Kano State’s governor, Abba Yusuf, has pledged to finish all unfinished projects at the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil.
The governor, who made the promise when he paid an unscheduled visit to the university Sunday, directed the commissioners for works, land, and higher education to immediately commence the process of construction of the Senate building and the completion of ongoing projects on Wudil Campus.
This is contained in a statement released by the Deputy Registrar, Information and Public Relations, Abdullahi Datti Abdullahi, on Monday.
“Giving much emphasis on the need to have a befitting Senate building, the visitor to the university decried the non-existence of such a structure in the university despite being established about 25 years ago,” he said.
According to the statement, other projects earmarked for the university include, among others, staff quarters and additional student hostels, with a view to reducing daily shuttling to and fro Kano.
“Abandoned projects such as the old Faculty of Engineering, Information and Communication Centre, and drainage are also going to be tackled soon,” Yusuf was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, the governor, who visited both male and female students hostels, assured them of improved welfare, especially in the areas of water and electricity supply.
While expressing his personal affection for the university, Yusuf said henceforth, special attention would be accorded the institution to enable it to rub shoulders with its peers in Nigeria.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Musa Yakasai, appreciated the state government’s intervention in the past year, urging for more government presence in the university.
The Vice Chancellor had, during the visit, led Yusuf and his entourage on a campus tour where he visited the land earmarked for campus expansion and construction of the Senate building, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Entrepreneurship Development Centre, students hostels, Convocation Square, and Wudil Commercial Secondary School.
The governor was accompanied by Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Higher Education Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, Commissioners, Special Advisers, politicians and top government officials.
