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@UniversityOfIlorin @unilorinnews @unilorinofficial @TheUNILORIN Automated hand-wash machine: Radio callers salute Unilorin, student inventor By Abubakar Imam cross-section of members of the public has commended the Aconsistent ingenuity of staff members and students of the nation's most sought-after institution of higher learning in Nigeria, the University of Ilorin, for always coming up with different solutions to contemporary human challenges. This commendation was made by some listeners to Unilorin 89.3 FM radio station last Monday (July 20, 2020) while reacting to the fabrication of an automated hand-wash machine, which was specifically Prof. Abdulkareem The late Alhaji Abdulrazaq designed to halt the further spread of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic by a 500 Abdulkareem condoles with Level student of the institution's Department Kwara Gov on dad's death of Chemical Engineering, Mr. Okunola Emmanuel Olanrewaju. (Contd. on page 3) By Abubakar Imam he Vice-Chancellor of in a press statement signed by the University of Ilorin, the institution's Director of TProf .Sulyman Age Corporate Affairs, Mr .Kunle Abdulkareem, has expressed Akogun, described the death of the deep sympathy of the Alhaji AbdulRazaq as a huge management, staff and loss not only to the people of students of the University to Ilorin Emirate but also to the the Kwara State Governor, generality of Kwarans and M a l l a m A b d u l R a h m a n Nigerians at large, considering AbdulRazaq, on the death of h i s m u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l his father, the Mutawali of c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e Ilorin ,Alhaji Abdulganiyu development and greatness of Folorunsho AbdulRazaq, Nigeria since the 1950s. SAN,OFR. (Contd. on page 5) The Vice-Chancellor, Unilorin VC sympathises with NTA, Ilorin, on fire incident By Abubakar Imam he Vice-Chancellor of the last Tuesday (July 21,2020). saying that he knew that the inferno University of Ilorin, Prof. The Vice-Chancellor, in a must have caused some damages to TS u l y m a n A g e press statement signed by the some valuable materials of the Abdulkareem, has expressed the institution's Director of Corporate Station, which may impede its service profound sympathy of the Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, delivery capacity in one way or the management, staff and students of described the incident as a very other. the University to the management unfortunate development. (Contd. on page 5) of the Nigerian Television Prof Abdulkareem said Authority (NTA), Ilorin, on the fire that he received the news of the incident that occurred at the Station tragic incident with great sadness,

