KWASU Set to Host 3rd KU8+ Conference, KWASU 2025
Kwara State University, Malete, has announced the call for abstracts towards the 3rd KU8+ conference scheduled to take place from the 6th to the 8th of August 2025.
The Local Organising Committee Chairperson and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Professor Olubukola Christianah Dada, disclosed that KWASU as host of the 3rd edition of the conference is set to receive academics, industry, and communities at the 3 day event.
Professor Dada added that the conference will feature a keynote paper by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission NUC, Professor Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, and two lead paper presentations. There would also be 2 pre-conference workshops facilitated by leading academics.
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of KU8+, Emeritus Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede CON, FNAL, will be the special guest of honour, the while Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin and Chair of the KU8+ will be the chief host.
Professor Shaykh-Luqman Alade Jimoh, the Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University is the host of the conference where all proprietors of KU8+ private universities, pro-chancellors of all KU8+ public universities, members, and Board of Trustees will be special guests.
With the conference focusing on the theme “Innovation and Sustainability of Higher Education in a Changing World,” the organisers expect robust engagements from diverse disciplines and from stakeholders in the education sector.
The KU8+ is a consortium of all universities located in Kwara State to, among others, leverage individual strengths and encourage collaborations among member institutions.