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In the latter half of the nineteenth century
well-to-do Africans in Lagos met the need for higher education
by sending their children overseas for professional training.
Some of these returned to press for the establishment of institutions
of higher learning in Nigeria. Not much progress was made
until the 1930s.
IN
THE BEGINNING
In Nigeria, the Yaba Higher College (established in 1932
but formally opened in 1934) and the Yaba Medical School (established
in 1930), which granted diplomas and certificates in selected
subjects, hardly satisfied the aspirations of those who longed
for university education. The Yaba Higher College phase of
education in Nigeria further illustrated the desire of Nigerians
for degrees, diploma.s. and certifi-cates which were not interior
to those awarded by universities in the United Kingdom and
elsewhere. So long as British officials did not envisage self-government
for Nigerians and senior posts in the public service were
reserved for expatriates, pleas for university education in
Nigeria fell on deaf ears.The British Government seriously
considered the possibility of establishing universities or
university colleges in Commonwealth, and in West Africa particularly,
during World War II. The Asquith and Elliot Commissions �
both set up in 1943 � reported on various aspects of this
problem in 1945. The majority and minority reports of the
Elliot Commission agreed on the establishment of a university
college in Nigeria. The Asquith Commission concentrated on
the fundamental principles which were to guide the development
of Institutions of Higher learning similar to the University
College subsequently established at Ibadan. The Asquith Commission
emphasized the principles of a residential university college
in special relationship with London University, high academic
standards in admissions and staffing, and autonomy. Both the
Elliot and Asquith Commissions, which exchanged information,
agreed that the Inter-University Council for Higher Education
in the Colonies (later Overseas) was to advise the new University
Colleges on how best to attain the objectives for which they
were established.
FOUNDED IN
The University College, Ibadan founded in 1948, at
first occupied the old site previously used by the 56th Military
General Hospital about eight kilometres away from the new
or permanent site. The new site covered over 1,032 hectares
of land generously leased by the chiefs and people of Ibadan
for 999 years. With equipment transferred from Yaba Higher
College, the 104 foundation students (including 49 students
in teacher training and survey courses) began their courses
at Ibadan on 18 January 1948; the formal opening took place
on 25 March, 1948. In February 1948, London University allowed
Ibadan its special relationship scheme. Arthur Creech Jones,
then Secretary of State for the Colonies, and an influential
member of the Elliot Commission, cut the first sod at the
permanent site of the University College on 17 November, 1948,
which became Foundation Day.
For the foundation medical students, the facilities
provided in 1948 by the Native Administration Hospital at
Adeoyo and the Government Jericho Hospital, for which the
Faculty of Medicine was responsible, were inadequate. Consequently,
medical students of the earlier years went to London University
for clinical training, To provide more satisfactory clinical
facilities at Ibadan, the Nigerian Government made available
funds for the building of the 50 (Thed University Teaching
Hospital completed in 1957. Thereafter medical students
were fully trained in Ibadan, the first batch graduating in
1960.
GROWTH RATE
With the expansion of facilities at Ibadan, the number of
students offered admission increased. In the 1958-59 session,
UCI for the first time had a little over 1,000 students; in
1963-64, the figure exceeded 2000 and tipped the 3,000 mark
in 1968-69. The figure for 1972-73 was 4,100, and for 1974-75
and 1975-76,5,639 and 7,375 respectively. Some of these students
include those resident at the Jos Campus which began with
an enrolment of 101 in the 1971-72 session. In the 1973-74
session, the Jos Campus had 326 students, most of whom were
prepared for courses in the Faculty of Arts. In the 1975-76
session, the number of students at Jos increased to 550. On
25 September, 1975, however, the Government announced the
creation of a University of Jos, and in consequence, arrangements
were made to transfer second-year students there to Ibadan
and to hand over the campus at the end of the 1975-76 session.
The Government also announced the setting up of a new University
College at Ilorin, to be affiliated to the University of Ibadan.
In 1976-77, the total number of students at the University
of Ibadan was 8,586, in 1977-78, the total was 8,865 and in
1984-85, the total was 13,862, and rising in 1986-96 to 18,690.
