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Rainfall destroys Unilorin facilities worth millions

Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin (Unilorin), on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the havoc wreaked on the institution by heavy rainfall accompanied by windstorm.

Egbewole, who led other principal officers on a campus-wide tour to assess the level of damage done by the rain, told newsmen that he was saddened by the incident.

He however expressed relief that it occurred when students were on break following the directive of the Federal Government to shut all universities for the period of the 2023 General Elections.

Prof. Dupe Ademola-Popoola, the Director of Computer Services and Information Technology, explained that some parts of the university community would find it difficult for some days to access internet services as a result of the havoc.

She lamented that facilities worth hundreds of millions of Naira were destroyed, while expressing happiness that the mast did not fall on the building because some staff members were at work when the incident occurred.

The director explained that as a result of the fall of the mast, several huge access points have been destroyed, which is why some parts of the university campus would be without internet service for the time being.

Professor Ademola-Popoola said, “the consequence is that many places will not have internet. The people who use the fibre will have internet, but those who use wireless will not, and it will also affect the GRA Staff Quarters because they receive internet from the destroyed radio”.

Some of the facilities affected included the mast of the Network Operating Centre (NOC) housing several internet radios, the Chemical Engineering lecture theatre, the Life Sciences lecture hall, the Department of Biochemical Engineering, the Computer Based Test (CBT) Centers, where about 40 computers were affected, the Geology and Mineral Resources Department, electric poles, and the General Studies Division (GNS) Unit.

Others are the Animal Houses for the Central Research Laboratories, the Secretariat of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Secretariat of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the UNILORIN Multi-Purpose Cooperative Union Building, the Admission Office, Security Unit, New Anatomy Building (College of Medicine), Directorate of Legal Services Unit, UNILORIN Stadium, Education Technology Workshop, as well as the Department of Adult and Primary Education among others.

While seeking the understanding of the university community pending the repairs of the damaged facilities, Professor Egbewole assured the stakeholders that all facilities affected would be given ultimate attention, adding that their repairs and restoration would start in earnest.

Source:Rootstv
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