VC KWASU LAUDS SARAKI. SEE WHY
Following the ranking of the Kwara State University
(KWASU) as 15th among over 140 Universities in the
Country, the Vice Chancellor of the Institution, Prof. Abdul-
Rasheed Na'Allah has attributed the achievement to the
excellent foundation laid by the former Governor of the state
and now Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
Prof. Na'Allah in a letter of commendation to the Senate
President, said the university has continued to thrive on the
vision set by Saraki, who founded the school during his
time as Governor of Kwara State.
"Your University has continued to grow stronger, even in
this very difficult economic situation," Prof. Na'Allah said. "I
am happy to inform you that in the University ranking
recently released, Kwara State University is ranked 15th
among more than 140 Nigerian universities! This is to your
glory, as the visionary and founder of KWASU."
The University don noted that from the inception till date,
KWASU has held faithfully to the vision that Saraki set,
"even under this tough financial situations."
Na'Allah said the university is growing in international
collaborations and pursuing World Class Standards, adding
that "our IT is strong and vibrant and continue to expand,
our cutting edge programs are sought after nationally, with
the flagship ones as Business and Entrepreneurship;
"Tourism, Hospitality and Events Management; Computer
Science; Aeronautical and Astro-nautical Engineering;
Agric and Bio-engineering; Microbiology; Material Science
and Engineering; Mass Communication, Special Education,
and Environmental Science.
"KWASU has sustained its UNESCO Chair in Alternative
Energy as one of the only two UNESCO Chair programs in
Nigeria (the second being at the National Mathematical
Centre). We are already proposing to UNESCO for another
UNESCO Chair on climate change. We graduated about 1,
500 students in the 2016 Convocation ceremony, and this
academic session (2016-2017), the general student
population has reached 7000,” he said.
NAWA OHHHHH.
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