AKINWALE ABOLUWADE
The management of University of Ibadan has expressed the determination to raise the standard of the Faculty of Law of the university with the support of its Law alumni.
The Vice-Chancellor of UI, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, gave the indication through the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Prof. Aderonke Baiyeroju, while receiving a team from the Council of Legal Education during a courtesy visit to the institution recently.
The DVC said that in spite of paucity of funds, the university would continue to ensure that Law remained one of its flagship programmes.
She charged the team to carry out its assignment diligently for the purpose of improving the standards of Law education in the Nigerian universities. She assured the team that the university would ensure that it improved on the shortcomings that may be identified in the course of the visit.
The don assured the team of necessary support to enable it carry out its assignment successfully.
The Director General, Council of Legal Education, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, said that the accreditation visit was to ensure that the UI Law programme remained a model for Law programmes among the comity of the Nigerian universities.
Chiroma, who led the team, said that the visit was to regulate the Faculty of Law and assess its facilities. He stated that the team would do its job fairly, honestly, but firmly.
Other members of the team were Mrs Elizabeth Max-Uba, Secretary to the Council of Legal Education; Mr Ibrahim Sanni Muhammed, SAN, Attorney-General of Kogi State and member of the Council; Mr Omo-Davidson Aluhu Alegbe, SAN, NBA Representative; Mr Akinwumi Olayinka Silas, Director, Law School Library; and Mr Babatunde Salihu Bello, Director of Administration.
Also present on the occasion were two alumni of the UI Faculty of Law, Messrs M.O. Adebayo and A.A. Olatunji, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria.
