15/11/2021
Prof Ishaya Tanko ,the new Vice Chancellor University of Jos
Congratulations to prof Ishaya Tanko as he assumes the leadership of the university of Jos.
Indeed an undisputed highly decorated academic and intellectual has been rightly chosen .
May your reign be full of innovative academic activities with emphasis on concrete researches and less of internal wranglings and unnecessary primordial politicking.
A university is a universal citadel of learning and knowledge and it welcomes all contributors to knowledge irrespective of class ,creed or breed.
I am very proud of my alma matter for this pioneering action of jettisoning all other usual primordial considerations and opting for one of the best the university can offer.
May Unijos return to it's well established academic and intellectual leadership role among the universities that were established about the same time.
I appeal to the new boss to please pay more attention to the equipping , grooming and building of the many talented young intellectual minds in the university rather than embarking on unnecessary physical structures . .
Physical structures alone do not make a university .
it is the quality ,variety and quantity of the academics that matter and that is what will count as your enduring legacy after your tenure.
May God guide and bless you in this new task.
Dr P J D DESHI
1988 medical school graduate
&
President, Jos university medical students association(JUMSA) (1985/6)