Senator Ibrahim Ida, (Sarduanan Katsina)
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto –
Senator Ibrahim Ida, (Sarduanan Katsina) has appealed to Nigerians irrespective of religion, ethnicity, political inclination and status to come together and support the government towards providing a safe and secured environment for all.
Senator Ibrahim, who is the new Pro Chancellor spoke at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) after inugurating the newly reconstituted council members of the institution.
He warned that should Nigerians allow Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and others, they would succeed in cripling “our education, economy and national development.
According to him, as new council members of UDUS, the expectations on them are very high.
“The challenges ahead are also formidable and daunting, considering the catalogues of problems besetting higher education in Nigeria today. Furthermore, we will be operating in a system that is very critical of our actions and inactions”.
While stressing that the challnges would however make them chart a roadmap that would enable them make the university become amongst the best in the world.
“Judging from the personal backgrounds of the members of the new council, who have distingushed themselves in various fields of human endeavor, one can say with sincerity and conviction that the university is lucky to be entrusted in safe hands”
Sen Ida asurred that they would try to make UDUS an ivory tower that would be a model and center of excellencd in education in Nigeria. He also divuIged that the council will not let itself involved in the day yo day running of the institution.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Vice Chancellor of UDUS, Prof Lawal Bilbis said the institution pride itself as the most peaceful university in the country.
‘Every member of the University community shares brotherly love. We are peaceful not only by name but by activities and actions which is why patents struggles to get their children into our school becaue we mold people’s character as well” Prof Bilbis said
Prof Bilbis also hinted that UDUS has very good relationship with ASU, NASS, SANU and alll others in the institution.
Professor Abdullahi Tukur of the Department of Education and Extension Services who reacted to the the inugural speech of the Pro Chancellor, said they are happy to have people of such caliber as the new council members of UDUS