Honorary doctorate degrees have been abused, says Unilorin VC
The Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Ilorin, Is-haq Oloyede, has explained why the
university stopped conferring honorary doctoral degrees on people.
Speaking with
journalists on Monday in Ilorin, Mr Oloyede, who is also the President,
Association of African Universities (AAU), said the process of awarding
honorary doctorate degrees had been abused.
According to him,
all sorts of characters, including those without honour, are being
accorded such recognitions across the country.
Mr Oloyede deplored a situation where merit is sacrificed at the altar of gold.
He said such
personalities often rub the shine off the graduating students during
convocation and the University of Ilorin will not be associated with
such a practice.
He described the
success of the University of Ilorin as foundational, saying right from
its inception, the university had always been privileged to have
quality men and women at the helm of affairs.
He said he knew of universities that had problems and controversies
at inception and rather than build and develop such universities, their
officers were saddled with managing crisis.
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