UNILORIN VC: KWSG to vacate Mini Campus in 3 months
- Peter Moses
- Jul 27, 2015
- 2 min read
...says varsity to develop Ebola vaccine
The Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali yesterday disclosed that the Kwara State Government has made promise to vacate the institution's mini campus in the next three months.
Pilot Education recalls that there has been controversy over occupation of UNILORIN's property at Mini Campus, prompting a letter written by the institution to the Federal Ministry of Education seeking vacation of the state government.
The university in the letter appealed to the Federal Government to intervene and reclaim the properties.
The VC, who spoke in Abuja on Sunday, said that the state government gave the promise in a letter to the university and at a meeting with the authorities of the university.
"This is to acknowledge receipt of the letter written by Kwara State Government on the mini campus and to thank them, and accordingly intimate my parent ministry of the development.
''What I am saying is that their response in terms of the occupation of the place, they ask for three months grace to temporarily house their Board of Internal Revenue.
''That after three months, they are to vacate the place, so we wait until the three months before we can now conclude that the crisis is over and resolved," he said.
The state government had last Wednesday said it has resolved the controversy surrounding the temporary relocation of its agency to the University of Ilorin's mini campus.
Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Wahab Oba, in a press statement, said the issue was resolved during a meeting with the university authorities and government representatives.
He said that the meeting was attended by Prof. AbdulGaniy Ambali, the university's Vice Chancellor and Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who led government delegation.
Meanwhile, the VC has said the institution's Ebola Research Committee is working towards developing a vaccine for the Ebola virus.
Ambali said the process of developing a vaccine was a long one.
“What is happening is that the committee is just monitoring events; in terms of the vaccine, it will take a while because there are processes that you have to follow before you develop a vaccine.
“For example, you have to isolate the virus; grow the virus; attenuate the virus; bring it out for testing; and then before the final usage.
“So those are the processes that any vaccine candidate will have to pass through before you can now use on victim.
“But right now what they are doing is monitoring events across the borders; and then we have put in place the facilities to be able to advise our staff as well as students that want to visit those places (High risk Ebola countries).”
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