From Yakubu Mustapha Minna
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has commissioned Student Twin Hostels, Staff Quarters, Lecture Theatres and Fire Service Centre at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai.
Governor Bello during the commissioning ceremony at the main campus in Lapai, said the new hostels and other structures would help reduce the accommodation challenges being faced by the students in the university.
He said the state government was committed in earmarking more funds for the infrastructural development of educational institutions in the state, adding that the sector was largely hampered by the twin challenges of Covid-19 and insecurity in the State.
The governor further disclosed to have reopened the primary and secondary schools shut at the peak of banditry attacks in Rafi, Shiroro, Munya among other local government areas in the state.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of IBBU Lapai, Professor Abu Kasim Adamu noted that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited NNPC, has partnered the university through funding in the ongoing Environmental Impact Assessment of Bida Basin hydrocarbon prospectivity activities.
Professor Adamu stated the University had continued to partner relevant organisations in creating conducive learning environment through quality research.