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P R Unilorin Bulletin O A B IN IT R AS - DOCT July 27, 2020 Unilorin is the reason for my happiest days in life – NATA chief By Mubarak Oladosu community leader in and the venue of the happiest days said that so far, the days on which he Ilorin, who is also the in his life. attended the graduation of two of ATreasurer of the Ero Omo Mr. Jimoh, who stated this his many children who had Offa Garage Unit of the National last Tuesday, (July 21, 2020) while Association of Automobile graduated from the University of Technologists (NATA), Ilorin, Mr. participating on the weekly Ilorin were the two days on which Ismaila Jimoh, has described the community focused programme of he felt so much fulfilled. University of Ilorin as a source Unilorin 89.3 FM, 'Oro to n lo', Contd. on page 3) Abikan, SPS Director, emerges MULAN President By Mustafa Abubakar he Director of the School of Kazeem Olaniyan of Oyo State, Vice- Preliminary Studies (SPS), President I; Saidu Muhammad Tudun University of Ilorin, Prof. Ibrahim Wada from Kano State, Vice-President II; T Ismail Alasa of Abuja, Secretary-General; Abdulquadr Abikan, has been elected the National President of the Muslim Dele Abbas of Osun state, Treasurer; Lawyers Association of Nigeria Fausat Bakare of Lagos State, Financial (MULAN). Secretary; and Muhammad Al-Ameen The election of Prof. Abikan, Haruna of Plateau State, Public Relations who is also a former Dean of the Faculty Officer (P.R.O). of Law, University of Ilorin, was Others are Abdullahi Abbas confirmed penultimate Sunday (July 19, Masanawa of Kaduna State, Auditor; 2020) by the National Shurah of Umar Aminu Kalgo of Kebbi State, MULAN. Welfare Secretary; Abubakar Musa Ndako Described by many as a talented, of Niger State, 1st Assistant Secretary; humble person, Prof. Abikan, who is also Muhammad Usman Umar of Bauchi State, the Secretary of the Unilorin Muslim 2nd Assistant Secretary; and Abubakar Community, is a Professor of Islamic Law Abubakar Dogara of Nasarawa State, with interest in Islamic Development Assistant Financial Secretary. financing, covering the areas of Islamic Meanwhile, the Chairman of banking and finance regulations and Prof. Abikan Unilorin Muslim Community, Prof. social financing through Awqaf Ibrahim Katibi, has, on behalf of the (endowments). working on Laws, Regulations and Executive members and the entire Practices of Islamic Banking in Nigeria as members of the Muslim community His researches are doctrinally well as Awqaf as veritable social financing congratulated Prof. Abikan and prayed that combining both qualitative and tool. Allah will lead him right in the new quantitative methods and sometimes Other members of the newly assignment, which he described as historical and analytical, and currently elected MULAN executive council are Dr. “service to humanity and Allah”. Ex-VC, AbdulRaheem, hails Abikan's emergence as MULAN President By Abubakar Imam former Vice-Chancellor of the He added that he has always University of Ilorin, Prof. Shuaibu known Prof .Abikan as a very dutiful Oba AbdulRaheem, OFR, has Muslim, a committed legal practitioner A and outstanding academic who is always joined other friends and well-wishers in felicitating with the Director, School of determined to make imperishable marks Preliminary Studies (SPS), University of anywhere he finds himself. Ilorin, Prof. Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan, Prof. AbdulRaheem also on his emergence as the National rejoiced with the Vice-Chancellor of the President of the Muslim Lawyers University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Association of Nigeria (MULAN). AbdulKareem, on the emergence of Prof. Prof. AbdulRaheem, in a Abikan as the MULAN National congratulatory message addressed to President, saying that he was not Prof. Abikan and signed by a Member of surprised about the increasing relevance the Talba Media Team, Comrade of members of the University community Abdulwahab Alafara, described the in national and international arena. emergence of the renowned scholar of While emphasising that Prof Islamic Law as the Number One Muslim .Abikan has a great future ahead of him, lawyer in Nigeria, as a good development. the former Vice-Chancellor urged the The renowned academic-turned Prof. AbdulRaheem new MULAN President to see his politician said that the accomplishments the Talba of Ilorin, said that the choice of election as a rare opportunity to serve the of Prof. Abikan in the realm of study and Prof. Abikan for that onerous duty at this course of justice and humanity the more. practice of Islamic Law in Nigeria point in time is a clear recognition of the He prayed Allah to give Prof. Abikan all it justified his selection to lead the body of scholarship, leadership qualities and w o u l d t a k e t o d i s c h a r g e t h e Muslim Lawyers in the country. exemplary selfless services of the responsibilities of the office to the fullest of his ability. Prof. AbdulRaheem, who is also renowned scholar of Islamic law.

2 NEWS July 27, 2020 Radio callers salute Unilorin, student inventor (Contd. from front page) outfit within and around Ilorin in the The listeners, who called in fight against COVID-19. They added from various locations within and that the station has always left no one outside Ilorin, in the course of 'Tati in doubt that it is always determined Were', a popular media review to contribute its quota to human programme of the radio station, development. saluted what they called the They explained that by the "fascinating creativity" of Mr. end of the ongoing concerted struggle Olanrewaju, who they described as against the dreaded Coronavirus, the "a potentially great young Nigerian station would have secured a prime and one of those who are capable of position for itself among those social using their intellect and ingenuity to institutions, which not only devoted fast track the development of the a i r t i m e a n d m a n p o w e r i n country". enlightening the public on what The callers said that they should be done to avoid contracting have been following the series of and spreading the disease but also development in the University of vigorously working at ensuring that Ilorin over the years and they could the number of unfortunate casualties say, without fear or favour, that the of the disease is minimal. University is among those that are While saluting the creativity truly committed to excellence in of the inventor, Mr. Olarewaju, the teaching and learning as well as callers urged the Federal Government research into contemporary human to offer him and others adequate challenges. s u p p o r t f o r m o r e o f s u c h While acknowledging the technological innovations to see the great insight, brilliance and Mr. Olanrewaju light of the day. commitment of Mr. Olanrewaju in They also advised other fabricated to offer the same doing away with the common young people to focus their minds on services. youthful exuberance and negative what they could do to help the society The callers, who included tendencies now being associated grow instead of constituting Mr. Sikiru Adewoyin, Mr. Segun with some misguided youths to themselves into challenges for the Elero, Mr. Ayobami Kilanko and thinking out of the box with the society. innovative machine, which they Mr. Ambali Azeez, among others, described as many steps away from also described the Unilorin 89.3 the previous ones designed and FM as the most consistent media Unilorin is the reason for my happiest days in life – NATA chief (Contd. from page 2) The founder and chief executive of Aranse Oluwa Motor practice, the entrepreneur revealed Mechanic also expressed his that he relied on his reflections and appreciation to the institution as a intuition for inspiration when the parent for the discipline and sense injector engine vehicles were first of dedication to scholarship which introduced as part of vehicles he the University inculcated in his had to manage while he had learnt children, noting that he never to become a mechanic with the 4 needed to be told whenever carburettor technology between academic activities were in full 1980 and 1986. He added that he swing at the University as that taught his eldest child his trade, always reflected in the demeanour Mr. Ismaila Jimoh saying that the said child is now an and attitude of his children while While speaking on his expert in computer diagnostics of they studied at the University. experience in his professional vehicles.

