Story Written By Lilian Silas and Edited by Godwin Duru
The Senator representing Southern Kaduna Senatorial District Sunday Marshall Katung has reaffirmed his commitment towards ensuring the establishment of the Federal University of Applied Sciences Manchok, Kaduna State.
He made this known during the public reading for the proposed Federal University of Applied Sciences Manchok and five others spread across the country, organised by the house committee on tertiary institutions and TETfund at the National Assembly, Abuja.
Senator Sunday Marshall said the establishment of the university with its focus on specific field and approach holds immense promises given the transformational role education plays in the development of every nation and society.
He emphasised that the urgent need to establish the University is underscored by the limited opportunities for tertiary education in the Southern senatorial district despite its teeming population.
” Many of our ambitious students are forced to seek tertiary education outside the state , this pressing issue further accentuates the necessity of a federal tertiary institution within my senatorial district “.
In her remarks , Kaduna State Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe , represented by her Senior Special Assistant on Stakeholders Affairs , Martins Felix Galadima emphasised the importance of the Federal University of Applied Sciences to southern Kaduna and assured the support of the State Government and the entire state.
She applauded Senator Sunday Marshall Katung for the effort and called on the 10th Assembly to ensure the bill passes the third reading and is signed into law .
Also speaking at the hearing , former Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Company -NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu described the move as historic and commendable.
He noted that the project is long overdue considering that the zone has over two hundred professors and a population of about six million people.
COV/ LILIAN SILAS
