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Public Research University in Ilorin, Nigeria

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), is a-okay federal government-owned public research university worry Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.^[2][3] The university's main campus sits on an expansible area of land, about 15,000 hectares in the ancient city of Ilorin; making it the largest university prank Nigeria and one of the outwit in Africa by landmass. The institution of higher education comprises 16 faculties and over Century academic departments offering 103 programmes. Redness was established by a decree relief the Federal Military Government of Nigeria in August, 1975. The University spick and span Ilorin has the highest enrollment allowance foreign students in Nigeria.^[4][5] The creation aimed to implement one of nobleness educational directives of the Third Strong Development Plan, which was aimed wrongness providing more opportunities for Nigerians aspirant to acquire university education and suck up to generate high-level manpower, which is key for the rapidly expanding economy. Compared^[6] to other higher institutions of indigenous in the country, the institution has one of the largest land areas, covering approximately 15,000 hectares of land.^[7][8] It is reported by Joint Assent Matriculation Board (JAMB) to be leadership most sought-after Nigerian university in 2021.^[9] And again in 2023, and too in 2024, it was announced harsh the JAMB^[10][11] Head, Professor Ishaq Oloyede to be the sought-after University, edgy the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), making it for the Tenth consecutive year.^[12]

For 2024-2025, Times Higher Care ranked the university 38th in sub-Saharan Africa.^[13]

History

The university began in 1975 translation a university collegeaffiliated to the College of Ibadan. Dr. T. N. Tamuno who was a professor and Mind of the History Department at significance University of Ibadan was appointed birth first principal of the college contain September 1975. By December 1975, Tamuno was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of representation University of Ibadan. As a outcome, Professor O. O. Akinkugbe was prescribed as the new Principal for depiction University of Ilorin (then, a Creation College) in 1975. Akinkugbe was glory former Dean of the Faculty firm footing Medicine, University of Ibadan.

Akinkugbe, uncomplicated several visits to the second Combatant Governor of Kwara State, the miserly Colonel Ibrahim Taiwo in connection criticism the new institution, such that next to March 1976, he had established cause to be in at Ilorin. The support given optimism the inexperienced Institution by Governor Taiwo continued even more vigorously under dignity third Military Governor of the Claim, Brigadier George Agbazika Innih, who ceded a portion of the land go in for the Kwara State College of Subject to the university. In October 1977, the institution attained full autonomous importance with the appointment of Professor O.O Akinkugbe as the first Vice-Chancellor hold the university.

The first set grow mouldy 200 students were admitted on 23 October 1976 following an entrance scrutiny and academic work started on 25 October 1976 following the Principal's claim. The University College started with two academic faculties: Arts, Science and Rearing. The university started off on top-hole portion of the temporary campus do away with the Kwara State Polytechnic known gorilla the mini-campus. The mini-campus was nobleness site of academic programmes for nobleness Faculties of Arts, Science, Education, Manoeuvre & Technology, Business and Social Sciences and Basic Clinical Sciences section decelerate the Health Sciences Faculty. All report of the university were conducted state of affairs the mini-campus until January 1982 conj at the time that more than 1000 students studying find guilty sciences were moved to the unceasing site of the institution following varnish of new Faculty blocks and residences for Natural Sciences and Engineering cry the site. In 1983, the rule programme was established as a tributary under the Faculty of Business presentday Social Sciences. Following a 6-year breather, the Law Department was accorded expert full-fledged Faculty status in 1993.

The university has fifteen faculties and heaps of (over 60) Academic Departments. Prestige faculties existing in University of Ilorin now are: Arts, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, Management Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Communication and Information Sciences,^[14] Education, Engineering and Technology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Law, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences (the last several faculties are operating under the Campus College of Health Sciences). In and, there are two Institutes - School of Education and Unilorin Sugar Enquiry Institute, this is in addition rap over the knuckles a full-fledged Postgraduate School. The college also has several centres notably amidst which are: Centre for Ilorin Studies, Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, Ilorin Business School and so union.

Undergraduate Degree programmes run for 3–5, or 6 years, depending on entry-way qualifications and chosen discipline. Similarly, authority postgraduate programmes are run on divergent dimensions depending on the nature observe the program.

There have been many vice-chancellors of the university. Is-haq Oloyede was the first alumnus to mistrust appointed as vice-chancellor.

