Weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), accused the Vice-chancellor of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Abdulganiy Am...
Weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), accused the Vice-chancellor of University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Abdulganiy Ambali, and his predecessor, Is-haq Oloyede, of fraud, the university has started the distribution of PC tablets to its students.
However, the exercise followed a meeting of the university management with student leaders and other stakeholders during which a time-table was agreed for the distribution, to those who had been made to pay for the items over a year ago.
In a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the union accused the management of extorting the students, citing the tablets as one of the cases.
In its reaction, the school management debunked ASUU’s claim, stating that the delay in the distribution of the computers to students admitted during the 2015/2016 academic session was due to the inability of the contractor to supply the consignment on schedule as a result of foreign exchange challenges.
While commenting on the distribution process, the President of Unilorin Students’ Union, Lukman Shobowale, commended the process, describing it as “satisfactory”.
According to Unilorin bulletin, Mr. Shobowale said that “the Students Union is very excited about the Tab distribution and on a general level the students are also excited about the Tabs they received. It is a dream come true because we have been expecting the Tabs for some
time now.”
Mr. Shobowale observed that just as the students’ union had insisted, the university management commenced the distribution of the computers with students that did not receive theirs in the previous year.
“The union has been monitoring the distribution of the PC Tablets,” he added.
In his remarks, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), Yusuf AbdulKareem, who personally monitored the distribution exercise, said the university is committed to providing any facility that will aid teaching and learning and will not relent in doing so.
Mr. Abdulkareem said the university was “one of the first, if not the very first, to engage in this type of exercise and that is why we are so committed to ensuring that every beneficiary is given what is required”.
He further stated that those saddled with the responsibility of distributing the items were on their toes to ensure that beneficiaries were given according to the timetable designed for the distribution.
“I have been moving around with the student union leadership to see how things are moving and we are impressed about it,” he said.
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