3 NEWS July 27, 2020 Issa, Unilorin Professor of Psychiatry, elected NMA chairman By Mustafa Abubakar Professor of Psychiatry at t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f ABehavioural Sciences, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Baba Awoye Issa, has been elected the new Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara State Branch for a two-year tenure. Prof. Issa, who was the only candidate for the position during the election that held penultimate Saturday (July 18, 2020), had his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB; BS), Master of Public H e a l t h ( M P H ) e d u c a t i o n respectively at the University of Ilorin between 1994 and 2009. He a l s o a t t e n d e d G o v e r n m e n t Prof Issa (right) making his acceptance speech Secondary School, Afon and LSMB School, Ogbondoroko, all in Asa Community-Based Experience and urging them to work in unison. Local Government Area of Kwara Services (COBES), College of Health H e a p p e a l e d t o a l l State in 1986 and 1981 respectively. Sciences, University of Ilorin between members to take their roles and The new NMA Chairman, August 2009 and 2011; and member, responsibilities with seriousness who has several scholarships and Task-Force on the Establishment of and commitment so that the sum of prizes within and outside the country BSc, Basic Medical Sciences, College the individual contributions will to his credit, is a recipient of many of Health Sciences, University of lead to impactful outcomes for honours and a certified family health Ilorin , 2010. NMA in Kwara State. expert of the Family Health He also held many positions, I n a c o n g r a t u l a t o r y International, USA. including acting Chairman, Medical message made available to His working experience Advisory Committee (CMAC), UITH, Unilorin Bulletin penultimate includes teaching and professional Ilorin; UITH News Bulletin Sunday (July 19, 2020), the experience between 1994 till date. Committee member between January Chairman of the Unilorin Muslim This included Medical Officer, 2012 and January 2013; Desk Officer Community, Prof. Ibrahim Katibi, (NYSC), General Hospital, Jalingo on the implementation of MoU said, “The Chairman, Executive and Hassanat Memorial Hospital, between Unilorin and University of Council and indeed, the entire Ilorin between 1995 and1996 and Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, 2012; University of Ilorin Muslim 1996-1998; Intern Officer and member, College Committee on Council (UMC) is proud to Residency Training in Psychiatry, Strategic Plan 2014 and Head of the felicitate with one of our own, University of Ilorin Teaching Department of Behavioural Sciences, Prof. Baba Awoye Issa of the Hospital between 1998 and 2004 and University of Ilorin, between August Department of Behavioural 1994-1995 respectively; Lecturer I 2015 and 2017. Sciences, College of Health and Consultant Psychiatrist, Ladoke In his acceptance speech, Prof. Science (COHS) on his election as Akintola University of Technology Issa commended members of the the brand new Chairman of Kwara and Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso NMA, Kwara State Branch for Nigerian Medical Association between 2004 and 2005. reposing their trust in him, saying, (NMA).May Almighty Allah H i s a d m i n i s t r a t i v e “This is, indeed, a great and rare makes the task of galvanizing your experiences cut across medical and privilege and the unconditional colleagues to heal the world of community outreach from 2002 till betrothal of trust in us.” COVID-19 easy for you, Amin”. date. Notable are member, UITH The new NMA Chairman said Pain and Palliative Committee since that teamwork shall become the mode 2008 till date; Coordinator, of operation of his executive council,

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NOTICE July 27, 2020 Tertiary Education Trust Fund Suspension of Both the Foreign and Local Components of the Conference Attendance Intervention Programme for the 2020 Intervention Year

