KWASU announces commencement of lecture in new campuses

…as Gov Abdulrazaq delivers two  campuses in Ekiti and Baruten LGs

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq-led government has hinted at the commencement of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, campuses situated at both Osi in Ekiti local government area and Ilesha Baruba, Baruten local government area respectively.

Students in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts under the new Faculty of Environmental Sciences are ready to begin lectures in Osi on Monday, November 18, while their counterparts from the Faculty of Agriculture are due in the Ilesha Baruba Campus in January.

The Informant247 reports that the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mary Arinde, while on a visit to the Osi campus at the weekend, disclosed that the construction works in Osi have reached 98 per cent completion and are ready for use as students resume full for the 2024/2025 academic session.

As the State Government ramps up massive infrastructural development on the campuses, it was noted that the completion of the two campuses was another promise fulfilled by Governor Abdulrazaq, who had pledged never to abandon the projects during the last administration.

Dr Arinde, who was accompanied by the Head of Osi Campus, Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Binta A. Sulyman, and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye, during her visit to Osi campus, expressed satisfaction with the quality of the job by the contractor and the consultant.

According to her, “From merely looking at the campus buildings, you would see that it is a job well done. And the quality is superb. Looking at the structures, we are at the practical stage of completion. More than 98 per cent of work has been done so far.”

“We are currently putting the finishing touches. The major thing left is the fixing of the surroundings and environment, including the road network, which are all ongoing.

“We have engineers and experienced consultants on this job. They are all doing well. Before the road networks started, they had to wait for the rains to subside. They are ready to put the asphalt on the roads now. Every place will also be interlocked to look beautiful.”

She, however, commended the governor’s commitment to the projects despite the challenges involved at the beginning.

She added, “I give kudos to the Governor for doing so much. He has put in a lot of efforts and resources. In fact, the community initially lost hope that things like this could never come up again. But seeing these happening, they are overwhelmed with joy,” she said.

On her part, the Head of the Osi campus, Prof. Binta, said that lectures would commence fully at the campus on the 18th of November, 2024, for students of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts who are already on the ground with the staff.

She added that offices, studios, Conference Rooms, lecture rooms, Lecture Theaters and Auditorium of 1,500/2000 seating capacity, Car parks, shops, boreholes, electricity transformers, Solar System street lights, students’ Recreational/Common Room, CBT Computer Center, and Arts Gallery, are all available for thetale off.

Prof. Binta then commended the governor’s support, hard work, and commitment to the completion of the campus, an action she said has further endeared him to the host communities, who are all very happy and overwhelmed.

“Staff and students of Fine and Applied Arts were already on the ground. They have secured accommodations. So, by next week, we will start lectures here. By January, more departments are coming here,” she said.

“I want to say a big thank you to His Excellency, the working Governor. He has been very committed to the completion of this project. The communities here are very happy to see the project completed,” she said.

She listed the other academic programmes that will begin sessions in January include
Estate Management, Urban and Regional Development, Geography, Architecture, Quantity Survey and Building, among others.