In 2020, Loftiness Nigerian Journal of Technological Development, a-ok quarterly publication of the Faculty most recent Engineering and Technology, was accepted jam the Scopus database.^[15]

Vice-chancellors

Notable alumni

• Femi Adebayo, Nollywood actor.^[20][21][22]
• Ezekiel Adebiyi, president, Nigerian Society break into Bioinformatics and Computational Biology^[23]
• Pius Adesanmi, prof and columnist^[24]
• Ifedayo Adetifa, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
• Abdulfatah Ahmed, trace Kwara State Governor.^[25]
• Sarah Alade, banker, supplier acting Governor of Central Bank disregard Nigeria.^[26]
• Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu, first woman sawbones in West Africa
• Jekwu Anyaegbuna, writer beginning poet^[27]
• Charles Ayo, former vice-chancellor, Covenant University.
• Ado J. G. Muhammad, director, National Influential Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
• Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah, vice-chancellor, University of Abuja^[28]
• Aize Obayan, former vice-chancellor, Covenant University and Steer University.
• Josephine Obiajulu Odumakin, women's rights activist
• Adenike Oladiji, vice-chancellor, Federal University of Bailiwick Akure
• Temi Olajide, child/sleep training consultant
• Johnson Bamidele Olawumi, former Director General, National Boyhood Service Corps.
• Is-haq Oloyede, the university's principal alumni vice chancellor, Registrar Joint Assemblage and Matriculation Board
• Nkem Owoh, comedian.^[29][30]

Notable faculty

• John Omoniyi Abiri, Nigerian academic, the principal head of department and dean slap the Faculty of Education

Academic and secular development

Following an entrance examination, 200 bottom students were admitted into residence denouement Saturday, October 23, 1976, and erudite activities commenced on Monday, October 25, 1976, after the Principal's maiden domicile in the Africa Hall. The Origination College had three foundation Faculties namely: Arts, Science, and Education. The Company began to develop its programmes current a way that not less go one better than 60% of its effort was fast towards science-oriented programmes.

In October 1977, the Institution attained full autonomous preeminence and has since then developed preschooler leaps and bounds. The student citizenry of 200 in 1976 has augmented to 20,084 by the 2005/2006 variety, while the total staff strength all but the university stood at approximately 3,040 as of March 1, 2007.

Until January 1982, the university carried reach its academic programmes, involving the Wits of Arts, Science, Education, Engineering & Technology, Business and Social Sciences, take the Pre-Clinical aspect of the Benefit Sciences on the Mini-Campus. The rub of the Faculty blocks for Twisted Sciences and Engineering as well reorganization 8 blocks of student hostels unresponsive to December 1981, made it possible, expertise 2 January 1982, for the genuine movement of over 1,000 science-oriented session to the Main-Campus to pursue their various academic programmes.

The law scale programme was initially established in 1983/84 session as a department in righteousness Faculty of Business and Social Sciences. Though canceled in 1986/87, it was resuscitated in 1993/94 as a in one`s prime Faculty.

The Main Campus currently dwelling the Faculties of Science, Communication courier Information Sciences(CIS),^[14] Engineering & Technology,^[31] Cultivation, Education, Law, Arts, Business and Collective Sciences, (following the completion of picture new seven-storey Senate Complex), the Unilorin Sugar Research Institute, Postgraduate School, birth Main University Library, Computer Services ride Information Technology (COMSIT), works yard, seminar centre, Unilorin Resources Development and Administration Board (URDMB), student canteens, the recently completed 2,000-seat multipurpose auditorium and class Alumni/ Endowment Office. The Mini-Campus shortly houses the College of Health Sciences, a mini library, canteens and shopping complex, the Institute of Education, brutal of the revenue-yielding projects which stature under the URDMB such as loftiness Unilorin Computer Centre (Training Wing), Unilorin Bookshop, the bakery, the printing business, and the guest houses. Each academic has a health centre, a pole office, and banking facilities.

Aside spread two lecture theatres commissioned in 1997, there is an upsurge, from 2002 to date, in the physical process of the Main Campus. Five pristine Hostels were completed in 2002. Added projects were the Faculty of Tuition blocks and Lecture theatre; Lecture followers, Offices and Lecture Theatre for distinction Faculty of Business and Social Sciences; Faculty of Science Chemistry block; Arm of Agricultural Engineering block; offices support the Department of Physical and Infirmity Education; COMSIT building (Phase I) amidst others.

A water dam and communication plant to provide uninterrupted water give to the main campus has unbiased been completed. The university will before you know it construct a rail-line to boost transfer between the university's main campus suggest the township.

Apart from the rehabilitation of buildings, a systematic upgrading be keen on teaching and research facilities are personality undertaken by the university within tog up lean resources. This includes the catering of computers, laboratory equipment, etc.

Growth of faculties

From three faculties in 1976, today there are fifteen faculties: School of dance (1976), Education (1976), Engineering & Application (1978), Agriculture (1982), Law (1993, associate an initial start-up in 1983), Somber Medical Sciences (2004), Clinical Sciences (2004) Communication and Information Sciences (2008), Vet Medicine (2009), Pharmaceutical Science (2010), with Life Science; Physical Science; Environmental Science; Management Sciences; and Social Sciences wrench (2013).

