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Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria

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Father Ignatius Madumere, O.P.

Prior Provincial of the Province of Nigeria (from Sept 2005 )

Where is Ibadan?

In the southwest of

NIGERIA

Population: 137 Million Religions: Christian Muslim c. 50% c. 40% Other c. 10% Ethnicities: over 400 The country is blessed with abundant agricultural and mineral resources and a dynamic citizenry.

Yet it is in dire need of

national integration

of her diverse ethnic and religious groups if it is to develop.

The Dominican University will answer these needs.

The Dominican Institute presently has:

The Department of Philosophy

started in 1994 awarding a B.A. in affiliation with the University of Ibadan.

The Department of Theology

started in 1997, leading to a B.Th. from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome (Angelicum) and an M.A. from Duquesne University (Pittsburgh).

The Michael Dempsey Centre for Religious and Social Research

which started in 2002 and offers research facilities, seminars and conferences for visiting scholars.

The Centre organizes an annual Aquinas’ Day symposium and publishes selected essays from the symposium.

The Library

with over 100,000 volumes, as well as electronic journals and books ─ easily the best philosophical and theological library in Nigeria. It excels in other fields as well .

Centre for Spirituality and Religious Formation

The Centre provides spiritual formation for: • Those preparing for the ministry of formation in religious institutes and/or seminaries. • Those preparing for final profession of vows. • Those involved in lay apostolates .

24 hr. high-speed internet access through direct satellite connection,

providing connection to the Dominican Institute and hundreds of institutional and private clients in the city.

The Center for Information and Communication Technology (CICOT)

started in 2003. It conducts training courses in hardware maintenance, data management, internet connectivity, website construction and hosting. One of CICOT’s recent research achievements is the manufacture of the 2.4GHz Internet antenna by a team of CICOT information technology experts.

The Institute is a partner in the West African Bioethics Training Program of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, in association with the Fogarty International Center, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and the National Human Geonome Institute, at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda. www.westafricanbioethics.net

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A monthly public lecture

at which issues that affect the Church and various sectors of the Nigerian society are discussed, and which continues to attract members of the academic community of the University of Ibadan and other tertiary institutions in and around Ibadan.

Professor Joseph Okogun speaks on Modern Chemistry and Traditional Medicine.

INFRASTRUCTURE

$2,000,000 Classroom block: 8 classrooms and a common room, with kitchen and restrooms, opened in 1999.

$1,000,000 Administration block, comprising reception, offices for principal officials of the Institute, a board room, and 13 lecturers' offices, opened in 2003

$500,000 Communications block with e-library, studio, classrooms, offices .

Under construction Foundation Decking

Almost complete

The CHARACTER of the University

Dominican Institute/ University, Nigeria, admits: • academically qualified students • without discrimination as to religion, sex, nationality or ethnicity, • With respect for their freedom to hold and practice their religion.

Right: Moji Ladipo, Registrar of the University of Ibadan speaks at Graduation

The Institute/ University at the same time has a strong Catholic identity: ─ upholding Catholic moral values, and ─ making available the fullness of its rich doctrinal and philosophical tradition.

Catholic education is based on two premises: • The first is that faith and science, religion and secular thought are not antithetical, but autonomous and complementary.

• The second premise is the unity of the human family under God and the command to love all people.

The University’s courses critically canvass the world of ancient and contemporary learning for all that is TRUE, and also USEFUL in harnessing and managing Nigeria’s abundant human and natural resources for the development of the country today.

The University’s courses also promote the openness and dialogue between different religious and ethnic communities in view of Nigerian national integration.

Therefore, start a Dominican University!

• • • In continuity with the original mission of Dominicans to Nigeria to provide higher Catholic education for the laity, the Dominican Institute already does what universities do — research and teaching —this in keeping with the Order’s tradition since its inception in 1216.

The National Universities Commission has opted for private universities as the way both to improve quality and provide opportunity for the huge number of would-be students that the Government universities cannot admit. Contacts with the National Universities Commission have been most encouraging.

Numerous sectarian and Islamic private universities have been or are about to be established in Nigeria. These are a concern to Catholic parents who would prefer an educational environment more conducive to their children’s Faith.

Archbishop Felix Alaba Job

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Archbishop of Ibadan ─ President of the Episcopal Conference of Nigeria

• With the establishment of the Dominican Institute over a decade ago, your Province has already started doing what Dominicans are noted for all over the world.

• You have my full support and backing for this Dominican University Project.

I ask God to bless you and fructify the Project as I assure you also of my continued prayers for its success.

From Francis Cardinal Arinze

• It is no surprise that the Dominican Province in Nigeria is planning to expand the Dominican Institute in Ibadan into a Dominican University.

