Oyo Govt To Construct Pedestrian Bridge In front Of UI Main Gate
The Oyo State government has hinted at the need to construct a pedestrian bridge in front of the University of Ibadan main gate in a bid to end the knocking down of students by motorists.
Governor Makinde made this known
on Saturday in Ibadan while unveiling the university’s 75th-anniversary billboard erected beside its Senate Building.
The Governor, however, solicited the cooperation of the university community, noting that the construction would cause slight and temporary disruption of traffic in the area.
Makinde also charged the institution management to start the process of regaining its position as the intellectual capital of Africa promising that government would partner with it to make it the intellectual capital of the continent again.
He noted that the varsity used to be the intellectual capital of the African continent and not just of Nigeria as ideas incubated at the institution went far and wide.
According to Makinde, many leaders, especially from countries in the Southern and Eastern parts of Africa had one interaction or the other with the University of Ibadan in the past.
In his address of welcome earlier, the chairman of the anniversary committee, Prof. Peter Olapegba, commended Makinde for his positive and significant disposition to the university.
He thanked Makinde for being a true partner-in-progress of the university.
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