Bokkos (Plateau) – Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman,
Governing Council, Plateau State University (PLASU),
Bokkos on Thursday assumed work by inspecting
some projects and presiding over the council’s
meeting in Bokkos, near Jos.
The projects inspected by the former INEC boss
shortly after their inauguration by Gov. Simon
Lalong, include the N114 million TETFund Lecture
Halls and Office.
Others are the N72 million Entrepreneurship Centre
and the N69 million 250-capacity theatre.
The university’s Acting Director of Works, Mr Aku
Ayok, who took the council members round the
projects, said most of the projects were TETFund’s
with some completed while othersat near
completion.
The PLASU Vice Chancellor, Prof Doknan Sheni, said
that the greatest challenge of the university was non-
accreditation and funding.
“A total of 319 of our students could not graduate last
year due the issue of non-accreditation of our
courses by NUC and we still have another set of 400
students in their final year, “ the VC lamented.
Sheni said there was need for the rapid
infrastructural development in the university and
recruitment of the staff to meet up with the NUC
accreditation.
Jega, who expressed gratitude to the Plateau
Government over the appointment, said that the
university was founded on very lofty objectives with
a very good mission and vision statements.
According to him, the role of the council is defined
by law and that it will do everything possible to see
that staff worked together to stimulate the growth
and development of the university.
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