From Abdul Salaudeen, Ilorin
University of Ilorin, Unilorin, has secured full accreditation for 36 out of the 37 courses presented to the National Universities Commission, NUC.
The result of the accreditation exercise carried out in October/November 2024, which has just been released, was contained in a letter dated April 30 and addressed to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN, by the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abdullahi Ribadu.
​In the letter, signed on behalf of Professor Ribadu, by the Acting Director of Accreditation, Engr Abraham Chundusu, NUC explained that while 36 courses were granted full accreditation status, only one, Hausa, was granted interim accreditation. No course was denied accreditation.
In the Faculty of Management Sciences, Finance, which was presented, was granted full accreditation, from the Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Anatomy, which was the only programme presented, attracted full accreditation just as Computer Science at the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences was also granted full accreditation.
From the Faculty of Education, all the 17 academic programmes presented were granted full accreditation, while from the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, were fully accredited.
In the Faculties of Environmental Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences, each of the programmes presented was given full accreditation.
From the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Social Sciences, three academic programmes were accredited while four were granted full accreditation from the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The commission said of the two courses, Igbo and Hausa, that were presented for accreditation from the Faculty of Arts, the former was granted full accreditation, while the latter was granted interim accreditation, according to a statement by the spokesman of the institution, Kunle Akogun in Ilorin.
Reacting to the development, Professor Egbewole said the management, staff and students of the university received the news with excitement and a sense of fulfillment.
In a statement issued on his behalf by the university’s spokesperson, Mr Kunle Akogun, the vice chancellor said, “We are happy to be so recognised, we are indeed elated.”
He added that the achievement was a confirmation of the consistent huge investment of the university administration on human and material resources.
Professor Egbewole, who assured that more efforts would be made to justify the recognition, thanked the provost, deans, heads of departments and all the faculty members “that made this possible.”
The vice chancellor said, “It is our hope that we would continue to do our best to position the university for more recognition”, adding that “we want to assure everybody that the administration will continue to appreciate them.”