The total number of students in the University during the
1996,97 session was 20,434. These are undergoing various courses
on full time basis. There are 851 part-time students. A breakdown
by gender revealed that about one-third of the full-time students
were female~ 13,520 male and 6914 female. It should be noted
that the above figures did not include students under the
CES Programme and those in the affiliated colleges. Larger
admissions over the years and limited funds for providing
accommodation gradually threatened the concept of a residential
University at Ibadan. The Jos Campus, when established, interested
itself in experimenting with off-campus accommodation. From
the 1972-73 session, students at Ibadan Campus have also been
allowed to live off-campus in larger numbers.
The existing halls of residence at the Ibadan
Campus have been over-stretched in meeting the accommodation
needs of students. Married students are encouraged to live
off-campus. The nine undergraduate halls of residence (Mellanby,
Tedder, Kuti, Sultan Bello, Queen Elizabeth H, Alexander Brown,
Independence, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Idia Hall) and the two postgraduate
halls of residence (Tafawa Balewa and Obafemi Awolowo) have
a total optimum capacity of nearly 5,000 students. The older
and new halls of residence are different in their designs.
The older halls � Mellanby, Tedder, Kuti, Sultan Bello and
Queen Elizabeth II - were designed by the U.K based firm of
Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew. Alexander Brown Hall � for clinical
students � was designed by the firm of Messrs Warkins Gray
and Partners. The two larger and later built balls � Independence
and Nnamdi Azikiwe � were the handiwork of the Design Group
Ltd., While Tafawa Balewa Hall and Idia Hall were designed
by Messrs Aderele, Omisore; Adebanjo Associates; Obafemi Awolowo
Hall (previously planned to be a student village) was designed
by Allied Architects. Until 1972, each Hall of Residence had
its own catering facilities, but steps were taken during that
year towards providing more centralized catering services.
The Central Cafeteria, with a capacity for 1,600 students,
was completed on 4 January, 1976 catered for majority of students.
Because of the large number of students, however, catering
services continued to be provided in Independence, Nnamdi
Azikiwe, and Tafawa Balewa Halls.
THE STUDENT UNION
From its inception, the University has encouraged Student
Unionism and the Students� Union has thus been an important
feature of the University�s existence. Housed in a magnificent
complex which includes the Central Cafeteria as well as an
Olympic-sized swimming pool, the Union has as its aims:
(a) To promote the social, cultural, intellectual and sporting
activities of its members.
(b) To foster the general interests of its members; and
(c) To contact, co-operate and exchange ideas with other external
organizations whose aims are acceptable to the Union.
The Students� Union has been an advocate of student participation
in University administration, and since 1973. students have
served on various University Committees, including the Consultative
Committee on Community Development. Students� Welfare Board,
Careers Board, Library Committee, Catering Board, Sports Council,
Lodging Bureau, and the Student Disciplinary Committee. In
addition, all academic departments have staff/student liaison
committees.
STAFF
The University provides accommodation for some of its senior
and junior staff - the Abadina complex caters for the residential
needs of the bulk of junior. In July 1978, there were 517
housing units, and a further 86 units under construction,
on-campus. There are also the University Guest Houses, the
Pro-Chancellor�s Lodge and other buildings. The University,
in addition, rented 455 units for senior staff living off-campus.
The off-campus accommodation for staff was abolished in 1967.
In July 1995, there were 607 Housing Units and a further 3
Units under construction at Amina Way and New Phillipson Road
on Campus. The accommodation and maintenance problems of the
University increased as the number of junior, intermediate
and senior staff rose. In 1959, there were about 530 junior
and intermediate staff. In February 1973 their number had
risen to 4,197. In 1958, there were only 44 Nigerian senior
staff (Academic, and Technical) as against 136 expatriates.
But on 1 February 1973, the University had 117 senior administrative
and technical officer, technicians/technologists as well as
school teachers in the International School (Secondary) and
Staff School (Kindergarten and Primary). Of these, 95 per
cent were Nigerians. These excluded a total of 566 academic
staff of whom 416 were Nigerians and 150 expatriates. On 31
January, 1978, the University had a total of 787 teaching
staff as against an establishment of 829 for the 1977/78 session.