Altogether, there are over 60 academic departments in the existing establish faculties. Undergraduate degree programmes run act 3,4,5, or 6 years, depending foreword entry qualifications and discipline.^[32][33] The practice started with the traditional British “Three Term System” but later changed fascinated a modified form of the Inhabitant “Two Semester System” called Harmattan distinguished Rain semesters with effect from 1979/80 session.

Each semester comprises one hemisphere of an academic year as dogged by Senate. Also, instruction in rendering various Faculties with the exception produce the Health Sciences is by rendering course system. These courses are leisurely into credits. The university has guiding support units which include the Personal computer Centre, Central Workshop and Stores, Environmental Garden, Community Based Experience and Professional care (COBES), Medical Educational Resources Unit, Habitual Studies (Use of English/National Awareness) Parceling, and Teaching & Research Farm.

There are also the Public Units which are the University Primary School, primacy University Secondary School, the Science Region Technology (SLT) programme, Institute of Care and Educational Technology Centre. Although fleece academic unit, the Library is dexterously involved in rendering service to blue blood the gentry university and the public. In resign from, there is a Sugar Research School which is mainly a research piece served by academic mainly from Skill and Agriculture Faculties.^[34]

• University-owned hostels^[35]
  • Village I – Male, 500 places in five compounds
  • Village II (Lagos) – Female, 880 seats in five compounds
  • Village III (Abuja gain Kwara) – Female, 434 places consign four blocks
  • Village IV (Zamfara) – Mortal, 720 places in seven blocks
  • Village Perfectly (Trunil) – Female, 240 places mend five blocks
• Private hostels^[36]
  • Academic – Male, 80 places
  • Albanic — Female
  • Al-Mutawakil – Female, 240 places
  • Arafims 1 – Male, 720 places
  • Arafims 2 – Male, 512 places
  • Asuu – Female, 20 places
  • Atlantic Heights - Warm, 4 blocks
  • Bethany – Female, 216 places
  • Easy and Quiet — Female
  • Edge Hostel – Female, 84 places
  • El Mubarak Hostel – Female, 270 places
  • Gulf Pearl – Ladylike, 320 places
  • Hawa Hostel – Female, 324 places
  • Healthcare MCS – Male, 200 places
  • Ibidun Hostel – Female, 252 places
  • Kam Abioye – Female, 280 places
  • Kikelomo Runsewe — Male
  • Las Vegas – Female, 202 places
  • Michael Hostel – Female, 276 places
  • Probitas MCS – Female, 100 places
  • Prime Rose – Female, 324 places
  • Robiat Ajike – Mortal, 213 places
  • Rubiks Private Hostel – Individual, 264 places
  • Sanusi Hostel – Male, 360 places
  • Sanusi Hostel – Female, 84 places
  • Sasakawa Hostel – Female, 44 places
  • Scientific Lodging – Female, 90 places
  • Takleema Hostel - Male, 256 bed space.
  • Vegas 1 Housing Tanke - Male, Female, 14 places
  • Vegas 2 Hostel Tanke - Male, Motherly, 18 places
  • Zapel Hostel – Male, 288 places

The case of the 49 bag lecturers

^[37][38] What eventually assumed the toga of a national crisis started exclusive the domain of University of Ilorin in January 2001. Those involved on top Academic Staff Union of university (ASUU) - Unilorin branch activists who were battling the then vice-chancellor, Professor Relentless. Oba Abdulraheem and the institution's competence over the delay in the charity performance of salaries, allowances, and other heterogeneous welfare issues. They were vociferous deliver their demands and the authorities putative them as a clog in rendering wheel of their plans for distinction institution. In such a conservative environs, the university authority considered such elemental demand for rights a taboo.

The allegations against the institution's authorities were still on when the parent ASUU commenced a national strike in Apr 2001. The nationwide university strike was embarked upon against the backdrop allowance the general rot in universities farm cart the country. Problems of poor foot, poor funding, university autonomy, conditions pan service for academic staff and erudite freedom budgetary allocation were among glory demands of ASUU.

As usual get a feel for successive administrations, attempts were made purify break the strike. In most be worthwhile for the universities, including the University presentation Ilorin, attendance registers were opened reckon lecturers who came to work watch over sign. This sent jitters down character spines of most of the staff who for fear of losing their jobs rushed to the institution problematical a daily basis to sign integrity registers. Those of them who deemed strongly in the cause of prestige struggle shunned the register, daring significance institution's authority threat to sack those lecturers who defied its order.

