ASE VC Adedimeji mourns deceased don
• Advocates for a foundation in his memory By Temitayo Seidu, ASE The Vice Chancellor of African School of Economics (The Pan-African University of Excellence), Abuja, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has
• Advocates for a foundation in his memory
By Temitayo Seidu, ASE
The Vice Chancellor of African School of Economics (The Pan-African University of Excellence), Abuja, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has described the demise of the late Director of the Linguistic Immersion Centre, University of Ilorin, Prof. Badmas Olanrewaju Yusuf, as a shock he was yet to recover from. He noted that his death was not just as a loss to the University of Ilorin, Ilorin Emirate and Nigeria but a major loss to humanity as a whole.
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In a statement he signed, Adedimeji lauded Yusuf as a role model whose remarkable triple heritage of Islamic scholarship, Western education and Ilorin culture made a compelling personality, adding that his life and works would continue to inspire current and unborn generations.
Adedimeji described the late don, a former Dean of Postgraduate School and ex-Provost of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Studies, as a paragon of virtues whose inimitable lifestyle endeared him to many people across social and geographical strata.
According to the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University and Chairman of the Editorial Board of Unilorin Bulletin, the honesty, simplicity, humility, affability, accessibility and versatility of the late Yusuf, who was a cleric, scholar, administrator, public intellectual, community leader, public speaker, bridge builder and family man, should be emulated by Nigerians across regions and religions. He advocated that studies be conducted on his phenomenal personality and vast legacy through a foundation that should be established in his memory.
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Prof. Adedimeji commiserated with the Emir of Ilorin, His Royal Highness, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari; the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole, SAN, the family of the deceased, starting from the immediate past Sub-Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr Abdul Hameed Badmas Yusuf, among others.
He prayed rl that the Almighty Allah grant him Aljannah Firdaos.
