001 - Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Travel Grant 2001 - ILRI Fellowship 2001 - Visiting Scientist, ILRI, Kenya 2004 - CTA Sponsorship on CTA/UNAAB Regional Course 2004 - ILRI Workshop sponsorship
Mr. Moses Ilesanmi: - Fellow ICAN

Academic Programmes

The University has a total of 179 academic programmes made up of 44 undergraduate programmes, 135 graduate programmes which include 22 Post graduate diploma programmes, 57 Masters degree programmes and 56 Doctorate degree programmes.
The University has following colleges: College of Agricultural Management and Rural Development - COLAMRUD; College of Animal Science and Livestock Production - COLANIM; College of Plant Science and Crop Production - COLPLANT; College of Environmental Resources Management - COLERM; College of Natural Sciences - COLNAS; College of Veterinary Medicine - COLVET; College of Engineering - COLENG; College of Food Science and Human Ecology-COLFHEC; Postgraduate School

Academic Planning Unit

The Academic Planning Unit is the quality control unit of the University. It is the link between the University and National Universities Commission. It is at the centre of all planning activities of the University. presently, the Unit is headed by a Director, Professor M.A. Waheed, a Principal Planning Officer, Mr. O.O. Bamgbose and other Planning Officers (Mrs. A.A. Akintunde, Mr. A.O. Kuforiji and Mr. S.A. Dada)

Library

‘Nimbe Adedipe library' was named to honour the first Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Nurudeen Olorunnimbe Adedipe. The ultra modern library building can accommodate 1000 users at a time. The total collection of books at present is 50,622 titles. The library started its automation programme in 1994 when it acquired through a World Bank Project, an IBM personal computer and the TINLIB library software designed for four work stations. This was later upgraded to ten work stations. The library has since migrated from the DOS based TINLIB software to a more versatile windows based GLAS (Graphical Library Automated System) software with capability to operate 50 work stations within the library. At present the OPAC is fully functional making it possible to catalogue books on line and for library clients to access such books immediately.
The establishment of several centres helps to enhance research and development in the university. These centres include the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension centre (AMREC), Biotechnological Centre, Centre for Human Resources Development (CENHURD), Leventis Memorial Centre for Learning, Information and Communication Technology Research Centre (ICTREC), The Health Centre, Institute of food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research, Teaching Farms, UNAAB International School, UNAAB Staff School, School of Arts and UNAAB consult.

ICTREC

Information & Communication Technology and Training Resource Centre
Director - Dr. F.A. Oguntoye (B.Sc. [Ife], M.A. [Williams, Mass] Ph.D [Ife]
Senior System Analyst - Akinola Oluwatoyin Charles (B.Sc, M.Sc, M.C.P)

Webometrics Centre

The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission organized a seminar sometimes in 2009 at Abuja on the Webometrics ranking where all the Vice-Chancellors were informed to improve on their web representations. Arising from the seminar, the Centre was established at the third meeting of the Expanded Operations Management and Advisory Team (E-OMAT) on Monday 27 April 2009, the first of its kinds in the history of UNAAB since inception. The Pioneering Coordinator of the Centre was Dr. B.S. Badmus, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics; whose appointment took effect from 5 May 2009. The Pioneer Coordinator then suggested a committee to the University Management which was then approved. Memberships of the Committee are:
Dr. B.S. Badmus Chairman Physics
Dr. A.S. Sodiya Member Computer Science
Dr. G.A. Adebayo Member Physics
Dr. S.O. Iposu Member Animal Production & Health
Mr. O.E. Adeosun Member ICTREC
Mrs. A.O. Oduwole Secretary Registry
The University Management met with the Webometrics committee on 3 June 2009 to effect the taking off of the Centre. The Management also gave approval to the appointment of nine (9) casual Data Entry operators in which advertisement was placed and successful nine applicants were appointed in August, 2009.
The incumbent Coordinator is Dr. Olusegun Folorunso, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, whose appointment took effect from 16 August 2010.
FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRE
1. Gathering appropriate data from all Departments, Centres and Units: Publishing good contents on web is a principal factor in Webometrics ranking. Thus, the main function of the Centre is to gather appropriate data from all departments, centres and units across the University.
2. To transform the collated data into web contents: To achieve this, the Centre through the Management appointed nine (9) Casual Data Entry Operators in August 2009, who have been inputing and transforming data collected from all departments, Centres and Unit into web contents uploaded into the University website.
3. To present the University well to the whole world through the rich web contents: The web Designers at the ICTREC and the web Administrator at the Webometrics Centre are working round the clock in seeing that the appropriate content are published daily. Their efforts received the commendation of the Webometrics Committee at its meeting held 14 April 2010.
4. To see to the regular update of the University website
5. To see that the University website is up and running 24/7

Centre for Internationalisation and Partnerships (CENIP)

Director - Olukayode D. Akinyemi
The University has collaborative partnerships with a number of institutions and establishments. These include:

• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan
• National Seed Services (NSS), Ibadan
• National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi
• National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike
• Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin
• National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Zaria
• Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN)
• Ogun State Agricultural Development Project (OGADEP), Abeokuta
• Ministries of Agriculture and Water Resources of both Ogun and Lagos states
• Federal Ministry of Environment
• National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA)
• National Agricultural Research Project (NARP)
• Pan-African Striga Control Network (PASCON), Accra
• West African Rice Development Agency (WARDA), Ivory Coast
• Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos
• Nestle Foods Plc.

Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) have been signed with these institutions and collaboration activities are in progress.
At the international level, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), has already entered into collaboration with the University in the areas of Training and Seminars. The British Council has also established academic link programme between UNAAB and the University of Reading, and the University of Edinburgh, primarily, though not exclusively, in the areas of Plant and Animal Breeding and Seed Technology and Genetics, respectively. Others include Maclary Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, in the area of Sustainabe Development, and the West African Rice Development Association in integrated aspect of Rice Science.
The UNAAB Foreign African Scholarship Scheme (UFASS)was recently established to provide scholarships for citizens of Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia in the following areas; 1.Slills Acquisition Programme 2.Undergraduate Programme 3.Postgraduate Programme 4.Postdoc Programme

Federal School of Dental Technology & Therapy

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The Federal School of Dental Technology & Therapy is a higher education institute in Trans-Ekulu, Enugu State, Nigeria. It was established in 1955 in Lagos as the Federal School of Dental Technology and Hygiene, training dental technicians and hygienists. It became the Federal School of Dental Technology and Therapy in 1978, with the larger goal of training dental technologists and therapists. The school moved to its present location in 1982. The school is supervised by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and funded by the Federal Government. Graduates may practice as professionals after registration with the Dental Technologists or Dental Therapists Registration Boards of Nigeria.

The school is the only one training dental technologist and therapists in the country. In August 2009, the new chairman of the board said it had been largely static over the years, and that he was looking for federal and state funding for upgrades.

University of Agriculture, Makurdi

The University of Agriculture in Makurdi (UAM), Nigeria is a higher education institution established in 1988. The current Vice-Chancellor is Prof. D. V. Uza. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor is Prof. E. U. Amuta.
In general, the objective of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi is to put in place a properly integrated system of teaching, research and extension toward appropriate technology creation, transfer and utilization in Nigerian agriculture. This objective has several specific elements:

• generating high-yielding crop varieties and livestock breeds as well as other efficient agricultural technologies that are sufficiently adapted and relevant to local environments;
• accelerating the diffusion and mass adoption of new technologies on Nigerian farms through effective linkages with state extension services,
• sensitizing researchers to the pressing needs of farmers, agro-industrialists and consumers with respect to production, processing and utilization technologies;
• bringing the fruits of science to the farm-gate in the form, amounts and time that farmers need them most;
• bringing the fruits of science to the doorsteps of agro-industrial establishments in the form, amount and time they are needed most;
• bringing to the attention of agricultural researcher pressing problems on farmers' fields with minimum delay;
• training needed manpower that is consistent with the requirements of an integrated national research-extension system; and
• assisting in substantially raising farm output and incomes of Nigerian farmers as well as marketed quantities of food and fibre.

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Departments

The University of Agriculture, Makurdi has over 30 departments in nine Colleges. They are:

• College of Agronomy
• College of Agricultural Economics and Extension
• College of Agricultural Engineering and Engineering Technology
• College of Animal Science
• College of Food Technology
• College of Science
• College of Agricultural and Science Education
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• College of Forestry and Fisheries.

For outreach and public service support, the University has established a Co-operative Extension Centre (CEC) and a Centre for Food and Agricultural Strategy (CEFAS) which focus on practical agricultural extension liaison support and public policy support services, respectively.
The philosophy of research at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi stresses research that is issues oriented, mission oriented and problem solving. To achieve this research mission, research is multi-disciplinary, as contrasted with traditional conventional approaches in general universities in which research is mainly along disciplinary lines within academic units. Researchers in the University are encouraged and supported to conduct research that cuts across disciplines and academic units.

Research

The following commodity programmes have been delineated for research and extension activities in the University:

• Root and Tubers programme
• Cereals and Legumes programme
• Forestry and Horticulture programme
• Ruminants programme
• Non-ruminants programme
• Farming systems programme
• Socio-economics programme
• Rural infrastructures programme
• Agricultural Mechanization programme
• Environmental and Analytical Studies programme and Food Processing and Utilization programme.

These commodity programmes have been organized to effectively address the practical farming problems of the University's immediate catchment area and the nation at large.
Training at the University emphasizes strong foundations in the disciplines, a broad exposure to all disciplines in agriculture, engineering and science and the acquisition of practical skills in the agricultural and engineering fields. Training at this University recognizes that formal acquisition of scientific skills is necessary but not sufficient for preparing our students to live full lives as accomplished, learned members of an increasingly sophisticated Nigerian Society. More fundamentally, students of this University are taught to acquire new mental attitudes that enable them to distinguish between the rational and the irrational, between toughed and the bad. Students are taught to acquire new value systems that appeal to the higher public good that will ensure happiness for all Nigerians and mankind in general, The University will continue to develop its institutional capacity for inculcating new mental attitudes and independent thought systems in students that will promote objectivity and the relentless search for truth and rationality.
Grassroots relevance is a cardinal quest at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi. The Cooperative Extension Centre through its training and extension liaison services coordinates the outreach programmes. The Centre for Food and Agricultural Strategy coordinates the public service support in food and agriculture. The University is forging linkages that will ensure that agricultural technologies and the output of University research reach average small scale Nigerian farmers, the intended beneficiaries of the University's research and extension programmes.
Institutional linkages are being forged with federal and state Ministries of Agriculture and other related agencies to identify areas of collaboration and technical support from the University. The University is already making its presence felt in Benue State through such collaborative programme and protects. Training programmes are being conducted for participants from other states of the federation.
A cardinal element of the strategy in Makurdi is the effective integration of research, teaching and extension by which all academic staff are expected to devote some proportion of their time to each of these activities.

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic

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Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana is located in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The polytechnic was founded in 1981 and is owned by the federal government. It is named after Akanu Ibiam, the First Republic Governor of Eastern Region, Nigeria. The school was initially located on the present site of Federal Government College Okposi, and moved to its site in Unwana in 1987. There are five schools that offer programs leading to National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in sciences, engineering, and humanities.

In October 2003 the polytechnic was designated a center for excellence in the southeast by the Nigeria Board for Polytechnic Education due to its excellent administration and the quality of its courses. On 16 September 2008 the school had to be temporarily closed after a violent protest that caused considerable property damage triggered by the murder of an elderly woman at the school.[4] In October 2008 the Polytechnic was selected for establishment of a world class Information and Communication Technology center by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).In November 2009 a new library was being constructed.

Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti

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University of Ado Ekiti

The University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD) was established on March 30, 1982 by the administration of late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, the first civilian governor of Ondo State.
The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.
It is located about 12 minutes drive from the centre of the city of Ado-Ekiti in Western Nigeria.
University of Ado-Ekiti, as it is known today, was at inception in 1982 known as Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and it prides itself as the only university in Nigeria that has within a quarter of a century had its name changed four times. The name was changed to Ondo State University in 1985 and to University of Ado-Ekiti in November 1999 and to its present name Ekiti State University of Ado Ekiti in September 2011

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Brief history

1.0 Introduction: Creation of the University in March, 1982 at Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
On January 14, 1981, Chief Adekunle Ajasin led civilian government of the Ondo State announced its intent to establish a Multi-Campus University in the state and a 16 member planning committee was set up. The outcome of the exercise led to the founding of the University in March, 1982, when the State Government created a University named Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti and appointed Late Prof. I.O. Oladapo as the First Vice-Chancellor of the University with the composition of the first council headed by the late Chief B.A. Ajayi on 28 March 1982.
The University started off in a modest way from an old catering Rest House in Akure and moved to a temporary site in Ado-Ekiti where lectures started soon after with 136 students spread in the Faculties of Arts, Science and Social Sciences while during the 1983/84 session, new courses were established to strengthen the existing faculties and they were Geology, Biology, Chemistry, French, Yoruba Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Political Science and Psychology. A fourth Faculty – Faculty of Education was established and the student population increased to 724 in 1983/84 session. In the 1985/86 session, the Faculty of Engineering with three initial Departments of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical and a Department of Banking and Finance while the Faculty of Law was established during the 1991/92 session and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was established in 2001, bringing the Faculties to 8 in number and the student population of 10,000. The student population is in excess of 25,000 today in various academic programmes
Today the University has grown to a number of Faculties and academic programmes including Faculties of Arts, Agricultural Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Management Science, Science, The Social Science and the College of Medicine, apart from the School of Postgraduate Studies, Directorate of Continuing Education, Directorate of Part Time Programme, Directorate of Sandwich Education Degree Programme, Affiliate Colleges, Institute of Education, Institute of Science Laboratory Technology, Directorate of Pre-Degree Programmes, General Studies Unit, Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Centre for Research and Development, among others.
2.0 Change of Name of the University in 1985
In 1984, the ownership of the University came under the military administration of Ondo State since the governance of the country came under the military junta. In 1985, the Government as proprietor of the University cancelled the multi-campus and non-residential policy of the University and also changed the name of the University from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ado-Ekiti to Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti. (The change of the University’s name did not affect the site/location of the campus at Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Reference can be made in records of National Universities Commission (Nigeria), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and other public records on these facts).
3.0 Political Changes in Nigeria and Creation of More States - Creation of Ekiti State out of Old Ondo State and its impact on the University ownership/name
In 1996, the Federal Military Government of Nigeria created 6 additional new States to the existing 30 States of the Nigerian Federation. Ekiti State of Nigeria was one of the 6 new States and it was carved out of the Ondo State which was created earlier in 1976 out of defunct Western State of Nigeria. Due to the State creation, economic assets, institutions and establishments previously owned by the Ondo State were shared with the newly created Ekiti State. Hence, the ownership and proprietorship of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti came under joint administration of the Governments of Ekiti State and the Ondo State respectively.
In 1998, due to a collapse of agreements on asset sharing and running of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti between the Governments of Ondo and Ekiti States, the Government of Ondo State created a new University named Ondo State University at Akungba Akoko, in Ondo State (The Ondo State University, Akungba Akoko was later renamed Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko while Ondo State Government also created Ondo State University of Science and Technology at Okitipupa in 2003).
In view of the policy decisions taken by Ondo State Government, the Government of Ekiti State took over the ownership, full administrative control and funding of the Ondo State University at Ado-Ekiti and enacted a law to rename the University as University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. The Ekiti State Government also took steps to ensure that all records and properties of the University remain intact. By law, Ekiti State Government transferred all assets, liabilities and records of Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti to University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and the National Universities Commission (Nigeria) was informed of the change and it was approved accordingly.
4.0 Political Developments in Ekiti State (2007–2011) and its impact on Educational Policy Change and Merging of State Universities
In year 2007, a new civilian Government took over the helm of affairs in Ekiti State. The Government established 2 new state owned Universities, in addition to the existing University of Ado-Ekiti. The names of the two Universities were The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and The University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti. These two Universities were concurrently funded with public treasury along with the existing University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and it had a great toll on the public purse and polarization of the educational system.
In year 2010, there was a change of Government in Ekiti State and the new Government convened a State-wide Education Summit in 2011 to consider the best ways to sustain tertiary education and to fund public institutions owned by the Government of Ekiti State. Part of the decisions taken at the Summit was to merge the three State owned Universities as a single public institution. The Ekiti State Government by law merged The University of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria; The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti and the University of Science and Technology, Ifaki-Ekiti as a new University and renamed it as: EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Subsequently, the National Universities Commission, Abuja (Nigeria) licensed the University and all the assets and records of the three Universities were consolidated, integrated and merged as one institution.

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In the last 29 years, some philanthropists have made significant contributions to the physical development of the University such as Dr. Lawrence Omolayo who donated the administrative block consisting of 271 offices, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), constructed and fully furnished a 350 seater Law Auditorium, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Mustapha built a 400 seater Lecture Theatre while Ado-Ekiti Community built the administrative block for the Faculty of Law. The Education Trust Fund (ETF) constructed 1,200–seater, 750–seater Lecture Theatres, new Library Complex, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences office complex, new Faculties of Social Sciences, Arts and Education offices. Shell Petroleum recently established an Information Communication Technology Centre (ICT) in the University apart from the donations of NUC virtual library and Access Education who also donated computers and server to the University.
A large number of the programmes of the University now enjoy full accreditation while some enjoy interim accreditation. The University has joined the ICT age as almost all its academic activities are linked to one on-line facility or the other. The University is undergoing Institutional Accreditation exercise as a selected institution in South West Nigeria. The Council of the University also recently set-up an endowment fund for indigent but brilliant students with an initial contribution of N1million pointing out that the problem of indigency has become real in the University because of the poor economic situation and the rising cost of University education.
The University has limited number of residential and sports facilities for staff and students within and outside the main Campus.

