Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, delivered the 13th Convocation Lecture of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, where underscored the role of education and training of the country’s population to take full advantage of what he described as the growing influence of technology in all aspects of human existence.
Vice President Shettima particularly identified agricultural revolution as the only bold step Nigeria can take to put an end to insecurity and reduce poverty among its growing population.
This, he said, can be achieved through the deployment of technology to actualise food security among the country’s growing population, noting that it is where the university comes to extract the maximum benefits from the right synergy that is consistent with its own peculiarities.
The Vice President, who had earlier commissioned the newly-constructed Faculty of Nursing Complex of Al-Hikmah University named after him, thanked the management of the school, saying he was profoundly moved by the gesture and would cherish the honour as the most humbling act of generosity.
In addition to inaugurating the Senator Kashim Shettima Nursing Science Complex, the Vice President also officially opened the University’s Faculty of Law Moot Court Complex at the Atere Campus of the University.
Dignitaries at the convocation ceremony included the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; the deputy governor of Kwara State, Kayode Alabi; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters (Office of the Vice President), Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed; the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Al-Hikmah University, Alhaja Sekinat Yusuf; the Registrar of the University; the Founder of the University, Alhaji (Dr.) AbdulRaheem Oladimeji, and Senators representing Kwara State at the National Assembly, among others. See photos below:
