MAKU IN NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY

CULLED FROM LABARAN MAKU'S FACEBOOK PAGE

I am very proud to be associated with the successes recorded by the Nasarawa State University, Keffi in terms of quality and standard of education being offered by the institution. The state university has grown into a national institution within a decade of its establishment with students and lecturers coming from all parts of the country. I recall that in 1998, I made a special appeal for the establishment of a university in Nasarawa State. When I was eventually appointed Commissioner for Information in 1999 by my former boss, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, I raised a memo calling for the establishment of a state university. Despite criticisms from different quarters, the State Government went ahead and established the university. Little did we know that we established a national institution that would offer platform for university education for people within and even outside the country. The university is now offering courses up to PhD level in various fields of study to students from different parts of the country. Let me therefore implore the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shamsudeen Amali and the management to main and even surpass the standard for excellence set by the pioneer Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Baikie. By so doing, we will continue to have graduates who are imbued with quality and functional education, values and discipline that can propel the development of our country.