Administration

The underlisted are some of the principal members of the University administration:
Visitor Dr. Kayode Fayemi Executive Governor, Ekiti State of Nigeria Chancellor Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua

People

Position	Office Holder
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council Prof. Jide Osuntokun
Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dada Emmanuel Adelowo
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)	Vacant -	Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development)	Vacant
Registrar	Dr. Omowumi Omojola Awosusi Ph.D, MNIM
Acting Bursar	Mr. Taiwo FCA,
University Librarian	Mr. Gabriel Olubunmi Ogunleye

Contact Officers

Office of the Vice Chancellor: Acting Vice Chancellor: Professor Dada Adelowo Ph.D General Enquiries & Registry: Registrar: Dr. Omojola Awosusi, O. O. Ph.D, MNIM, MIPMN, PGDFM Telephone:08033957175 Bursary : Bursar: Mr. Taiwo FCA Library (Chief librarian) University Librarian: Mr. Ogunleye, G.O. B.Sc, MLS Telephone:08033935840 Postgraduate School: Deputy Registrar: Mr. S. Ajiboye MNIM Academic Affairs: Deputy Registrar: Mr. B.A. Adeoya B.Sc, MANUPA Admissions Office: Principal Assistant Registrar: Mrs. O. Oluwatayo Council Affairs: Deputy Registrar: Mr. T.O. Fagbemiro MNIM Exams and Records Principal Assistant Registrar Mr. J.E.T. Babatola B.A, M.Sc, MNIM Information Office: Principal Assistant Registrar: Mr. Ajibade Olubunmi Telephone:08033747998 Student Affairs: Principal Assistant Registrar: Mr. E.O. Akindele B.Sc, M.Sc Entrepreneurial Centre: Director: Prof. B. Oloyede Ph.D Computer Centre: Director: Prof. Aderibigbe Ph.D Research & Development Centre: Director: Rev. Father Prof. J. Olaogun Ph.D

Faculties

   * Agricultural Science
   * Arts
   * Education
   * Engineering
   * Law
   * Management Science
   * Science
   * Social Sciences
   * college of medicine

Units

   * The Sports Centre
   * The Library
   * The ICT Centre
   * The University Press
   * The Botanical Garden
   * The University Farm
   * The University Health Services
   * The Institute of Education
   * The Institute of Science Laboratory Technology
   * The Entrepreneurial Development Centre
   * The Research and Development Centre
   * The School of Postgraduate Studies
   * The Part Time Programme
   * The Sandwich Programme
   * The Pre-Degree Programme
   * The Affiliate Colleges

Halls of Residence

The University is primarily residential with Halls of residence for both male & female students. There is also provision for accommodation of post-graduate students, the halls are listed below:

   * Omolayo Hostel (Mixed)
   * Satellite Hostel (Mixed)
   * Ajasin hostel (Female)
   * Osekita Hostel (Mixed)
   * State Government Hostel (Mixed)

Miscellaneous

Libraries	Over 100,000 volumes. Over 1,000 serial titles;
	Specialist collection: Government documents.
Fees (1999–2000)	Home students: $35 – 51.25
	(humanities): $43.6–59.2
Income	N1.75 B p.a
Statistics:
Staff	1,538 (405 teaching, 1,133 non-teaching)
Student	12, (6.814 men, 5,840 women).

Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu

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The Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu is based in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. The college was established in Umudike in 1955 by the government of Eastern Nigeria, was amalgamated with the Agricultural Research Station, Umudike in 1964 and was taken over by the East Central State Government in 1970. In 1972 the Federal Government took over the college as part of the Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station (FARTS), and in 1976 the school became the training wing of the National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike. The National Board for Technical Education accredited the college programs in 1989, and again in 1993. The college was relocated to its current site in 1995. The site itself had been started in 1964 as a "Village Agricultural Improvement Project" for 15 villages in Olokoro Clan.

University of Benin (Nigeria)

The University of Benin - also known as UNIBEN - is one of Nigeria's major universities.

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History

The university was founded in 1970 by the military government of Samuel Ogbemudia. It teaches in a broad range of subjects, including a medical school. It has a student enrollment of approximately 50,000.
In 1985, Grace Alele-Williams became Nigeria's first female vice-chancellor when she was appointed to head the University of Benin. She served as its vice-chancellor until 1991.
The university of Benin was founded in 1970. It started as an Institute of Technology it also was accorded the status of a full-fledged University by National Universities Commission (NUC) on 1 July 1971. In his Budget Speech in April, 1972, the then Military Governor of Mid-Western State, Col. S.O. Ogbemudia (then also visitor to the university) formally announced the change of the name of the Institute of Technology to the University of Benin.
At the onset, the university was situated at Ekewan Road. In 1972, a project to build a main campus at Ugbowo and Ekosodin commenced with engineer Daniel Uhimwen as the director. Today, the main site is at Ugbowo, but some courses are still offered at the Ekewan campus.
On 1 April 1975, the University, at the request of the State Government, was taken over by the Federal Government and became a Federal University. Today, the University has continued to grow from strength to strength with a number of Faculties, Departments, Institutes and Units.

Faculties and courses

Following NUC's directives, the university experimented with the Collegiate System in 1991/92 and 1992/93. However, in the light of new developments, the university reverted to the Faculty System in January 1994. Presently, the university essentially operates the Faculty System except for the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences, and Institute of Child Health, which reverted back to the Collegiate System in August 1999, with a Provost as its administrative head. The faculties are Agriculture, Arts, Education, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Management Sciences and the College of Medical Sciences.
The university offers courses at postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma and certificate levels. Student enrollment stands at over 50,000, full-time and part-time students shared among the faculties.

