“The role of the alumni can not be undermined,” says UI DVC

Oru Leonard 

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Innovation and Strategic Partnerships at the University of Ibadan, Professor Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose, SAN, has stated that the role of the alumni can not be undermined in the development of any university.

She spoke on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kayode O. Adebowale while receiving the Vice-Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN), Professor Olufemi A. Peters during a courtesy visit.

Professor Bamgbose stated that the first and best position that UI occupies now is due partly to the great achievements of its alumni in all areas of endeavour.

She said the University continues to appreciate its alumni who are providing some of the assistance the University should have received from the government.

She appealed to the alumni to continue to work with the University Management in the efforts to lift the University of Ibadan to a higher pedestal.

The DVC commended the efforts of Professor Peters at transforming the NOUN, describing him as a worthy UI alumnus.

The President of the UI Alumni Association (UIAA), Worldwide, Professor Saawua Gabriel Nyityo said Professor Peters was in UI to deliver the 2024 Alumni Lecture under the theme “The Unintended Consequences of Federal Government Policies on Federal Universities in Nigeria.”

Professor Peters said he studied in the Department of Chemistry in UI from 1976 – 1979.

He appreciated the knowledge and skills imparted to him in UI, saying that “he got his break” from being an alumnus of the University of Ibadan.

Professor Peters was accompanied on the visit by other principal officers of NOUN and other executive members of the UIAA.