At the same time, the University had a total of 677 administrative,
professional and technical staff (although the established
figure was 1,053) together with 4,991 intermediate and junior
staff. As at the I984/5 session, the University had a total
of 1,043 academic staff with a total of 887 Administrative,
Professional and Technical Staff. A total of 3,900 Junior
Staff was recorded for the same period. With steady Nigerianization,
in the wake of a similar exercise from the 1950s in the public
services of the Federation, more and more Nigerians took up
appointments in the University. But in general, the University
has continued to maintain its historical complexion as an
international community of scholars, students and other workers.
By 1994/95 Session, the University had a total of 960 Academic
Staff with a total of 1,115 Administrative, Professional and
Technical Staff. A total of 2,241 Junior Staff was for the
same period. In 1995/96, the Academic Staff figure was 972.
The Administrative, Professional and Technical Staff was 1,270
and Junior Staff rose to 2,660. In 1996,97 Academic staff
rose to 1,077, while the Administrative, Professional and
Technical staff was 1,435 and Junior staff was 2,344.
FUNDING
Staff salaries and other recurrent expenditure besides capital
works made the University College (later University) an expensive
establishment. While the British Government; the Cocoa Marketing
Board, the Nuffield Foundation, the United African Company,
and other interested bodies inside and outside Nigeria made
generous contributions towards the funding of capital projects,
the brunt of the recurrent expenditure fell on the Nigerian
government whose subvention rose from N200,000 in 1949-50
to N7,464,000 in 1971-72. The Federal Government�s recurrent
grant for 1972-73 was Nl0,226,000 and for 1973-74 was NI 1,036,000.
The figure for the 1975-76 session (Ibadan and Jos Campuses)
was N23, I 71,000, for the 1976-77 session, N29,826,000, and
for the 1977-78 session, N29,131,000. However, the Government�s
grant rose to N236,610,282 in 1993/94 and it increased by
N275,226,107 in 1994/95 while in 1995/96 N287,007,678 was
budgeted for the University. Based on its recurrent needs,
the University of Ibadan received N395,435,057 from the Government.
In 1996/97 N36,057,095 was generated from sources internal
to the University. With inadequate public response to its
appeal for an Endowment Fund in the 1950s, the University
College relied heavily on government financial aid. From 1952,
the government set its financial relations with the University
College on a quinquennial basis. In the event, the national
crisis in the 1960s disturbed such quinquennial arrangements
in favour of ad hoc grants. Financial grants also came from
the American Foundations, notably Ford and Rockefeller which
together contributed N7,717,592 to Ibadan�s development in
the 1962-67 quinquennium. In 1977-78, the contribution from
the Ford Foundation was N86,577.91, and from the Rockefeller
Foundation N39,452.31. Such outside grants have in many ways
assisted the academic development of the University particularly
in postgraduate studies and staff development. The Federal
Government�s grant of N29,031,000 for the 1977-78 session
proved most inadequate for the effective running of the University.
It was impossible to make any new scholarship
awards to postgraduate students. No research grants could
be made to any staff.The University�s staff development programme
had to be suspended. Work on all buildings - students and
staff accommodation as well as office and classroom blocks
- ground to a halt. Much-needed teaching and research equipment
could not be bought. It is clear that given the financial
realities of the country, the University will have to re-order
its priorities. More importantly, it is also clear that the
University has to take vigorous stem to solicit financial
aid from well-meaning Nigerians and other friends. The challenge
before Ibadan; is that of selling its programmes to the Nigerian
public and hoping that those programmes will be so well designed
as to win the sympathy and support of the public. The University
College in 1948-49 had three faculties (Arts, Science and
Medicine). Today, there are the College of Medicine and eight
faculties: Arts, Science. Agriculture and Forestry, the Social
Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, and
Law. The academic wings of the University include the library,
the Institute of African Studies, the Institute of Child Health,
the Computing Centre, the University Press, the Ibarapa Community
Health Project, and the Behavioural Sciences Research Unit.
The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER),
financed by the Federal Government, maintained a special link
with this University whose Council appointed its staff on
terms of semce similar to those enjoyed by staff of this University.
The link was formally severed by Decree No.70 of 1977. NISER
has since moved out of the University Campus to its own permanent
buildings on the Oyo Road and operates as a full-fledged Research
Institute.
THE ACADEMIC BOARD
The Academic Board set up under the University College Ordinance
(No. 25 of 1948) gave way to Senate under a new law in 1954.