Library

The university's main library, the John Harris Library, was named after the pioneer university librarian, Prof. John Harris, from New Zealand. The library began with the inception of the university in 1970 at the Ekehuan Road Campus. John Harris Library is an ultra-modern building with central air conditioning. The building is designed to seat about 700 readers. It provides photocopying, duplicating, laminating and binding services. The library has been computerized. Installation of other modern information technology facilities is ongoing.
With the high increase in student population, the library has embarked on an expansion programme with the establishment of faculty libraries; the Ekehuan Road Campus Library, Medical Library, Law, Engineering and Pharmacy Library are functional. A John Harris Library extension is awaiting commissioning. The library participates in interlibrary co-operation among Nigerian academic libraries.

Notable alumni

• Richard Mofe Damijo Actor
• Omohan Ebhodaghe Poet/Short story writer/Novelist
• Babatunde Raji Fashola Lagos State Governor
• Emmanuel Uduaghan Delta State Governor
• Oladipo Agboluaje Actor
• Josephine Anenih lawyer/minister
• George Edozie Artist
• Emmanuel Agwoje Banker
• James Ibori former Delta State Governor
• Victor Uwaifo, Singer
• Osonye Tess Onwueme, writer/professor
• Sabina Umeh, former Miss Uniben and MBGN
• Alban Ofili-Okonkwo, Industrialist
• Dr. Cyril Uchenna Gwam, Diplomat/International Civil Servant
• Prince Raphael A. Okojie, Educationist/Management & ICT Consultant
• Amb. Grant Ehiobuche, Diplomat
• Mr. Sheni Danjuma, Diplomat
• Mohammed Yesufu, Deputy Inspector General of Police
• Marvel Akpoyibo, Commissioner of Police
• Enate Ogedegbe, Telecommunications expert, CEO Daynat

References

1. ^ Osamede Osunde. "Dr Osaigbovo Ogbemudia". Edo World. Retrieved 2009-11-27.

Auchi Polytechnic

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University of Calabar

The University of Calabar - also known as UNICAL - is a university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, southeastern Nigeria. It is one of Nigerian's second generation universities. The University of Calabar was a campus of the University of Nigeria until 1975. It was established by decree to fulfill this traditional mandate, its motto “Knowledge for Service”.
The Vice Chancellor is Bassey Asuquo. The Registrar is Dr. Mrs. Julia Omang. The University of Calabar was one of the foremost Nigerian Universities to automate students' registration processes through the College Portal
The male students are known as Malabites, while the female students are Malabresses. The male hostel is called Malabor. This was a result of challenges faced by the students at a time which coincided with the suffering experienced at by Nigerian deportees from Equatorial Guinea at that time(whose capital is Malabor

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Faculties

The university has the following faculties:

• The college of Medical Sciences
• Faculties of Management Sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Arts
• Institute of Public Policy and Administration
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Agriculture
• Institute of Oceanography
• Graduate School
• University of Calabar Consultancy Services

Objectives for Establishment of the University of Calabar

(a) To encourage the advancement of knowledge of learning and to hold out to all person without distinctions of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring liberal education. (b) To provide courses of instruction and other facilities for the pursuit of learning in all its branches, and to make those facilities available on proper terms of such persons as are equipped to benefit from them; (c) To encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in all fields of learning and human endeavour. (d) To relate its activities to the social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and (e) To undertake any other activities appropriate for a University of the highest standards.

Notable alumni

Amongst the alumni of the University of Calabar are:

• Biko Agozino, criminologist
• Isabella Ayuk, current MBGN
• Grace Folashade Bent, politician
• Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, actress
• Ini Edo, actress
• Regina Askia actress Left before graduation
• Reuben Abati, Lawyer/writer
• Stacey B. Day, Ntufam Ajan of Oban
• Omotu Bissong, model/television presenter
• John Odey, former minister
• Chukwuemeka Ngozichineke Wogu, minister
• Osita Izunaso, politician
• Victor Ndoma-Egba, politician
• Stephanie Okereke, actress
• Owens Wiwa, human rights activist
• John James Akpan Udo-Edehe, politician
• Aloysius Akpan Etok, politician

References

1. www.myunical.net

Shaka Polytechnic

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University of Ibadan

The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles (8 kilometres) from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria. It has over 12,000 students.
Besides the College of Medicine, there are now ten other faculties: Arts, Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, Law, Public Health and Dentistry. The University has residential and sports facilities for staff and students on Campus, as well as separate botanical and zoological gardens.

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History

Kenneth Onwuka Dike University Library (design: Maxwell Fry & Jane Drew)

The origins of the University are in Yaba College, founded in 1932 in Yaba, Lagos as the first tertiary educational institute in Nigeria. Yaba College was transferred to Ibadan, becoming the University College of Ibadan, in 1948.^[3] The University was founded on its own site on 17 November 1948. The site of the University was leased to the colonial authorities by Ibadan native chiefs for 999 years.^[4] The first students began courses in January of that year. Arthur Creech Jones, then Secretary of State for the Colonies, inaugurated the new educational institution. The University was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London, then it was called the University College, Ibadan. Some of the original buildings were designed by the English modernist architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew.^[4] A 500-bed teaching hospital was added in 1957. The University of Ibadan became an independent university in 1962.
In late 1963, on the University playing fields, with the celebration marked by talking drums, the Rt. Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, first Prime Minister of independent Nigeria, became the first Chancellor of its independent University. The first Nigerian vice chancellor of the university was Kenneth Dike, after whom University of Ibadan's library is named.

