The President of the Nigeria Computer
Society (NCS), Prof David O. Adewunmi, has commended the University of
Ilorin for promoting high quality research that is relevant to the needs
of the community and industries in Nigeria in particular and humanity
in general.
Prof. Adewunmi gave this commendation
last Wednesday (May 6, 2015) while giving his Welcome Address at a
Research and Development Workshop organised by the NCS at the University
of Ilorin.
While appreciating the University
administration for supporting the NCS, Prof. Adewunmi said, “Without
mincing words, we appreciate the management of University of Ilorin,
especially the Vice-Chancellor, Prof AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), for his
wonderful support in making this event a reality”.
The NCS President, who was represented
at the occasion by his Vice-President, Prof. G.A. Aderounmu, listed the
objectives of the Society to include: promotion of Information
Technology education and training; encouragement of Information
Technology research and development, fostering integrity and
professionalism in the practice of computing; promotion and protection
of members' professional interests and advising members, governments and
other authorities as well as the general public on national and
international policy matters affecting the computer industry and its
professionals.
While welcoming participants to the
Workshop, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof.
AbdulGaniyu Ambali (OON), who was represented by the Director, Computer
Services and Information Technology Directorate (COMSIT), Prof. M. I.
Ahmed, noted that there cannot be true development without Information
and Information Technology.
Prof. Ambali said, “It is impossible to
witness social and economic growth in the emerging information age
without discovering relevant technology that can be used to derive
economic value from the abundant information”.
Noting that the pursuit of the World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS) is to achieve an all-inclusive
information society on the platform of ICT as a means of achieving major
global development goals, the Vice-Chancellor said, “it has been
globally revealed that highly developed ICT is a sine-qua-non for
attainment and sustenance of global relevance of every nation”.
He commended the leadership initiative
of the NCS in creating an enabling environment for researchers and
experts in ICT to be more productive and therefore urged participants to
make good use of the opportunity.
In his own address on the occasion, the
Dean, Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences, University of
Ilorin, Prof J.S. Sadiku, recalled the rapid changes computer has
brought to all spheres of our lives, stressing that nobody can do any
meaningful research without the use of Information Technology tools.
Prof. Sadiku said, “It is in realisation
of this that the University, in 2012, formulated a research policy to
ensure that an agreed framework exists for researches in the
university”, adding that the workshop was coming at the right time so
that people can become more aware of the extent of research.
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