FUL VC calls for adequate funding of Nigerian public varsities to meet international standard

Gbenga Solomon Ibileye, vice-chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, has called for adequate funding of the Nigerian public universities to enable them meet with international standard required for academic excellence and provision of basic infrastructure.

Ibileye made the call while interacting with the members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Kogi State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists in his office, stressed the need for the media to play its role in letting government know that universities need more attention to function well in providing quality education.

Ibileye noted that for universities to achieve the needed academic excellence, basic infrastructure as well as conducive teaching and learning environment, requires allocation of more funds from government.

However, he commended the impact of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) in project execution across Nigerian Public Universities and solicited for its continued support, just as he expressed his administration’s readiness to continue to collaborate with the media in giving the desired publicity to FUL, stressing that “The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Kogi NUJ has been one of our greatest partners in this direction

“I know the power of the Media in promoting the image of the University, you have been doing it and I implore you to sustain the tempo.

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“It is in realisation of this goal that on assumption of office as VC, necessitated my decision to establish the Directorate of Strategic Communication and Corporate Documentation to further strengthen the publicity machinery of the University.”

He commended the Correspondents’ Chapel for its solidarity and publicity support that had boosted the image of FUL to the wider world.

Earlier, Segun Salami, chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Kogi NUJ, promised to sustain the partnership between the union and FUL to boost the institution’s programmes.

He said: “We will live up to expectation in exhibiting high level of journalism profession for the success of your administration throughout your tenure in the university.”