Administration

The current principal members of the University administration are:^[5]

People

Title	Position
Ebele Goodluck Jonathan	Visitor
Chief Wole Olanipekun	Pro-Chancellor & Chairman
Alhaji Ado Bayero	Chancellor
Isaac F. Adewole	Vice-Chancellor
Arinola Olasumbo Sanya	Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
Idowu Olayinka	Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
Olujimi I. Olukoya	Registrar
Ibrahim O. Aponmade	Bursar
Benedict A. Oladele	Librarian

Faculties

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Arts
• Basic Medical Sciences
• Clinical Sciences
• Dentistry
• Education
• Law
• Pharmacy
• Public Health
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Technology
• Veterinary Medicine

In August 2011 Ruqayyah Ahmed Rufa'i, the Nigerian Minister of Education, announced that the University of Ibadan would host the Nigerian node of the Pan-African University, the Institute of Earth and Life Sciences.^[6]

Centres

• The Distance Learning Centre

Units

Kenneth Onwuka Dike Library, University of Ibadan (old postcard)

• The Registry
• The Bursary
• Careers Placement and Counselling Unit
• Foreign Students Unit
• The Sports Council
• The Library
• The Computing Centre
• The Press
• The Bookshop
• The Botanical Garden
• The Zoological Garden
• University Media Centre, which houses the campus radio station, DIAMOND 101.1 FM.
• The Abadina Media Resource Centre
• Advancement Centre
• The University Health Services
• Works and Maintenace
• Academic Planning
• Internal Audit

Halls of residence

The university is primarily residential with halls of residence for male and female students. There is provision for accommodation of post-graduate students. The halls are listed below:

• Mellanby Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Queen Elizabeth II Hall (female, undergraduate)
• [Tedder] Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Sultan Bello Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Kuti Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Queen Idia Hall (female, undergraduate)
• Obafemi Awolowo Hall (mixed, undergraduate and postgraduate)
• Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Independence Hall (male, undergraduate)
• Tafawa Balewa Hall (mixed, postgraduate)
• Alexander Brown Hall (mixed, clinical medical, dental and physiotherapy students)
• Abdulsalam Abubakar Hall (mixed, postgraduate)

Notable alumni

• Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart^[7][8]
• Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General^[9]
• Michael Omolewa, former President of UNESCO General Conference and Ambassador of Nigeria to UNESCO^[10]
• J.P. Clark^[7][8][11]
• Amadi Ikwechegh^[12]
• Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah^[13]
• Christopher Okigbo^[7][8][14]
• Gamaliel Onosode^[15]
• Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature^[7][8]
• Grace Alele-Williams^[16]
• William Kumuyi, Founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry^[17][18]
• Ken Saro-Wiwa^[19][20]
• Martin I Uhomoibhi^[21]
• Farida Mzamber Waziri^[22]
• Niyi Osundare^[23]
• Jacob Ade Ajayi^[24]
• Kole Omotosho^[25]
• Abiola Irele^[26]
• Elechi Amadi^[7][8]
• Stephen Adebanji Akintoye^[27]
• Segun Toyin Dawodu, MD, JD, MBA, LL.M, a Physician and an Attorney who established the first website ^[28] on socio-political issues of Nigeria.

Notable faculty

• Wole Soyinka^[29]
• Jacob Ade Ajayi, currently Emeritus Professor of History^[30]
• Michael Omolewa, Professor of History and Adult Education
• F.V. Atkinson, mathematician
• Christine Hamill, mathematician
• Niyi Osundare^[31]
• Kenneth Mellanby (1908–1993), ecologist and entomologist, first Principal (1947–1953)^[32]
• Olumbe Bassir, founding member of Biochemistry and Microbiology department

Petroleum Training Institute

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Petroleum Training Institute (P.T.I.) in Effurun, Delta State was established in 1973 by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a prerequisite for the membership of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),to train indigenous middle level manpower to meet the labour force demand of the Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria and the West African subregion. It awards ND and HND certificates.

University of Ilorin

The University of Ilorin, sometimes known as Unilorin, is a university in Ilorin, Nigeria.
It was established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in 1975 and is a federal government owned tertiary institution of education located in Ilorin, Kwara State, north central Nigeria. The ancient city of Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, is about 300 km from Lagos and 500 km from Abuja, the country's administrative capital.

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History

The university began as a University College affiliated to the oldest university in Nigeria in 1975 under the leadership of the then principal, Dr T.N. Tamuno. The first set of 200 students, selected following an entrance examination, were admitted into residence on 23 October 1976, while academic work started on 25 October after the Principal’s address. The University College started with three academic faculties of Arts, Science and Education.
In October 1977, the institution attained full autonomous status with appointment of the then Principal, Professor O.O Akinkugbe as first vice chancellor. The current vice chancellor, Professor Is-haq Olarenwaju Oloyede is the first Unilorin alumnus to occupy that position. The staff and student populations now stand at 3,040 and 20,084 respectively.
The University started off on a portion of the temporary campus of the Kwara State Polytechnic known as the mini campus. This was the site of academic programmes in the Faculties of Arts, Science, Education, Engineering & Technology, Business and Social Sciences, and basic clinical sciences of the Health Sciences Faculty. It was the only campus of the university until January 1982 when more than 1000 students studying science were moved following completion of new Faculty blocks and residences for Natural Sciences and Engineering on the permanent campus site.
From 1983, the law programme was started as a department in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences. Following a 6-year hiatus, it was re-established in 1993 as a full fledged Faculty. The university now has 10 faculties: Arts, Agriculture, Business and Social Sciences, Communication and Information Sciences,^[3] Education, Engineering and Technology, Law, and Science; a College of Health Sciences (with 2 Faculties-Basic Medical and Clinical Sciences); two institutes (Institute of Education and Unilorin Sugar Research Institute); and the Postgraduate School. These faculties have 60 academic departments in total. Undergraduate degree programmes are run for 3-5, or 6 years, depending on entry qualifications and discipline.

