Fulafia VC Abdul Rahman to Senator Wadada: We need your support to dev FULafia

The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FULafia, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, has visited Distinguished Senator Aliyu Ahmed Wadada, representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District, with a call for improved cooperation between the University and its “strategic partners, myschoolnews Report.

The visit took place at the office of Onawo, at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly (NASS) Complex in Abuja.  

Accompanied on his visit by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Professor Ali Shugaba, Registrar, Nuradeen Abdu, Bursar, Daniel Wilson, Head of Department of Business Administration, Jibrin Agabi, and his Personal Secretary, Bashir Ozomata, the vice-chancellor said that an institution such as the University he heads needs the support of critical stakeholders to overcome its challenges.

Abdul Rahman described Wadada and his colleagues at the Senate as strategic partners of the University whose friendship is highly valued. 

He said that he was in Abuja to call on the senator to explore areas he could intervene in to develop the University.

He said that since he assumed office he has made the judicious utilisation of resources and team work as his areas of focus, adding that through that the University has achieved some achievements.

He said, however, that the need to involve the senators in the process of developing the institution cannot be overemphasised.

Abdul Rah said: “We have identified you as a strategic partner and we have come here to say that we shall appreciate your support for our University.”

He said that the University was founded on the values of excellence, integrity and innovation, making it incumbent on the current managers of the University to do all in their power to make the institution successful.

He, therefore, called for closer relationship with the National Assembly members from the state, appealing to them to graciously play their roles in the process of developing the University.

He said that the University recorded success in the area of e-learning, adding that the development has enabled the University to make its admission status up to date.

He called on Senator Wadada to help the University to help in the improvement of University’s e-learning programme.

He said that e-learning has also enabled the University to engage notable experts away from the University to deliver lectures for the benefit of the students through the Google Classroom. 

Abdul Rahman revealed that students in the Permanent Site Campus of the University would soon begin enjoying free internet access as efforts were underway to lay fibre optics.

He also stated that the University has commenced computer based examinations for some courses, adding that “computer based testing is now the way to go.”

“The University needs your support and interventions because you are among our foremost and influential stakeholders whose contributions to the development process of the University can never be ignored.”

Speaking, Senator Wadada said that they were representing the people of Nasarawa with a view to making life easier for them.

He praised the vice-chancellor for taking the issue of e-learning seriously, saying “that is a source of pride for us in the state.” 

He, however, appealed to the University to work harder to make its e-learning facilities accessible to all in the state.

He commended the vice-chancellor for working to make internet accessible to students in the University through the implantation of fibre optics cables.

Wadada called on the institution to establish what he called e-learning centres in some areas in the state to help students access education cheaply.

He praised Abdul Rahman for ensuring a cordial and peaceful environment in the University, saying that was necessary for learning and teaching.

Wadada described Abdul Rahman as an “erudite scholar whose passion for education is good for the development of education in our state.”

He promised to mobilise his colleagues in the National Assembly to help the University to attain greater heights.