UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN VICE CHANCELLOR URGES STUDENTS TO SHIFT ATTENTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem Age, has advised secondary school students to use cell phones for knowledge acquisition rather pay attention to social media platforms. Speaking at the 12th Mosobalaje Oyawoye Faculty of Science endowed lecture, titled, Science and technology: tools for improving values for a better nation, in Ilorin on Thursday, the vice chancellor urged the youths to dedicate themselves to science and technology. The programme was sponsored by Professor Monmodu Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye Foundation. “I urge you to dedicate your time and energy to science and technology as you can access the latest innovation, experiment and inventions anywhere in the world via that miniaturized devices,” the vice chancellor said. In his remark, Prof Oyawoye represented by his son, Prince Abdulganiyu, said that the foundation had invested about N10 million on this year’s programme but government policies had disallowed the c...