University of Ilorin

The University of Ilorin is located in the ancient city of Ilorin, about 500 kilometres from Abuja, the Federal capital. Ilorin, the Capital of Kwara State, is strategically located at the geographical and cultural confluence of the North and South.
University of Ilorin was one of the seven institutions of higher learning established by a decree of the Federal Military Government in August, 1975. This step, taken to implement one of the educational directives of the country’s Third National Development Plan, was aimed at providing more opportunities for Nigerians aspiring to acquire university education and to generate high level man-power, so vital for the rapidly expanding economy.
The then University College of Ilorin was initially affiliated to the University of Ibadan. Dr. T.N. Tamuno, Professor and Head of History Department at the University of Ibadan, was appointed the first Principal of the College in September, 1975. Shortly after Professor Tamuno’s appointment as Principal of the College, he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. It therefore, became necessary to appoint another Principal in the person of Professor O.O. Akinkugbe, former Dean of the then Faculty of Medicine, University of Ibadan, in December 1975.
The then new Principal, Professor O.O. Akinkugbe, made several visits to the second Military Governor of Kwara State, the late Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo in connection with the new institution, such that by March 1976, he had established residence at Ilorin. The support given to the fledgling Institution by Governor Taiwo continued even more vigorously under the third Military Governor of the State, Brigadier George A. Innih, who ceded a portion of the temporary site of the Kwara State College of Technology to the University. The site, up till now, serves as the mini campus of the University.

Academic/Physical Development

Following an entrance examination, 200 foundation students were admitted into residence on Saturday, October 23, 1976, and academic activities commenced on Monday, October 25, 1976, after the Principal’s maiden address at about 10.00am in the Africa Hall. The University College had three foundation Faculties namely: Arts, Science and Education. The Institution began to develop its programmes in a way that not lees than 60% of its effort was directed towards science-oriented programmes.
In October 1977, the Institution attained full autonomous status and has since then developed by leaps and bounds. The student population of 200 in 1976 has increased to 20,084 by the 2005/2006 session, while the total staff strength of the University stood at approximately 3,040 as at March 1, 2007. Up till January 1982, the University carried out its academic programmes, involving the Faculties of Arts, Science, Education, Engineering & Technology, Business and Social Sciences, and the Pre-Clinical aspect of the Health Sciences on the Mini-Campus. The completion of the Faculty blocks for Natural Sciences and Engineering as well as 8 blocks of student hotels by December 1981, made it possible, on 2 January 1982, for the actual movement of over 1,000 science-oriented students to the Main-Campus to pursue their various academic programmes.
The law degree programme was initially established in 1983/84 session as a department in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences. Though cancelled in 1986/87, it was resuscitated in 1993/94 as a full fledged Faculty.
The Main Campus currently houses the Faculties of Science, Communication and Information Sciences,^[4] Engineering & Technology, Agriculture, Education, Law, Arts, Business and Social Sciences, (following the completion of the new seven-storey Senate Complex), the Unilorin Sugar Research Institute, Postgraduate School, the Main University Library, Computer Services and Information Technology (COMSIT), Works Yard, Conference Centre, Unilorin Resources Development and Management Board (URDMB), Student Canteens, the newly completed 2,000 seat multipurpose Auditorium and the Alumni/ Endowment Office. The Mini-Campus presently houses the College of Health Sciences, a mini Library, Canteens and Shopping Complex, the Institute of Education, some of the Revenue-yielding projects which are under the URDMB such as the Unilorin Computer Centre (Training Wing), Unilorin Bookshop, the Bakery, the Printing Press, and the Guest Houses. Each Campus has a Health Centre, a Post Office and Banking facilities.
Aside from two lecture theatres commissioned in 1997, there is an upsurge, from 2002 to date, in the physical development of the Main Campus. Five new Hostels were completed in 2002. Other projects were the Faculty of Education blocks and Lecture theatre; Lecture rooms, Offices and Lecture Theatre for the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Faculty of Science Chemistry block; Department of Agricultural Engineering block; offices for the Department of Physical and Health Education; COMSIT building (Phase I) among others.
A water Dam and Treatment Plant to provide uninterrupted water supply to the main campus has just been completed. The University will soon construct a rail-line to boost transportation between the University main campus and the township.
Apart from the renovation of buildings, a systematic upgrading of teaching and research facilities are being undertaken by the University within its lean resources. This includes provision of computers, laboratory equipment, etc.

Growth of faculties

From three faculties in 1976, today there are ten faculties: Arts (1976), Science (1976) Education (1976), Engineering & Technology (1978), Business & Social Sciences (1981), Agriculture (1982), Law (1993, after an initial start-up in 1983), Basic Medical Sciences (2004), Clinical Sciences (2004) and Communication and Information Sciences (2008).^[5]
Altogether, there are over 60 academic departments in the existing ten faculties. Undergraduate degree programmes run for 3,4,5, or 6 years, depending on entry qualifications and discipline. The University started with the traditional British “Three Term System” but later changed into a modified form of the American “Two Semester System” called Harmattan and Rain semesters with effect from 1979/80 session.
Each semester comprises one half of an academic year as determined by Senate. Also instruction in the various Faculties with the exception of the Health Sciences is by the course system. These courses are quantified into credits. The University has teaching support units which include the Computer Centre, Central Workshop and Stores, Biological Garden, Community Based Experience and Services (COBES), Medical Educational Resources Unit, General Studies (Use of English/National Awareness) Division, and Teaching & Research Farm.
There are also the Public Units which are the University Primary School, the University Secondary School, the Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) programme, Institute of Education and Educational Technology Centre. Although an academic unit, the Library is actively involved in rendering service to the University and the public. In addition, there is a Sugar Research Institute which is mainly a research unit served by academic mainly from Science and Agriculture Faculties.

