Unilorin VC wants strict gun control in Nigeria

Date: 2018-04-18

Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem has urged the Federal Government to ensure strict control on access to guns by hoodlums to wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens.

Abdulkareem gave the advice in Ilorin on Tuesday while receiving Prof. Ibrahim Gambari (CFR), former Minister of External Affairs, in his office.

Gambari was in the university to chair the 4th Biennial Conference of the Centre for Ilorin Studies (CILS).

The vice-chancellor expressed shock at how score-settling in the society had suddenly changed from the traditional exchange of blows to the use of sophisticated machine guns.

He, therefore, suggested that Nigerians must engage themselves in soul-searching to pave way for the nation's rediscovery to the path of rectitude.

"Perhaps people are grieved because of perceived injustice; an average Nigerian now wants to outsmart the other.

"We are now in a society where we don't care how people get rich. It is even sad that people are ready to take lives to get rich.

"Things have totally broken down. We have introduced so many sentiments that have divided us," he said.

Abdulkareem also advocated for correct perception of justice and the need to deal with each other with a clear mind, while working for a peaceful nation.

Earlier, Gambari advised the government to spend money on preventing insecurity in the country instead of devoting huge sums of the nation's resources to combat insecurity.

He observed that the greatest threat to the unity and progress of any nation was insecurity.

Gambari, Africa's first Under-Secretary-General and former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Africa, described his presence in the university as homecoming.

He said that he was in the university to support the Centre for Ilorin Studies and contribute his quota to the citadel of learning.(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lanwa     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Elewu     Universal Basic Education Commission     Abubakar Atiku     Pakata Patriots     Na\'Allah     Okin Biscuits     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Jaigbade Alao     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ajidagba     Sheikh Ariyibi     Gbenga Adebayo     John Obuh     Ojuekun     Oniyangi     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Radio Kwara     Ahman Patigi     NSCIA     Busari Alabi Alausa     Agbarere     Ajakaye     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Ronke Adeyemi     Bolakale Kawu     SAPZ Project     Logun     Roseline Oni Aremu     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Grillo     Sulaiman Gado     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Leke Ogungbe     Femi Ogunsola     Saidu Isa     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Olatomiwa Williams     Kwara 2015     Kuliyan Geri     Babaloja-General     Abioye Bello     Oyun     Ilorin South Constituency     FERMA     Alikinla     Monsurat Omotosho     Pakata Development Association     A.O. Belgore     Erubu Oba Zubair     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Michael Ologundea     EFCC     Mahe Abdulkadir     Memunat Monsuma     Esuwoye     Sarah Alade     Tunji Folami     AbdulRauf Keji     Stephen Fasakin     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     AbdulHamid Adi     Bibire Ajape     Yakubu Gobir     Alagbado     Rex Olawoye     Bisi Oyeleke     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Orire     Suleiman Ajadi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Hausa     Saheed Akinwumi     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Kayode Ogunlowo     Moji Makanjuola     Micheal Imoudu     Henry Makinwa     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Balogin Alanamu     Sobi     Oluronke Adeyemi     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Amuda Musbau     Goodluck Jonathan     Quareeb     Kaosarah Adeyi     IEDPU     Bareke     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Okedare     Dumagi     Ejidongari     Yusuf Arowosaye     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Fatai Olodo     KWASSIP     Owu Fall     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Oja-Oba     Ahmed Alhasssan     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Durosinlohun Kawu     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Damilola Yusuf     Shagari     Bond     Oniye     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Salman Suleiman     IHS     Okanlawon Taiwo     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Lukman Adeloyin     Aminat Ahmed     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     TVC Female National Debate     Hussein Oloyede     Umar Gunu     Rachael Obisesan     Dogara     Kabir Shagaya     Kawu Baraje     NITDA     Crystal Corner Shops     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Abdulganiy Abimbola Abdussalam     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Rex Olawoye     Lanre Badmas     Kwara State Television     Islamic Development Bank     Saad Omo\'ya     Abdullahi Biffo     Solomon Edoja     Bankole Omisore     Olaiya Lawal     Garba Idris Ajia     Benin Republic     Saidu Isa     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Ohoro Of Shao