By Musa Solomon
Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones has urged the Governing Council and the Management of Kogi State University kabba to work together in the interest of the Growth and the Development of the University.
The Commissioner gave the advice when the Governing Council of the University led by the Chairman of the Council, Professor Suleiman Sadiku O.E paid him a thank you visit in his in Lokoja.
Hon. Wemi Jones said that Kogi State University kabba has come to stay but required the commitment and dedication of the all the Governing Council Members and the Manager Team for the University to grow fast.
The Government of Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo he said was committed to committing more fund for the growth and development of the Institution.
He enjoined the Council to come up innovative and creative ventures that would make the University self sustaining and to improve the economic growth of the area.
According to him, "All the University needed now was for the Council to put every machinery in motion to make the University grow as fast as it can", noting that the University has the capacity to grow faster and bigger.
He thanked the immediate Governor of Kogi State Alhaji Yahaya Bello for his vision for Education especially the establishment of the University and also the Governor of Kogi State Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for sustaining the ideals of the former governor in the funding of education.
The Governor according to him was consolidating on the ideals of the immediate past Governor by committing much more money in Education, emphasizing that the perimeter fencing of the 100 hectares of land at the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State University, kabba and other higher Institutions with high tech Security Cameras, involved huge amount of Money.
Speaking, the Chairman of the Governing Council of Kogi State University kabba, Professor. Suleiman O E Sadiku appreciated the Governor for his commitment to Educate and for Constituting a profile Governing Council to run the University.
He stated that the establishment of two State Universities in the space of four years was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria, adding that Kogi State University kabba was established to unite the people of Kogi state.
Professor Suleiman thanked the Commissioner for his resilient and commitment towards making sure that Kogi State University kabba came to fruition, saying that history would live to appreciate his efforts.
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor, Kogi State University kabba, Professor. K I .T Eniola reaffirmed the commitment of the University Management to the fulfillment of the ideals behind the establishment of the University, promising that everything would be done to maintain high standard of Education.
He employed the Commissioner to extend their appreciation to the Governor for his efforts towards the growth and development of the University.
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