The case of the 49 sacked lecturers

What eventually assumed the toga of a national crisis started within the domain of University of Ilorin in January 2001. Those involved are ASUU-Unilorin branch activists who were battling the then vice-chancellor, Professor S. Oba Abdulraheem and the institution’s authority over delay in the payment of salaries, allowances and other sundry welfare issues. They were so vociferous in their demands that the authorities considered them as a cog in the wheel of its plans for the institution. In such conservative environment, the university authority considered such radical demand for rights a taboo.
The allegations against the institution’s authorities were still on when the parent ASUU commenced a national strike in April 2001. The nationwide university strike was embarked upon against the backdrop of the general rot in universities across the country. Problems of poor infrastructure, poor funding, university autonomy, conditions of service for academic staff and academic freedom budgetary allocation were among the demands of ASUU.
As usual with successive administrations, attempt were made to break the strike. In most of the universities including University of Ilorin, attendance registers were opened for lecturers who came to work to sign. This sent jitters down the spines of most of the lecturers who for fear of losing their jobs rushed to the institution on a daily basis to sign the registers. Those of them who believed strongly in the cause of the struggle shunned the register daring the institution’s authority threat to sack those lecturers who defied its order.
At the end of the day and consequent upon series of negotiation between the Federal Government and the ASUU leadership, the strike was called off not without an agreement to be implemented by both parties. ASUU reportedly ensured the insertion of a “no victimisation clause” into the agreement. The essence of this was to guarantee that none of its members who partook in the strike would be persecuted because of their involvement. However, the University of Nigeria, (UNN), Nsukka and University of Ilorin terminated the appointment of some lecturers perceived to have played prominent roles in ensuring the success of the strike by ASUU. UNN authorities after public hues and cries reinstated its sacked lecturers. But in Unilorin, its authorities that refused to reverse itself. 103 lecturers were given sack letters that did not state the reasons behind the decision.
The breakdown of these figures are: 15 professors, two associate professors. 15 senior lecturer, 18 lecturers: 40 doctors and 12 medical school lecturers out which 11 were consultants. Consequent upon this sack, the Banjo-committee was set up to look into the crisis. The committee report did not find any of the UNILORIN 49 guilty. While several others were pardoned and re-absorbed into the system, the institution’s authorities, did not see any wisdom in recalling the UNILORIN 49 lecturers out of the whole 103 that were sacked. Afterall, they were seen as a minute fraction of about 700 lecturers in the university. Some who could not immediately get alternative accommodation were forcefully ejected from their staff quarters.
Recourse to litigation: When the University of Ilorin authorities remained recalcitrant in its resolve not to reabsorb the Unilorin 49, several external bodies acting as pressure groups intervened, sometimes pleading with the institution’s authorities to reconsider its position. Traditional rulers, Yoruba Council of Elders, National Assembly and Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), all tried to no avail to bring back peace to Unilorin and the entire university system in the country. At this point, five of the Unilorin 49 approached the Federal High Court, Ilorin to seek redress on behalf of their other colleagues.
Precisely on July 26, 2005, the Federal High Court, Ilorin under Justice Peter Olayiwola, ruled that the termination of the appointment of the affected lecturers on account of participation in the strike without fair hearing was “illegal and unconstitutional.” The termination exercise was declared “null and void:” and the court ordered their earnest reinstatement.
Nevertheless, the institution exercised its right of appeal when it challenged the judgement at the Court of Appeal. On July 12, 2006, the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State upturned the judgement of the Federal High Court by declaring that the University was in order by sacking the 49 lecturers. Out of the three Justices that sat over the case, two Justices, Muntaka Coomasie and T. Abdullahi ruled against the lecturers while Justice Helen Ogunwumiju ruled in favour of the lecturers.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the lecturers should have taken their case to the National Industrial Court being a trade dispute matter as Union leaders: that the lecturers were not sacked for their role in the strike: that since the lecturers were not sacked for any offence, the issue of fair hearing did not arise. At another point, the court upheld the university’s claim that the lecturers were given an opportunity for fair hearing while observing in another part that the lecturers were not sacked for any offence.
The judgement of the Court of Appeal was challenged by the lecturers at the Supreme Court.
After about eight years and 10 months of a tortuous legal battle, the 44 sacked lecturers of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State were ordered to be reinstated by Nigeria's Supreme Court on December 11, 2009. The apex court ordered their immediate reinstatement and the payment of all their entitlements from February 2001, the date of their illegal disengagement, to date. The 5 UNILORIN ASUU leaders had earlier had their sack reversed by the same Supreme Court on June 12, 2009.

Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture

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Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev is a tertiary educational institution in Yandev near Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria. The college dates back to 1926 when the British government established a farm training center at Yandex, then in Tiv province of the Northern Region. In 1973 the Benue State government upgraded the center to a school of Agriculture in 1973, with an initial enrollment of 23 students. In 1983 the Department of Agriculture of the Murtala College of Arts, Science and Technology, Makurdi was merged with the school. In April 1991 school was renamed the Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev after Dr. James Akperan Orshi, the late monarch of Tiv. The college now has over 2,000 students on a campus that covers 231 hectares.

University of Jos

The University of Jos, abbreviated as Unijos, is a federal university in Jos, Plateau State, central Nigeria. The school offers courses in law, medicine, pharmacy, natural sciences, social sciences, the built environment as well as arts and humanities.
What became Unijos was first established in November 1971 as a satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. The first students were admitted in January 1972 as pre-degree students with the first Bachelor of Arts degree program begun in October 1973. In October 1975, then military government under General Murtala Mohammed, established the Unijos as a separate institution. The first Vice-Chancellor of the Unijos was Professor Gilbert Onuaguluchi. Classes began at the newly reorganized University of Jos in October 1976 with 575 students spread over the existing four faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Natural Sciences and Medical Sciences. Post-graduate programs were added in 1977. By 1978 Faculties of Law and Environmental Sciences were established and the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences were separated.
In 2003, the Carnegie Corporation of New York gave Unijos a USD $2 million grant to form its own fund-raising department.

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Notable scholars

Notable scholars associated with the university include:

• Ali Mazrui, the Tanzanian political scientist
• Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike, novelist
• Helon Habila, novelist
• Kayode Ajulo, lawyer
• Elizabeth Isichei, historian
• Gerald Moore, literary critic
• Dr. Tanko Ishaya, Computer Scientist
• Professor Oluwole Ogunranti, Anatomist, Pioneer of Electonic School of Medicine in West Africa

Borno College of Agriculture

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