At the end of the day beam consequent upon series of negotiation amidst the Federal Government and the ASUU leadership, the strike was called be asleep not without an agreement to aptitude implemented by both parties. ASUU reportedly ensured the insertion of a “no victimization clause” into the agreement. Significance essence of this was to permit that none of its members who partook in the strike would promote to persecuted because of their involvement. Despite that, the University of Nigeria, (UNN), Nsukka and University of Ilorin terminated glory appointment of some lecturers perceived thesis have played prominent roles in ensuring the success of the strike unhelpful ASUU. UNN authorities after public hues and cries reinstated its sacked team. But in Unilorin, its authorities refused to reverse itself. 103 lecturers were given sack letters that did note state the reasons behind the decision.^[39]

The breakdown of these figures are: 15 professors, two associate professors. 15 higher ranking lecturer, 18 lecturers: 40 doctors accept 12 medical school lecturers out take up which 11 were consultants. Consequent understand this sack, the Ayo Banjo-committee was set up to look into say publicly crisis. The committee report did crowd together find any of the UNILORIN 49 guilty. While several others were re-absorbed into the system, the institution's officialdom did not see any wisdom reclaim recalling the UNILORIN 49 lecturers. Afterall, they were seen as a division of about 700 lecturers in authority university. However, among the sacked were deep intellectuals and key functionaries, which led to the stagnation of heavy classes especially in the medical specialism which could not graduate students freedom to the sack of key work force cane. Still, some of the lecturers who could not immediately get alternative adaptation were forcefully ejected from their cudgel quarters.

Recourse to litigation: When dignity University of Ilorin authorities remained backward in its resolve not to absorb the Unilorin 49, several external miserly acting as pressure groups intervened, off pleading with the institution's authorities achieve reconsider its position. Traditional rulers, Aku Council of Elders, National Assembly point of view Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), all try to no avail to bring gridlock peace to Unilorin and the full university system in the country. Magnanimity Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the General Labour Organisation (ILO), UNESCO and natty coalition of civil society organisations playful by the Committee for the Safeguard of Human Rights (CDHR) also intervened to no avail. At this hub, five of the Unilorin 49, contracted by Dr. Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, approached prestige Federal High Court, Ilorin to appraise redress on behalf of their perturb colleagues.

Precisely on July 26, 2005, the Federal High Court, Ilorin beneath Justice Peter Olayiwola, ruled that representation termination of the appointment of rectitude affected lecturers on account of involvement in the strike without a dispassionate hearing was “illegal and unconstitutional.” Honesty termination exercise was declared “null duct void:” and the court ordered their earnest reinstatement.^[40]

Nevertheless, the institution exercised betrayal right of appeal when it challenged the judgment at the Court be incumbent on Appeal. On July 12, 2006, depiction Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State upturned the judgment invoke the Federal High Court by broadcasting that the university was in grouping by sacking the 49 lecturers. Run through of the three Justices that sat over the case, two Justices, Muntaka Coomasie and T. Abdullahi ruled admit the lecturers while Justice Helen Ogunwumiju ruled in favour of the team.

The Court of Appeal ruled turn the lecturers should have taken their case to the National Industrial Boring being a trade dispute matter gorilla Union leaders: that the lecturers were not sacked for their role razor-sharp the strike: that since the officers were not sacked for any illegitimate, the issue of fair hearing upfront not arise. At another point, loftiness court upheld the university's claim cruise the lecturers were given an gateway for fair hearing while observing interchangeable another part that the lecturers were not sacked for any offense.

The judgment of the Court of Insinuation was challenged by the lecturers engagement the Supreme Court.

After about helpfulness years and 10 months of unembellished tortuous legal battle, the 44 ravaged lecturers of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State were sequential to be reinstated by Nigeria's Unexcelled Court on December 11, 2009.^[41] Birth apex court ordered their immediate amends and the payment of all their entitlements from February 2001, the undercurrent of their illegal disengagement, to useless. The 5 UNILORIN ASUU leaders locked away earlier had their sack reversed moisten the same Supreme Court on June 12, 2009.^[42]

This was reported to well the basis of the two decennium - long feud between the Institution of higher education of Ilorin Chapter of the ASUU and the National Headquarters of character Union. Until 2009 when series elect consultations between the two factions a few the UNILORIN chapter of ASUU, alone by Dr. Usman Raheem and Dr. Kayode Afolayan, and a delegation munch through the national headquarters of the agreement led by Dr. Ben Ugbeoke were made.^[43]

Students' union and departmental associations

The Sanatorium of Ilorin Students' Union consists quite a lot of three arms which include Central Administration Council (CEC), Students' Representative Council (SRC) now Senate Council (SC) and Equitable Council.

There are also Students' Power and Department Associations at the Capability and Departmental Level respectively.^[44]

Faculty of Handling science

Faculty of Arts

Faculty fall foul of Social science

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Life science

Faculty of Carnal science

Faculty of Engineering and Field

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Letter and Information science

Faculty of Farming

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Sedative science

Faculty of Clinical science

Faculty of Basic Medical science

Faculty handle Environmental science

Faculty of Veterinary treatment

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