• Nigeria needs universities inspired by the Catholic faith in order to give of the best that the Church can offer to Nigerian citizens. The Dominicans can help in this.

From Cardinal Okogie, of Lagos

• The Catholic Church has been recognized worldwide to be in the forefront of providing education at all levels. Consequently, we cannot be left out of the race to provide quality higher education to the teeming population of young Nigerians • It follows that the move by the Dominican Authorities in Nigeria to set up a university has my blessing.

INITIAL COLLEGES

1. College of Information and Communication Technology

• Dept. of Computer Science • Dept. of Communication Technology

2. College of Management Sciences

• Dept. of Economics • Dept. of Actuary Science • Dept. of Business Management • Dept. of Operations Research

3. College of Humanities

• Dept. of Intercultural Studies • Dept. of Political Science • Dept. of International Relations • Dept. of Psychology • Dept. of Philosophy • Dept. of Theology

Whatever their department, all students will take certain prescribed courses to provide an interface between faith, professional competency, and human values and needs in a Nigerian context.

IMMEDIATE REQIREMENTS

demanded by the National Universities Commission for a License

$70,000 To repay a loan from the Archbishop of Ibadan for 264 acres for Campus 2 outside city $30,000 For initial development of Permanent Site (fencing, gate and beginning of some roads)

$100,000 TOTAL

PHASE 1: Structures

A. CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION

$32,000 1 VCs office DVCs office Registrar's Office Bursar's Office Office for Secretaries Conference Hall Cleaners/drivers/stores Conveniences Circulation space Lifts/stairs $24,500 $24,500 $24,500 $12,500 $72,000 $37,500 $35,000 $250,000 $75,000 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 32,000 49,000 24,500 24,500 87,500 72,000 37,500 35,000 250,000 75,000 TOTAL $687,000

Dean's Office Sub-Dean Faculty Office H.O.D.'s Offices Lecturers' Offices Secretaries Faculty library/reading Staff common room Lecture halls Lecture halls Circulation space TOTAL TOTAL of 2 Faculties

B: TWO FACULTY BUILDINGS

$32,000 $24,500 $12,500 $18,000 $12,500 $12,500 $112,500 $32,000 $112,500 $70,000 $500,000 1 1 1 5 40 6 1 1 7 5 1 32,000 24,500 12,500 90,000 500,000 75,000 112,500 32,000 787,500 350,000 500,000 $2,516,000 $5,032,000

Waiting Hall Consulting room Minor theatre Dispensary Nurses bay Kitchen Observation Treatment room Card/archive room Ward male Ward female Ambulance bay Emergengcy/resuscitation Conveniences Circulation TOTAL

C: MEDICAL

$25,000 $6,000 $25,000 $8,000 $12,500 $18,000 $900 $12,500 $18,000 $30,000 $30,000 $15,000 $25,000 $30,000 $50,000 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25,000 18,000 25,000 8,000 12,500 18,000 1,800 25,000 18,000 30,000 30,000 15,000 25,000 30,000 50,000 $331,300

Chief Librarian Assistants Support Staff rooms Book store E-Library Conveniences Store/cleaners etc.

Circulation Stairs Reading Halls (200 persons) Stack Rooms

D: LIBRARY

$18,000 $12,500 $8,000 $60,000 $87,500 $37,500 $37,500 $100,000 $30,000 $130,000 $260,000 TOTAL 1 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18,000 37,500 40,000 60,000 87,500 37,500 37,500 100,000 30,000 130,000 260,000 $838,000

E: COMMUNICATION/TECH

Studio (50 persons) Laboratory (100 persons) Laboratory (60 persons) Offices Equipment room Conveniences Stair hall Stores/cleaners etc.

Circulation space $175,000 $350,000 $210,000 $18,000 $36,000 $35,000 $30,000 $37,500 $90,000 1 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 175,000 350,000 210,000 450,000 36,000 35,000 30,000 37,500 90,000 TOTAL $1,413,500

Male Female TOTAL

F: HOSTELS

$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $2,500,000

G: ROADS, SECURITY ETC.

Access roads (5 km) $375,000 5 1,875,000 Fence and Gate Landscaping/Car parks (200 cars) Electricity/Transformers 1000KVA Generator & housing Cars for Principal Officers Boreholes and water tanks $208,333 $650,000 $250,000 $191,666 $35,000 $312,500 1 208,333 1 1 650,000 250,000 3 10 4 575,000 350,000 1,250,000 TOTAL $5,158,333

PHASE 2

Endowments of chairs for:

• College of Information and Communication Technology $800,000 • College of Management Sciences $800,000 • College of Humanities $800,000 Total: $1,600,000

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