Under that Ordinance (No. 10 of 1954) a reorganized Council
was also established. The membership of Council changed triennially.
With academic independence, the University had a new Act in
1962 which with subsequent amendments in 1972 and 1976 has
remained the basic Constitution. That constitution also provides
for Congregation, Convocation, and such officers as the Visitor,
Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, Bursar
and librarian. Though financially dependent upon Government
and other organizations, and though constitutionally tied
to the Federal Government through the Head of State (also
the Visitor), this University from its colonial origins has
been trying to safeguard its autonomy in teaching and research.
The special relationship scheme with London University did
not prevent the College from adapting its syllabuses to suit
local needs wherever possible. Several changes were in fact
made in the degree structure as the need arose. Although the
College began with general and honours/special degree courses
in selected disciplines, these were re-examined from 1962
when the College gained its academic independence. From 1963,
general degree courses gave way to honours special degrees.
To introduce a greater element of flexibility into the teaching
and examination programmes, the Faculty of Science began in
1969 the Course System which, with the exception of the Faculty
of Medicine, was generally applied in the 1972-73 session.
The various faculties engaged in the Course System are continuing
to deal with the operational problems arising from the Course
System especially in such areas as decentralized control and
the need for increased staffing to tackle a variety of academic
and administrative duties. The first set of students trained
under the Course System graduated in June 1972. In its teaching
postgraduate and research programmes, the University has adequately
met the challenges posed by changing times and changing national
priorities. Far from being encased in a colonial cocoon, the
University boldly ventured into new fields such as the Jos
Campus scheme and the establishment in 1970 of the Institute
of Applied Science and Technology. Above all, the University
has continued to maintain a high standard of scholarship in
various academic disciplines.
The University of Ibadan produced 52,312 first
degree graduates between 1948 -97, 10,398 Diplomas and Certificates.
It is also the foremost postgraduate training centre in the
country. The first postgraduate degree was awarded in 1952
under the scheme of special relationship with the University
of London. From 1968 to 1997, Ibadan has produced 17,748 Masters
Degrees and 2,327 Ph.Ds. While a substantial number of the
products of the Ibadan Postgraduate School have joined its
staff, many have gone to the newer Universities. Indeed, the
demand for manpower at this level has risen so phenomenally
that Ibadan is not able to meet it. The National Universities
Commission recognizing the role of Ibadan in this regard has
responded honourably to Ibadan�s expressed wish to go increasingly
postgraduate in its development, while keeping its undergraduate
intake at its present level. Financial constraints have, however,
prevented the kind of increase in postgraduate intake that
was anticipated. Nevertheless, the University has re-organized
the administration of postgraduate work. In the 1976-77 session,
a Postgraduate School. with a Dean as its head, replaced the
Board of Postgraduate Studies. The School now has a Board
made up of all Deans, all Heads of Departments, and one elected
representative from each Faculty. Faculty Postgraduate Committees
have been set up and each Faculty as well as the Institute
of Education and African Studies have a Sub-Dean for postgraduate
affairs. The instrument for effective and speedy administration
of the affairs of postgraduate students is thus ready at hand,
and the stage is set for a major take-off in this direction,
subject to the availability of funds.
In addition to the numerous academic programmes
available in the University, the following were established
during the 1995/96 session: Bachelor in Library and Information
Studies; Masters in European Studies; Geographical Information
System; Strategic Studies; Managerial Psychology; Archival
Studies & Records Management and Ph.D. in Information Science.
Despite changing political and constitutional arrangements.
the independent University of Ibadan has been generally fortunate
in its leadership. The Visitor to the University has always
been the Head of State. Ibadan has thus had seven Visitors
since it became independent; the Rt. Hon. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe,
M.A. (Linc.) M.Sc. (Penn.), Hon. LL.D. (Linc.), Hon. D. Litt.
