By Tunde Olusunle
Whenever I’m privileged to visit
Ilorin the Kwara State capital, I include in my itinerary a visit to the
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), as is popularly abbreviated. My passion, maybe
obsession with the institution is informed by a number of reasons. Principal
among these is the fact that I had two academic excursions to the revered
school, during which I obtained a bachelors honours and a master’s degree in
English, respectively.
I
was graciously offered a place on the doctorate programme by the university but
had to weigh up the cost of shuttling between my home in Abuja and Ilorin. This
was years before information technology truly broke down physical hedges and
activated the options of real-time, virtual communication. What with Skype,
Zoom, video call, and similar possibilities?
