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FG inaugurates 1.8 km road in FUTA

Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and  Housing, while handing over the road to the university authorities, said that the project was an intervention programme by the ministry.

Fashola, represented by Mr Olajide Uzeni ofthe ministry, said that the ministry was building no fewer than 43 internal roads in tertiary institutions across the country.

The minister added that 18 out of the 43 internal roads had been completed.

“We feel that there is need to improve on level of roads in our tertiary institutions,” he said.

He noted that students now had renewed enthusiasm in attending classes because some defective roads in the institution had been repaired.

Fashola said improved infrastructure and learnin environment would impact positively on the quality of education in the country’s tertiary institutions.

The minister urged FUTA to take proper care of its asset.

In his remarks, Prof. Joseph Fuwape, Vice Chancellor of FUTA, lauded the Federal Government for the project, describing it as auspicious.

Fuwape said that the road was critical to the institution because it linked four schools of study as well as the School of Post-graduate Studies.

The vice chancellor stressed that more than 2,000 students would benefit from using the road.

He commended the ministry for rehabilitating Southgate road in the university and appealed to it to do more during its second phase of intervention.

The vice chancellor further enjoined the ministry to partner with the institution in training its students on site during construction.

“It is not only about building roads but also about training. Our students can get the nitty gritty of road and housing construction through your assistance.

“Here, we have a Civil Engineering Department and our students can have their projects on site while doing construction,” he said.

Miss Caroline Felix, Vice President of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of FUTA, said that the road would ease transportation problems in the school.

Felix noted that the road, before the construction, was one of the major causes of lateness of students to lectures.

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