NITDA funds digital project in UNIJOS

The vice chancellor, University of Jos, Professor Seddi Sebastian Maimako, has commended the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for sponsoring the development of a Virtual Library Project in the university.

According to the statement issued by the deputy registrar of the institution, Information and Publications, Mr Abdullahi Abdullahi, Professor Maimako described the project as a transformational move that would add value to the university’s library as a repository of academic resources and knowledge generation.

Professor Maimako noted this when the director-general/chief executive officer of NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, visited the university to ascertain the level of work so far carried out on the project by the contractor.

He said the Virtual Library Project Intervention was awarded to Microban Standard Investment Limited to install virtual library software with inverters for steady power supply to service the university’s library complex.

The VC further said that the contracting firm had since commenced work and had reached advanced stage of completion. He described the director-general NITDA as a true friend of the university, who without any hesitation approved the request for intervention in the Naraguta Campus Library Complex ,which was gutted by fire in 2016.

• AAUA Students protest over “No payment, No Test”

In a remark, director general, NITDA, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami explained he and his team came on an unscheduled visit to the university to monitor and ascertain the level of work being carried out on the Virtual Library project.

Dr Pantami said NITDA had been deploying intervention funds to several projects across the country and there was the need to always ascertain whether these jobs were being executed according to the prescribed standard.

He commended the university’s authorities for the great transformation taking place in the university and challenged them not to relent in doing their best to uplift the university.

He described Professor Maimako as a man of proven integrity who had gone to great lengths in changing the face of the university.

Also speaking, the university librarian, Dr Stephen Akintunde, thanked NITDA for its intervention and assured that the university would from time to time approach the agency for more interventions.

The NITDA delegation was conducted round the Naraguta Library Complex by the vice chancellor to inspect the level of job done so far on the project.

The Virtual Library Intention is funded by the 2016 TETFund Disaster Recovery Support.