By Matthew Denis
University of Ilorin Registrar, Dr. Folaranmi Modupe Olowoleni, has stated that the staff screening exercise embarked upon by the institution was not to witch-hunt any staff.
According to her, the screening is aimed at ensuring “credibility, truthfulness and to create an avenue for staff who are yet to obtain their certificates from their various institutions to go and get them”.
Olowoleni stated this on Friday, while featuring on a popular Yoruba current affairs programme on Unilorin 89.3 FM, ‘Oro t’onlo’.
The registrar, who assumed duty on April 30, promised to build on the successes of her predecessor, Mr. Emmanuel Dada Obafemi, in the area of staff training and re-training, adding that there would be new “template for the programme to take a new dimension and ensure that all staff members are carried along for effective productivity and improved service delivery”.
She however warned against indiscipline and indolence on duty, while promising to reward hardworking and dedicated staff.
Olowoleni stressed the need to create a good working environment for the staff of the Registry to make them perform optimally. She also pledged to ensure cordial and harmonious working relationship between the teaching and non-teaching staff of the university.
On the issue of the university correspondence to the outside public and quick release of transcripts to graduates, Olowoleni also promised to work hand in hand with the Deputy Registrar (Academic) to put machineries in place to ensure that all backlogs of transcripts are collated and made available on the internet to be printed after payment of stipulated charges by graduates.
…alumnus donates geophysical equipment
As part of his effort to further promote teaching and learning in the University of Ilorin, an alumnus, Engr. Abdul-Lateef Lawal, has donated a set of geophysical equipment (Terrameter) to the Department of Geology.
Lawal, who is the Managing Director of Real AL-Haqq Nigeria Ltd and a 1996/1997 set of the department, made the donation last week at the office of the Head of the Department (HOD).
Commending Engr. Lawal for the donation, the HOD, Dr V. O. Ige, explained that the Terrameter, otherwise called Electrical Resistivity Meter, is principally used for ground water exploration and it is vital because “it is used in measuring electrical properties of the earth and in the process, helps discover the presence and position of valuable geological materials.”
In his remarks, the Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences, Prof. Uche Basil Eke, appreciated the donor for the initiative, saying: “For over 40 years of the university’s existence, only few people come back to see what is happening in their alma mata, talk less of donating. Our heart is full of joy, not because of the equipment, but because it is from one of us.”
