An international institute which ranks
universities across the globe, Cybermetrics Lab of Spain, has rated the
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, as the best university
in Nigeria, for the fifth consecutive time.
A statement issued by the Public
Relations Officer of OAU, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, on Thursday, stated
that the university ranking body rated the curricular, research,
academic and general administration of the university as the best in the
country.
Olarewaju
stated that in the latest ranking, which was released on Monday, the
universities of Lagos and Ilorin came second and third respectively.
Reacting to the news, the Vice
Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, said this was the first time in
the history of higher education in the country where one university
“would maintain its position as the first and the best in the country
for more than four consecutive times.”
Omole attributed the feat to years of
hard work and dedication to duty of the academic, administrative and
technical members of staff, “whose contributions have placed the
university far and above more than 100 other universities in Nigeria.”
The statement partly read, “Prof. Omole
emphasised his determination to make training and retraining of members
of staff, on a regular basis, his topmost priority, adding that he would
not rest on his oars until OAU becomes the best in Africa, and one of
the top 10 in the world.”
Omole called on the Federal Government to invest more funds into university education in the country in order to achieve more.
The VC also called on the alumni of the
university to assist the school in the overall development of the
institution “so that the OAU would grow more in leaps and bounds in the
realisation of the dreams of the founding fathers.”(PUNCH)
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