(Nig.) (1963 1966); Major-General Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975),
and Lieutenant-General Olusegun Obasanjo was Visitor from
1976-1979. The tenure of the other Heads of State - Major-General
Aguiyi-lronsi and Brigadier Murtala Muhammed was so short
that they had little time to relate to the University in their
capacities as Visitors. With the advent of civilian administration
in 1979, General Obasanjo was succeeded by President Shehu
Shagari as visitor to the University (1979-1983). On 31 December,
1983, following the military take-over, Major-General Muhammadu
Buhari C.F.R., as the Head of the Federal Military Government,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, became Visitor to
the University. Following a military coup on 27 August 1985.
he was succeeded as Visitor by Major-General Ibrahim Badamosi
Babangida. C.F.R., President, Federal Republie of Nigeria,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, who was succeeded
briefly by Chief Ernest Shonekan, the Head of State of the
Interim Government in 1993 and General Sanni Abacha succeeded
Chief Shonekan as Visitor to the University in November 17,
1993. General Abdusalami Abubakar became the visitor on June
8, 1998 immediately after the death of General Sanni Abacha.
THE CHANCELLORS
Ibadan�s first Chancellor was the late Alhaji, the Rt. Hon.
Sir Abubakar Tafewa Balewa. P.C., K.B.E., first Prime Minister
of Independent Nigeria who died in the military coup of January
1966. His successor in office was Sir Kashim Ibrahim. G.C.O.N.,
K.C.M.G., C.B.E.,Hon. LL.D. (Ibadan), one of the most respected
public figures in Niceria, who served as Chancellor for nearly
a decade before he was appointed Chancellor of the University
of Lagos in 1975. The next Chancellor, indicted on 24 April,
1976, was His Hichness Alhaji Ado Bavero. C.F.R., Hon. LL.
D. (Nigeria), Hon. LL. D. (Ibadan), the Emir of Kano. He was
succeeded on 1 September, 1984 by His Highness, Omo N�Oba
N�Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, C.F.R., B.A. (Cantab), Hon.
LL. D. (Ibadan), Hon. LL. D. (Zaria), Oba of Benin. The Chancellor
was inducted on 17 November 1984. All of these men have served
Ibadan with great devotion and commitment and brought great
dignity to our annual Foundation Day Ceremonies. In moments
of crisis, the University has profited immensely from their
wealth of experience and the high regard in which they are
held by the public and those at the helm of affairs. The current
Chancellor, His Royal Highness Orchivirigh Alfred Akawe Torkula.
Tor Tiv IV, was inducted on 17 November, 1994.
The University has also benefitted greatly
from the calibre of men who have led its Governing Council.
Sir Sydney Phillipson, K.B.E., C.M.G.,M.A. (Manc.) (1951-1958);
Sir Francis Ibiam, K.B.E., G.C.O.N., M.B., Ch.B. (St. And.),
Hon. LL.D. (St. And.) (1958�1961); Dr. O. Ikejiani, B.Sc.,
(New Brus.), M.Sc. (Chic.). M.D. (Toronto), L.M.S. (Nova Scotia),
Sc.D. (Lincoln) (1961-1965); Sir Louis Mbanefo, MA. (Cantab.),
LL.D. (Lond.), (1965- l976); Chief the Hon. Sir Samuel Manuwa,
C.M.G., O.B.E., C.St.J., F.R.S. (Edin.) M.D. (Edin.) F.R.C.S.,
F.R.C.P., F.C.S., F.A.C.P., F.I.C.S., D.T.M.&H. (Liv.), Hon.
LL.D. (Edin.), Hon. D.Sc. (Nig.), Hon. D.Sc. (Ibadan), Hon.
D. Litt. (Ife), F.R.S.A. (1967- 1975); and Albaji Abdurrabman
Okene, (1975-1981). Special mention need to be made of the
late Sir Sydney Phillipson who guided the affairs of Council
for seven years during pioneering days and the late Sir Samuel
Manuwa who for nearly a decade served Ibadan with real dedication.
Alhaji Abdurrahman Okene found himself Pro- Chancellor and
Chairman of Council during a period of economic recession.
He and his colleagues on Council faced the challenge of seeking
new ways of raising funds for the activities of the University,
as well as seeking greater efficiency in the husbandry of
existing funds. Dr. C.G. Okojie, O.F.R., L.S.M. (Nig.), F.I.C.S.,
F.M.C.G.P. (Nig.), a well-known Medical Practitioner, was
appointed Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council from August
1981 to December 1983. Following the take-over of Government
by the Military in December 1983, Dr. S.J. Cookey, O.O.N.,
a renowned educationist, became the Pro- Chancellor and Chairman
of the University Council in August 1984. Professor T.M. Yesufu,
BA (Exeter.), B.Sc. (Econs), Ph.D. (Lond.) F.N.I.M., former
Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin, and former Pro-Chancellor,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, was appointed the Pro-Chancellor
and Chairman of the University Council in November 1985. Alhaji
Liman Ciroma, C.F.R., Hon. LLD. (Sokoto) Hon. LLD (Ibadan),
a retired Secretary to the Federal Military Government and
Head of the Federal Civil Service succeeded Professor T.M.
