SOKOTO VARSITY MATRICULATES 2,902 STUDENTS, CALL TO SHUN CULTISM AND OTHER SOCIAL VICES
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The Sokoto State University, Sokoto has on Wednesday, 10th May, 2023 matriculated 2,902 for the 2022/2023 Academic Session, with a call on them to shun cultism and all forms of social vices.
No fewer than 2,902 students on Wednesday took their oath of allegiance as students of Sokoto State University during the school matriculation exercise.
While administering an oath to the students, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Bashir Garba, MFR, said the matriculated students were for the 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 merged Academic Sessions.
Prof. Garba was quoted saying “The admission process for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic session has just been completed and is indeed the reason why we are here today.
“For the 2021/2022 academics session, the University received a total of 3,579 undergraduate applications out of which 1,789 candidates gained admission into their prospective programmes of interest.
“While for the 2022/2023 academic session, a total of 6,480 candidates applied for admission but only 2,626 making hundred percent of the total quota, secured admission for the various degree programmes of the University.
“This brings the total admitted candidates for the two academic sessions to 4,415 students out of which only 2,902 students registered for the combined academic session”.
He disclosed that the two sessions had to be merged due to the eight months of strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU) in the country.
While congratulating the newly matriculated students of the Institution for being so lucky to get admission into the prestigious SSU, the Vice-Chancellor charged them to be committed to their studies so they would not lose the golden opportunity of acquiring university education.
He commended the effort of the Sokoto state government for its support to the University. Prof. Garba, however, appealed to the state government to consider paying the visiting and sabbatical lecturers as and when due.
The Vice-Chancellor said the University is so much relying on the support of this category of lecturers, most especially for the Postgraduate programmes.
Prof. Garba added that the visiting and sabbatical lecturers have outstanding salaries which need to be paid because many of them come from far places and need the salary to support their journey.
Enumerating some of the development recorded recently, the Vice-Chancellor said the construction of the faculties of Engineering and Agriculture, alongside the Centre for the Study of the Sokoto Caliphate, has been completed, while the construction of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computing has reached an advanced level of completion.
Speaking earlier, the Hon. Commissioner, Ministry for Higher Education, Prof. Aisha Madawaki Isah, MFR, said during the previous accreditation exercises conducted by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Sokoto State Government, under the able leadership of Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR (Mutawallen Sokoto), Visitor to the University, provided the University with all the required facilities ranging from the constriction of the ultra-modern university library, six number offices complex for academic staff, automation of e-library, supply of books, periodicals, and other e-resources to the University Library, recruitment of additional academic staff among others.
She further noted that the state government’s interventions yielded a positive result because all the programmes presented to the NUC got full accreditation. And it is that success that paved the way for the Commission’s approval for the University to commence postgraduate programmes and mount additional 16 undergraduate programmes.
The Commissioner, therefore, urged the matriculated students to be motivated by such high ideals by being hard-working students, who are committed to their studies and the pursuit of academic excellence.
She expressed her delight on the achievements recorded so far by the University in all areas of academic excellence, ranging from infrastructure development, research outputs, staff and students welfare, teaching, and community service. Prof. Madawaki attributed such successes to appointing experienced and committed hands to steer the ship of an organization like a university.
"I believe, with Prof. Bashir Garba as Vice-Chancellor, with the support of his Management team and staff, Sokoto State University will surely become an enviable institution in sub-Saharan Africa," she said.
Also speaking, the Chairman, University Governing Council, Engr. Bello A. Suleiman, FNSE, FAEng, said he was pleased to note that since the constitution of the Council, it has been discharging its responsibilities creditably. He added that this could be seen in all the progress recorded by the University within a very short period.
The Pro-Chancellor, who was represented by a Council member, Alh. Abubakar Sokoto Muhammad, mni, said they would continue collaborating with the University management and other stakeholders for the success of the University.
In his goodwill message, the Chairman, of Sokoto State House of Assembly Committee on Higher Education, Hon Suleiman Hantsi Romo congratulated all the matriculated students. He further applauded the University management for doing its work so well.
In a vote of thanks, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Academic), Prof. M. Yerima, expressed the institution's warm appreciation to all important dignitaries and other participants for gracing the occasion. He also prayed to Almighty Allah to take everyone back to their destinations safely.
Prof. Yerima further applauded the leadership style of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Bashir Garba, MFR. He added that the University has undergone many transformations under his watch
