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The ongoing construction work on the two satelite campuses of Kwara State University (KWASU) in Osi and Ilesha-Baruba of Ekiti and Baruten Local Government Areas of Kwara State will be completed in December, 2022.
The state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Afees Abolore Alabi, made this known in Ilorin yesterday while featuring on the 34th Media Parliament of the state council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
The event was themed “Reinvigorating Tertiary Education: Any Hope for Kwara”.
Alabi, who said work has reached 60 percent completion on the two satelite campuses of KWASU, said academic activities are expected to commence in the new campuses in the next academic session.
The Commissioner disclosed that the state government has released over N500million for accreditation of courses in the state owned tertiary institutions.
He also informed that the his ministry had written the state government seeking an approval to increase annual bursary allowance to students of the state origin from N5,000 to N10,000.
“Construction work on two satelite campuses of KWASU will be completed and delivered by December while academic activities should commence by the next academic session.
“As I’m addressing this gathering, it is gratifying to let you know that the stage of work has reached 60 percent completion for now”, Alabi said.
In his welcome address, the state NUJ Chairman, Abdullateef ‘Lanre Ahmed, decried paucity of funds in tertiary education subsector and called for institution of an endowment fund.
Ahmed said, “For the state tertiary education subsector to attain its expected height among its peers across the country, there would be urgent need to rescue it by bridging the funding gap through credible alternative that would not place needless financial burden on both students and their parents.
“In a bid to gradually relief state tertiary of funding, the state government could institute an endowment fund with primary intention of serving as a funding window whenever the need arises”.
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