Mallam Ali averred that the appointment of the team is indeed a call to service; “We must therefore be ready to hit the ground running by placing our time, resources and endowments at the disposal of the University so that the raison d’etre for our appointment will be realized and the expectation of the State met”.

Mallam Ali further reiterated that it is axiomatic to underscore the point even at the risk of stating the obvious, that Government alone cannot fund education to the enviable height and to that extent, all hands must be on deck. To this end, he solicited for the co-operation and collaboration of the Management, Teaching, Non-teaching staff and the students of the University in the arduous task ahead of the team.

Mallam Ali gave the assurance on behalf of other Council members that their decision shall be driven by justice, fairness, equity, humanness and fear of God. “We shall always be guided by the philosophy of what is best for the system at all times, irrespective of our individual wishes, interest and aspiration, what is best for the system is best for all”.

The newly constituted external governing council members include; Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Alli,SAN (Chairman), Prof. Charles Abiodun Alao, Prof. Solomon Akinboye, Sir Ademola Aladekomo, Prof. Kasali Adegoke, Engr. Tunde Ponle and Dr. Abeke Omotoso. The ceremony was witnessed by the State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Grace Titi-Laoye Tomori, UNIOSUN team which was led by the Ag. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oguntola Jelil Alamu; Secretary to State Government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti; all Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries; government functionaries; friends and well-wishers of the newly constituted council members.