FUL Commencement of Engineering and Nursing Programmes

Federal University Lokoja (FUL) makes elite list of top African varsities' ranking, VC announces commencement of Engineering & Nursing programmes and also Faculty of Law to start soon as TETFund Approves Building Project.

The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has made the elite list of top African Universities’ Ranking in the maiden Times Higher Education (THE) 2023 Sub-Saharan African Rankings report released recently. FUL’s emergence was announced by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital while presiding over the 77th meeting of the University’s Senate on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Reading his opening speech on the floor of Senate, the Vice-Chancellor and Chairman stated, “I am delighted to inform this distinguished Senate that Federal University Lokoja made the elite list of the maiden Times Higher Education 2023 Sub-Saharan African Ranking. FUL falls within the 51st - 60th  bracket out of the 120 Sub-Saharan Universities that were ranked using five-pillar assessment criteria of Resources and Finance, Access and Fairness, Teaching Skills, Student Engagement and Africa Impact.”

He continued, “This cheering information is contained in the presentation by the Chairman of Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Professor Peter Okebukola on his return from the programme that took place on June 26, 2023 in Accra, Ghana. Out of the 51 Nigerian Universities ranked, FUL is in the 17th position and 9th position amongst the Federal Universities.”

The Vice-Chancellor, therefore, expressed unreserved appreciation to all the Senators, Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments and indeed all the staff of the University for the sacrifices put into achieving this great feat. He, however, noted that there is still room for improvement and that they must strive to attain the lofty heights his administration had set for the upliftment of FUL.

Speaking further, Prof. Akinwumi announced that the results of the resource verification exercises conducted recently by the National Universities Commission (NUC) for the commencement of Engineering and Nursing Programmes in FUL were positive, adding that the University would start admitting students into the programmes.

MySchoolNews reporting.