Education
UNIJOS Awarded 729 Million By FG For Renovation Of The Burnt Library
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Seddi Sebastian Maimako has disclosed that the Federal Government has awarded the sum of about N729m through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for the renovation of the University’s burnt Library at the Naraguta Campus.
Professor Maimako made this known in his office when a delegation from the Federal University of
Technology, Minna led by the University Librarian, Dr. Alhassan Jibril Attahiru paid him a courtesy call.
The Vice-Chancellor commended the Federal University of Technology, Minna for its outstanding gesture of solidarity in the donation of 148 titles of 458 volumes of books to the University of Jos.
the roll of honour being compiled by the University.
The Vice-Chancellor explained that over sixty percent of the Library resources of the University was burnt down during the inferno affecting six Faculties and several Departments.
Earlier, Dr. Alhassan Jibril Attahiru, said that the incidence of the burnt Library in Unijos was a colossal loss not only to Unijos, but to Nigeria as a whole. He described the Library as the custodian of the culture of every University, since the historical experience and values of the system are recorded in books, journals, magazines and other library materials.
Dr. Attahiru was enthused that they are also part of the effort to rebuild the burnt Unijos Library and recalled that four (4) Staff of FUT Minna had recently received practical training in the University of Jos Library where they had benefitted a lot.
Highlight of the event was the presentation of the books on various subjects and a letter signed by the Vice-Chancellor of FUTMinna, Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji.
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