Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan
The 14th Vice Chancellor University of Ibadan, Prof. Peter Olapegba, yesterday assured of preserving what works and reforming the establishment for the longer term and producing college students who’re essential thinkers and drawback solvers.
Olapegba who gave the peace of mind whereas talking throughout the lecture to mark his inauguration, held on the Trenchard Hall of the college, stated his administration will promote internationalisation of UI by collaboration, scholar change packages, and visiting scholarships.
While noting that excellence prices cash, the 14th Vice Chancellor maintained that authorities funding stays important, promising to discover data commercialisation and trade partnership.
He promised AI-literacy training on the establishment by strengthening of a digital ecosystem in its operations.
The Professor of African History and Black research at Northwestern University, United States of America Akin Ogundiran, whereas delivering the inauguration lecture, stated, “to be related, the college should turn out to be extra African and extra international; extra rooted and extra related; extra technologically succesful and extra humanistic; extra entrepreneurial and extra moral; extra impartial in thought and extra accountable in service.
“Knowledge sovereignty means meeting the world standing upright: collaborating without subordination, learning without surrendering agency, and partnering without becoming dependent. Africa must not merely be a place where other people’s theories are tested. It must be a place from which theories, technologies, and solutions originate.”
The Chairman of the inauguration lecture, Emeritus Professor Oluwole Akande, said that Olapegba is bringing to the workplace precious institutional expertise and an understanding of the obligations concerned in managing a college of Ibadan stature.
He stated, “African universities should actually be shoppers of international data, however they have to even be producers of data. We should strengthen analysis, promote innovation, protect our mental and cultural heritage, and develop options to the challenges confronting our societies.
“Our relevance will ultimately be measured not only by our academic publications and international rankings but also by our contributions to human development, social progress, and national transformation.”