Yesufu when he was appointed the Pro- Chancellor and Chairman
of the University Council in July 1986, ably steered the ship
of the governing Council during the period of staff industrial
strike actions till 1992 when he was succeeded by Prof. lya
Abubakar, an Alumnus of the University. Professor K Onwuka
Dike, MA, PhD. (Lond), was Ibadan�s first Nigerian Principal
and Vice-Chancellor from 1960 to 1967. Ibadan owes a great
deal to the vision of its first Nigerian academic head. Of
particular importance was his commitment and contribution
to the establishment of the Postgraduate School at Ibadan.
When Professor Dike resigned in 1967 as a consequence of the
Nigerian Civil War, he was succeeded by Professor TA Lambo,
O.B.E., J.P., M.D., F.R.C.P. (Edin.), D.P.M., Hon. D.Sc. (Zaria),
Hon. LL.D. (Kent State Univ.) who served as Vice-Chancellor
until 1971. After a brief interlude, Professor H. Oritsejolomi
Thomas, C.B.E., C.O.N., M.B., F.R.C.S., Hon D.Sc. (Ife), Hon
F.R.C.S.I., one of Nigeria�s most distinguished surgeons was
appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1972. He served in that capacity
until November 1975. Professor Tekena N. Tamuno, BA. Ph.D.
(Lond.), of the Department of History was appointed Vice-Chancellor
in December 1975. He is the first alumnus of Ibadan to occupy
that office. He served in that capacity until 30 November
1979. Professor Samson O. Olayide, B.Sc. (Lond.) M.&., Ph.D.
(Calif.) of the Department of Agricultural Economies, whose
appointment as Vice-Chancellor commenced in December 1979,
served in that capacity until 30 November, 1983. At the time
of his appointment, Professor Olayide was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Professor L. Ayo Banjo, M.A. (Glas. and UCLA), Ph.D. (Ibadan),
Dip. E.S. (Leeds), of the Department of English who was Deputy
Vice-Chancellor from December 1981 was appointed Vice-Chancellor
of the University with effect from 1 December, 1984 after
acting in that post at the expiration of Professor Olayide�s
Vice-Chancellorship on 30 November, 1983. Professor Ayo Banjo
served in this capacity until 30 November 1991. He was succeeded
by Professor A.B.O.O. Oyediran, M.D. (Lond.), D.T.M.&H. (Edin.),
M.F.C.M., F.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.P. (Edin.), F.M.C.P.H. (Nigeria),
F.W.A.C.P. Cert. Immunol. (Ibadan), as Vice-Chancellor on
1 December, 1991 to 30 November, 1995, for a term of four
years. Before his appointment, Professor Oyediran was a Professor
of Preventive and Social Medicine in the College of Medicine
of this University. Professor O.A. Ojengbede, B.Sc. (Med.
Sci.), M.B.B.S. (lb.), F.I.C.S., Cert. Fam. Planning, F.M.C.O.G.,
F.W.A.C.S. was appointed Acting Vice-Chancellor until March
25, 1996 when Professor Omoniyi Adewoye B.A. (London), M.A.,
Ph.D. (Colum) became the Vice-Chancellor for a term of four
years in the first instance. He was a Professor of History
before the appointment. In line with the decentralization
policy of the University and the provision of Decree 11 of
1993, the post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor was increased by
one. Professor M.A. Filani was elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Admin.) and Professor O.O. Oduye, also elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Academic) for a term of two years (Nov. 3, 1993 to November
30, 1995). Both Deputy Vice-Chancellors were succeeded by
Prof. B.W Andah who was elected Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration)
and Prof. B. Onimode became Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)
