Don Identifies Secret Behind UNILAG’s Success

Prof. Mike Adebamowo of University of Lagos, says consistent infrastructural development and partnership are part of the  measures adopted by the  university  to promote culture of excellence especially in the area of research.
Adebamowo  of the Department of Architecture at Unilag,  disclosed this in an interview with newsmen yesterday in Lagos.
He was speaking against the backdrop of the  ongoing two key projects : the re-designing of the institution’s ‘main gate at Akoka and the vertical extension of the Faculty of Law.

The Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences added that the university  was also intensifying its  efforts to attract more partnership, funding, scholarship and support, especially in research.
He said that would continue to give it the necessary visibility it deserved.
”Right now,  the work  going on at the university gate is the construction of a canopy over the existing gate, as well as the construction of some lay-bys along the road.
”The entire intention of the  project which, incidentally, I  happen to be the architect is to minimise the level of public activities around the university gate.
”If you are coming into the campus, you will agree with me that there are lots of activities other than the congruent activities to an institution of this class.
”University of Lagos is a brand but we believe that those commercial activities like the tricycles, (keke marwa), bikes (okada) and others, passenger drop offs and the rest of that, especially in the evening,  around the gate do not befit our institution as we are to promote excellence.
”So, first and foremost, there is an urgent need to redesign the frontal approach of the institution in order to eliminate the current chaos that is ongoing there,” he said.