UNILORIN 1998 set of Agric. Faculty donates fish hatchery to faculty

Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, has praised members of the institution’s Faculty of Agriculture’s 1998 batch for gifting a fish hatchery to the faculty.

Abdulkareem made the remark on Tuesday in Ilorin, following the laying of the hatchery’s foundation stone at the university.

He praised the former students for their generosity to their alma mater, which he described as an act of community service.

The vice-chancellor, represented by Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Olayinka Karim, expressed gratitude for the gesture and assured that once finished, the project will be utilised to train and educate the faculty’s students.

Abdulkareem gave the commendation on Tuesday in Ilorin during the foundation laying ceremony of the hatchery within the university.

He commended the former students for the spirit of giving back to their alma mater, a gesture he described as an act of community service.

The vice-chancellor, represented by Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Olayinka Karim, expressed appreciation for the gesture and promised that the project, when completed, would be used to train and educate the students of the faculty.

He added that the fish hatchery would be used to improve and create world-class agriculturists.

Abdulkareem called on other alumni sets of the faculty to emulate the kind gesture and the spirit of community service displayed by the 1998 set.

In his remarks, Head of Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Dr Wasiu Jimoh, commended the alumni for their immense contributions.

He assured that the fish hatchery would be used for development, training and research, when completed.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the projects include a working hatchery (3550 ft), a 145-foot deep borehole, metal scaffold for holding water tanks, and 2,000-litre and 2,500-litre capacity plastic tanks.