for a term of two years with effect from 27 March, 1997. Unfortunately
the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) died on Monday,
22 December, 1997 before the end of his term.
25th ANNIVERSARY
In November 1973, the University celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of its foundation. One of the highlights of the
celebrations was the launching of the book entitled The
University of Ibadan (1948-73: A history of the first twenty-five
years. This book, commissioned by the University Council,
was edited by Professors J.F. Ade. Ajayi and Tekena N. Tamuno,
and published by the Ibadan University Press. In it, the contributors,
themselves alumni of the University, examined in considerable
detail, the growth and development of Ibadan with emphasis
on its pioneering role and contributions to the development
of higher education in Nigeria. In 1981, �Ibadan Voices�
was published by the University Press. The book was edited
by Professor Tekena N. Tamuno, one of the Alumni Stars of
this University. �Ibadan Voices� is a collaborative work of
former students, teachers, administrators, professionals and
technical staff of the University since its foundation as
a college in 1948. The various chapters portray reminiscences,
recollection thoughts, reflections and views on Ibadan. This
exciting book focuses attention on the growth - and development
of University of Ibadan as a social institution and as a centre
of learning. Ibadan, as this study shows, made deliberate,
but necessary, adjustments to match the pace and complexity
of Nigeria�s development as a nation state under civilian
and military regimes.
An Endowment Appeal Fund was launched by the then Visitor,
His Excellency, General Yakubu Gowon, to mark the occasion.
Under the 1975-80 quinquennial plan, the University proposed
new academic programmes and major capital projects. Among
these was the upgrading in 1980/81, of the erstwhile Faculty
of Medicine to collegiate status. At the instance of Council,
the Federal Miliary Government promulgated on 25 June, 1984,
the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan Statute.
The College currently comprises three Faculties; Basic Medical
Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, and Pharmacy as
well as the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Research and
Training. Also established are the following professional/academic
programmes � Technology, Law, Banking and Finance, Business
Administration Urban and Regional Planning Industrial and
Labour Relations, Information Science and Social Work. In
the 1990/91 Session, the Collegiate System was extended to
the rest of the University. Thus, in addition to the College
of Medicine, the following four new colleges emerged: Arts,
the Social Sciences and Law, Science and Technology, Agriculture,
Forestry and Veterinary Medicine; and Education. But regrettably,
it functioned briefly till 31 March, 1994, when the Colleges,
except the College of Medicine, were abolished as a result
of poor funding. The foundation Principal of the former University
College, Ibadan (in special relationship with the University
of London), Professor Kenneth Mellanby, now deceased, accompanied
by his wife, visited the University on 11 March, 1992. Professor
Mellanby had earlier visited the University on two occasions
viz at the inauguration of the independent University of Ibadan
in November, 1963 and during the Silver Jubilee celebrations
of the University in November, 1973. The Endowment Fund was
relaunched and Honorary Degrees were conferred on Chief Oludolapo
Ibukun Akinkugbe, Industrialist;Ardideacon Emmanuel Oladipo
Ajao Alayande, a renowned Educationist; Chief Matthew Tawo
Mbu, Barrister-at-Law, a distinguished Public Servant; His
Royal Highness, Alhaji Umani Sanda Ndayako, CFR, a distinguished
Public Servant; Professor Chukwuedu Nwokolo, NNMA, OFR., an
all-round Medical Professor and Researcher; General Olusegun
Obasanjo, G.C.R.F., Former Head of State and Professional
Soldier, in 1988 during the celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary
of the University. The University Anthem (The Font) written
by an alumnus (Professor Isidore Okpewho), was also launched.
The �Premier� Magazine for the Alumni Association, was launched
during the Foundation Day and Installation Ceremony of the
Chancellor, His Royal Highness, Orchivirigh Alfred Akawe Torkula,
�Tor �Tiv IV� in November, 1994. University of Ibadan �Honorary
Fellowship� approved by Council and Senate, was conferred
for the first time, on a distinguished former Professor of
Preventive and Social Medicine, Adetokunboh Lucas, during
the November, 1995 Foundation Day Ceremony.
Mrs Moji Ladipo, former Deputy Registrar Postgraduate School,
was appointed Registrar with effect from 1 January, 1997.
She is the first female Registrar of the University. Mrs Ladipo
succeeded Chief C.O Arowolo who retired on 30 September, 1996.
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