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KWASU gets New Vice Chancellor

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Apr 23, 2020

Prof. Muhammed Akanbi has officially taken over as the Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.

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The institution's Acting Director, University Relations, Mrs Hamidat Yusuf, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday.

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She quoted Akanbi as pledging to consolidate on the good legacies initiated by his predecessors during the official handing over by the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sakah Mahmud.

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Akanbi, according to the statement, said he had commenced moves to make KWASU a university of first choice through best practices in academic culture, robust staff welfare programmes, impactful community development initiatives and sellable academic programmes.

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He called on staff and students of the university to partner with him in his efforts to promote the institution to a more enviable height.

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The statement also quoted Mahmud as promising to work with the new vice chancellor in moving the university forward.

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Mahmud said the university was blessed with dynamic and vibrant staff and students, adding that funding was, however, a major challenge.

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