By Correspondent in Lokoja.
(L-R) The Pro-Chancellor, FUL,Dr.Chris Adichije and VC,Prof.Olayemi Akinwumi.
The Management of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) have secured N1 billion from Tetfund to commence the construction of Senate building for the institution.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi,who disclosed this while speaking with Journalists on the sideline of commissioning of some projects at the Felele campus of the institution in Lokoja on Tuesday.
According to him, said the Senate building will be located at the Felele campus of the university.
He said the consultant for the project would soon commence work, adding that the effort was part of his administration to improve on the infrastructure of the institution and enhance its statutory responsibility of providing quality educatuon to the students.
The vice Chancellor added that the National Universities Commission(NUC) had given the university approval to admit students for MBBS, after being written by JAMB toward that effect, adding that the degree programme would soon commence in its newly established College of Health Sciences.
According to him, his administration has embarked on various innovative programmes;offering various educational programmes to bring educatuon closer to more people and boost its Internally Generated Revenue(IGR).
The Vice Chancellor,whose adminstration’efforts have led to the infrastructural transformation of the university, attributed the development to divine intervention and effective team work between the management and the members of staff of the university.
The Pro-Chancellor planting tree at the Felele campus of the university.
He also told Journalists that he and his team had embarked on the idea of contacting prominent indigenes of the state, including former governors, on the need for them to assist in the development of the institution.
The need for that,he argued, became necessary because governnent alone cannot shoulder financial responsibility of the university.
Earlier, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Chairman, Governing Council in of the university,Dr Chris Adichije, commissioned the Printing Press at the Adankolo campus of the university and the road linking faculties and planted tress at its Felele campus anong others.
Dr Adichije,whose 77th birthday concided with the event, commended the current Vice Chancellor and his predecessors for their efforts in transforming the institution toward being recognized as a first class citadel of educatuon in the country and the world at large.
Speaking with Journalists on the current ASUU strike, the Pro-Chancellor,who is a member of a 7-man Committee government raised to find lasting solution to the strike, expressed sympathy with the lecturers, the students and government on the issue.
The septegenerian, who sued for peace and understanding between governnent and ASUU, expressed optimism that the problem would soon be a thing of the past.
He commended Tetfund for its efforts in improving the Physical infrastructure of the university.
Our Correspondent reports that all the projects commissioned were executed by the administration of Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
