Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that he will support the University of Ibadan to remain the first and the best university in Nigeria and to reclaim its glory globally.
He gave this assurance while receiving the management team of the university led by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Kayode Adebowale, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The team was there to decorate Shettima as UI@75 Ambassador Plenipotentiary.
The Vice President acknowledged that UI is the greatest citadel of learning in Nigeria and West Africa.
He recalled in his days as a postgraduate student of the institution, the university had students from all over Africa who came to obtain UI degrees, adding that the university has produced many icons.
He reiterated the Federal Government’s unfaltering decision to reposition Nigeria’s education sector, affirming that the administration of President Bola Tinubu will mobilise both public and private sector support to reposition higher institutions of learning, particularly the University of Ibadan, being Nigeria’s premier university.
He expressed profound delight at the honour bestowed on him by the university, stating that he will gladly display the plaque in his office as a warm reminder of his staunch affiliation to the university.
