FUG to sponsor 19 lecturers for further studies –VC

ARRANGEMENTS have been concluded to sponsor 19 lecturers of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, for postgraduate studies within and outside the country, the vice chancellor of the university, Professor Garba Magaji, has revealed.

He made this known in Gusau recently while addressing newsmen on some of his achievements since he assumed office last year.

The lecturers, he said, will be doing their masters and doctoral degrees under the TETFund (Tertiary Education Trust Fund) programme overseas, and in tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

He also declared that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had increased admission slots for the university for the 2016/2017 academic session from 1,000 to 1,500.

“With this development, prospective students who did not get admission in the university will now have another opportunity to try their luck,” he said.

The vice chancellor also disclosed that the issue of compensation that had become a nightmare has now become a thing of the past, as the state government has redeemed its pledge of paying compensation to the land owners in which the permanent site of the university is situated.

“We can proudly say that we have taken possession of the university land; nobody will come and disturb us over compensation,” he added.

Commenting further, he said plans are in the pipeline to create additional faculties from three to seven, saying that the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will soon be split into two.