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(Contd. from front page) Prof. AbdulKareem said that the institution's host community. While the Vice-Chancellor late elder statesman's footprints in Prof. AbdulKareem said that the sympathised with the Kwara State scholarship, law, politics, nationalism, University of Ilorin shall remain Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman community development and education are perpetually grateful to the late elder AbdulRazaq and the entire members of the too glaring and manifest to be lost to statesman for leading his respected family respected AbdulRazaq family over the history. of distinguished lawyers to endow a death of their patriarch, Prof.Abdulkareem He added that the departed first professorial chair at the institution's also sympathised with His Royal Highness, lawyer of Northern Nigerian origin and the Faculty of Law over two decades ago and the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara first son of Kwara State to be conferred for producing the University's first State Council of Emirs and Obas, Alhaji with the prestigious rank of Senior Professor of Law and the pioneer Dean of (Dr.)Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, CFR, on the Advocate of Nigeria, was a very significant the Faculty of Law on its re-establishment death of a model patriot and great son of the personality who played so many in the late 1990s through his nephew, Prof. historic Ilorin Emirate. remarkable roles in so many ways and at so Muhammad Taofiq AbdulRazaq. Prof. Abdulkareem prayed Allah many levels and over so many decades that The Vice-Chancellor also to grant the gentle soul of the late Alhaji one would think he existed for many remarked that the late frontline statesman AbdulRazaq eternal rest as he also prayed centuries. and former Chairman of the nation's Body Allah to grant His Excellency, Governor The Vice-Chancellor said that the of Benchers would be sorely missed, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and other University of Ilorin, as an institution, is particularly at this challenging time of the members of his family as well as the greatly indebted to the late nationalist not nation's history, when the often well- generality of people of Ilorin Emirate and only for his reported contributions to its informed insight and impeccable wisdom Kwara State the fortitude to bear the establishment but for other roles played in of elders like him are needed to help, the irreparable loss, which the death of that its development over the years and most country find its direction out of the myriad foremost citizen represents. especially towards the development of the of challenges halting her destined progress.

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RECEIPTS AMOUNT Academ ic Transcript 302,500.00

Refund 206,443.70

Tender Fees 80,000.00 Staff Quarte r Rent 155,363.72

Contractor’s Reg istration 10,000.00

Sundry Other Income 15,206,052.71

Verification 11,000.00 Sundry & Other Student Charges 130,150.00

Rent of Property 43,306.70

Dental Charge 58,338.75 Income from Diagnostic Centre 34,742.50

Capitation NHIS 44,838.75

Undergraduate Convocation Charges 21,300.00

Postgraduate School Application Form 477,850.00 Postgraduate School Convocation Charges 21,450.00

Institute of Education Ap plication Form 60,900.00 Ilorin Business School Application form 201,200.00

Remedial School Charges 112,150.00

Total of Fund Sources for the Period ? 17,177,586.83

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7 THE HEALTH COLUMN July 27, 2020 Sickle Cell Disease

(Contd from back page) headaches, getting tired with little efforts or whenever you are in doubt about whether child is well or not. Crises are in form of Bone pain and Anaemia. Where can you take your SCD patients to? Bone pain happens when red cells block the blood vessels that carry blood to the organs of the body while University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital: For anaemia occurs when red cells get destroyed in the more than 30 years now the Department of Paediatrics body or the bone marrow will not make enough of them and Child Health, College of Health Sciences in or makes none at all. At other times crises occur when University of Ilorin and University of Ilorin Teaching the bone marrow produces abnormal red cells or when Hospital (UITH) has been involved with Identifying, the spleen decides to keep part of the blood volume Caring, Counselling, Teaching and Researching into away from the circulation. SCD affects all organs of the the Sickle Cell Disease. The Sickle Cell Disease clinic body and several complications can happen. presently holds 8:00 am every Monday

