The institution had emerged in 2012 as the best in the country and 14th in Africa, by Cybermetrics Lab of Spain, a world-renowned Research Council.
Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the Public Relations Officer of OAU, stated that the recognition implied that education was advancing in Nigeria.
“In further confirmation of its academic excellence and intellectual supremacy over and above other universities and institutions of higher learning, the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has, again, been rated the first and the best university in Nigeria and 8th in Africa,” he said.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bamitale Omole, added: “Only a focused leadership, which is the hallmark of his management team, can produce such a spectacular feat. Federal Government must not relent in its efforts to improve the funding of education, particularly for the universities, so that the increased penchant for travelling abroad to undergo academic programmes that could be taught better by our lecturers here in Nigeria would be a thing of the past.”
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