The Registrar of the University of Ibadan (UI), Ganiyu O. Saliu has revealed that out of over 20,000 candidates that sat for the University’s Post UTME, 4,200 were offered admission, and only 3,983 accepted the offers of admission.
Saliu revealed this at a reception held for the new students by the Chapel of the Ressurection after the Orientation Service for new students held at the Chapel.
Noting the new students were fortunate to have been offered admission into the nation’s Premier University, the registrar advised the students to work hard to be found worthy in character and learning at the end of their various programmes.
He enjoined them to attend the compulsory orientation programme that would hold later in the week and to always seek guidance from appropriate channels.
In his speech, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Kayode Adebowale charged new students not to take God out of the equations of their lives and counselled them to see their admission as a privilege.
Adebowale appealed to the students to choose their friends carefully, and follow the rules and regulations of the university, adding that the fear of the Students Disciplinary Committee is the beginning of wisdom, stressing that the students should see their academic pursuits as their priority assignment while all other pursuits should be considered as additional benefits.
Admonishing them to allow the university to pass through them by joining beneficial groups, Adebowale enjoined the students to take advantage of the PEER Assisted study group that has been instituted to assist the new students in passing identified difficult courses.
The Chairman of the Chapel Committee, Professor E. O. Ogunkola told the students that their attitudes would determine their altitudes and urged them to see their freedom from home as the freedom to do things right.
He charged the new students to take control of their future and do the right things.
In his sermon titled, “Christian Service”, the Chaplain of the Chapel of the Ressurection, The Venerable Dr. V. I. Oladele appealed to the new students to beware of pastors who preach “Hypergrace,” who claim that grace covers all sins, charging Christians to render service to God in a Godly and Holy manner.
Pointing out that God does not accept all manners of service and a service not rendered according to the will of God is not acceptable to God, Oladele urged the new students to buckle up and do well in their studies, not to overstep their bounds, and obey the rules and regulations of the University so that they would make their parents, the Chapel, and the University very proud.
Oladele who stated that UI was the best thing to have happened to him noted that it was good for the students to have passed JAMB, better for them to have been admitted into a University and best to have secured admission into UI, stressing that this was a rare privilege that should be guarded jealously.
The Chaplain who had obtained his three degrees from UI advised the students to dress, eat, and think responsibly and not to join bad groups.
He urged members of the University community to be ‘in loco parentis’ to the students by returning to communal living of being their brother’s keeper.
The first scripture Psalm 139: 1 – 12 was read by a fresh student; the second scripture Leviticus 11: 42-47 was read by the Registrar while the Vice-Chancellor read the third scripture, 1 Peter 1: 13 -19.
The 2022/23 Session Orientation Programme continues with
Orientation Interaction and lectures on Wednesday, 30 and Thursday, 31 August, 2023, while a Jumaat Service holds on Friday, 01 September, 2023 at the Central Mosque, University of Ibadan.