Diagnosis Prevention

Newborn screening is the most desirable but the Prevention is aimed at stopping all possibilities facility is not generally available. Tests can also be of giving birth to a SCD baby. Carriers of the Sickle cell done before birth of a baby (Prenatal Diagnosis) but gene should NEVER marry another Carrier or someone counselling is required. Generally, when doctors with the disease. suspect cases, they do sickling test and later Genotype (Haemoglobin Electrophoresis). The result can be AA Further Reading (Normal), AS (Carrier), SS (Serious Sickle cell Disease) or SC (Mild Disease). 1. Ernest SK 2017 …And the Child Died. Oh! No! Not Again: Adventures in Childhood morbidity Prevention and mortality Reduction Impact of SCD st (University of Ilorin 171 Inaugural Lecture); 1 - 5 2 The Disease affects the individual, siblings, the http://dowlv193zyfe6.cloudfront.net/UIL/171. parents, the community where they live, social contacts pdf and the Government. These include negative 2. G o o g l e I m a g e s psychological, physical, financial and personal https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en development impact. 3. Akinyanju O and Olujohungbe A 2006 How to Live with Sickle cell Disorder Edition Africa How to care for SCD patients published by Book Builders, Ibadan, Nigeria. Generally, you need to do all you can never to Written by give birth to a SCD baby by knowing your genotype Professor Kolade ERNEST,MBBS(Ib), and that of your (intending) spouse. But if you do have a FWACP(Paed), Cert HP & Mgt., MNIM, FSM, FRCPCH (UK) child with SCD, then take the child for early screening Professor of Child Health & Paediatrics, University of Ilorin and care because that has been found to add real value Honorary Consultant Paediatrician and Lead Consultant in to their lives. the Care of Sickle Cell Disease Patients, University of Ilorin Home care includes removing stress, adequate Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. hydration by drinking lots of water, no excessive heat or cold exposure, tolerable exercises and chores, good DISCLAIMER: and adequate food, adequate care of their pains and This is a general (Non-professional) highly summarised taking them to the hospital early enough if unwell. and ridiculously simplified information on Sickle Cell When to call a Doctor or get to the hospital: Take the Disorder. The approach used here is KISS (Keep It child to the hospital when fever does not respond to Simple and Stupid) Approach. It is for the general public home care within 24 hours (a day), if child looks pale, and content cannot be used to treat patient without has pain, or if the top of the hands and feet are swollen professional advice. Both the Author and Publisher take and painful, yellowness of eyes has increased, no responsibility for untoward effects arising from non- complains of tightness in the chest, persistent professional use of the contents.

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Sickle Cell Disease By Prof. Kolade Ernest

Introduction Figure 1: Mode of Inheritance of Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is the commonest Common types inherited human disorder in our environment affecting Types include the following: Homozygous sickle people of African, Mediterranean and Asian descents. cell disease (HbSS), Heterozygous sickle cell disease Close to 150 thousand babies are born annually in (HbSC), Heterozygous sickle cell plus thalassemia Nigeria with the disease. Though a devastating (HbSThal), Alpha thalassemia and others. In Ilorin we disorder, modern management has reduced the have the following Haemoglobin rates: AA 67.8%, AS suffering of the individuals and most of them can now 25.5%, AC 4.5%, SS 1.4%, SC 0.6% and CC 0.2%. live longer these days. However, ignorance, culture and Therefore, the SCD gene carriage rate in Ilorin, 32%, is other factors constitute the driving factors still higher than the global average rate of 23% in the same promoting high prevalence of the disorder. The current year 2013. carrier state of the gene is 25% of the population. This What went wrong?: means 1 in every 4 persons carries the sickle cell gene in SCD is cause by an abnormality in the gene for Nigeria. The prevalence of the disease differs from haemoglobin (Red Blood Cells) which results in the region to region in Nigeria. SCD is a serious disease but production of haemoglobin that could become sickled in with proper information, prompt health care and simple the presence of low oxygen. There is replacement of but important preventive responses, children can live amino acid called Glutamine by another one called healthy active lives and grow to become productive Valine at position 6 of the Beta Globin chain in the adults contributing to the national economy and commonest variant. development. What happens to Red Cells in SCD Short History In the presence of low Oxygen tension, the In 1910 James B. Herrick first described red concave Red cell become sickled and unable to freely cells that were sickle-shaped in West Indian youth. In pass through the blood vessels thereby obstructing the 1927, Hahn and Gillespie showed that low oxygen has flow of blood carrying oxygen and nutrients to the something to do with the suckling of the red cells. By organs. See Figure 2 below. 1948 Pauling and Harvey Itano showed that these persons have different haemoglobin compared to normal individuals. In 1956, Vernon Ingram and Hunt sequenced sickle haemoglobin and showed the molecular defect that resulted into the disorder. Mode of inheritance Inheritance is usually Mendelian. Classically for Sickle Cell Anaemia (Hb SS) sickled haemoglobin gene, one from either parent, were inherited. Those with Figure 2: Normal (Left) and Sickled (Right) Red Cells abnormal gene from just one parent are carriers. See the Manifestations of SCD Picture 1 below: General: Early in life, unexplained pallor or paleness, yellowness of the eye (jaundice) and painful swelling of hand and foot as in picture below are common manifestations. Much later other manifestations come up in form of Crisis or complications.

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