Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu among other dignitaries will on Tuesday, February 7 storm the University of Ibadan (UI) for the commissioning of a 500 -seater Ganduje Auditorium and Large Lecture Theatre built and donated by the governor.
Governor Ganduje who is an alumnus of the university where he bagged his Ph.D in Public Administration in 1993 had said his Doctorate Degree training in the University of Ibadan some 30 years ago equipped him for the giant strides he was able to accomplish in all spheres of life, hence the donation.
The auditorium 500 -seater Auditorium is for the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences which had hitherto suffered inadequacy of lecture theatre.
A reliable source from the University of Ibadan Alumni Association which facilitated the project under the leadership of the immediate past President worldwide , Prof. Elsie Adewoye hinted that all arrangements were being finalized to unveil the project on Tuesday.
It will be recalled that last year, UI Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, had described the action of the Governor of Kano State as an exemplary and exceptional act of benevolence towards his alma mater when the sod of the project was to be turned.
However, finishing touches were being put into the project on Saturday when these pictures were taken.