SSANU National President scores Abdul Rahman high, urges colleagues to emulate him
|By: Amina Suleiman & Mary Ishaya The National President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Comrade Mohammed Haruna Ibrahim, has scored the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, high, calling on his colleagues across the country to emulate his exemplary leadership style. Ibrahim said: “if I were to score the vice-chancellor, I will score him more than 70% on performance.” Comrade Ibrahim spoke when he and other members of his executive council paid a courtesy visit to the Abdul Rahman in his office at Lafia. He commended Abdul Rahman for his doggedness …
SSANU Women Wing holds awareness programme on breast cancer
|By Amina Suleiman Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), women Wing of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) has organised an awareness programme on prevention and treatment of breast cancer among the women staff of FULafia. Delivering her keynote address at the 4th regular meeting of the association, FULafia SSANU Women Leader, Comrade Becky Kajo, said that the wing decided to invite an experts from the medical profession to sensitise women and girls in the University to inculcate the habit of frequent testing and screening of cervical and breast cancer in them with a view to achieving early diagnosis of …
FULafia V-C salutes workers as world marks International Labour Day
On behalf of the Management of the Federal University of Lafia, (FULafia), I, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, wish to facilitate with the staff of our University on the occasion of the 2023 International Workers’ Day Celebration. On this special day, I, especially, appreciate your efforts and thank you for your resilience, commitment and contributions to the development of FULafia. Indeed, without your contributions, we would not have achieved the milestones we have reached since I assumed duty as the third vice-chancellor of this great University. With your cooperation, our University is steadily being repositioned to be the fifth best in …
Let’s work for progress of our University, says FULafia V-C
|By Amarachi Okam As universities’ lecturers called of their eight months old strike, the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, has called on staff of the University to work hard. Abdul Rahman made the call during an interactive meeting with officials of the Federal University of Lafia chapters of the Academic Staff Union of University, (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities o (SSANU) and National Association Academic Technologists (NAAT). The meeting, which also had in attendance principal officers, deans and directors, was called to assess the situation on both of FULafia campuses preparatory to resumption …
Leaders of FULafia neighbouring communities pay homage to V-C, say he’s exemplary leader
|By Abubakar Ibrahim Leaders of surrounding communities to Federal University of Latia (FULafia) have paid sallah homage to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, in his office, recently. The leaders, who described the vice-chancellor as an exemplary leader, said that members of the communities deemed it necessary to identify with him on the special occasion of Eid el-Fitr Sallah celebrations. Speaking on behalf of other communities’ leaders, Alhaji Sarki Dahiru Muhammad, the village head of Gandu, said, they also used the occasion of the visit to thank Abdul Rahman for the numerous gestures he has extended to the communities. He …
Abdul Rahman visits, sympathises with staff
|By Paulinus Auta The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Prof. Shehu Abdul Rahman, has visited some staff of the University and sympathised with them over some ugly incidents that befell them. It would be recalled that the vice-chancellor has made it his habit since his assumption of office to identify with staff and students of the University in both good and bad times. It was in demonstration of that show of love that he, together with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Idris Amali, visited some staff of the University. The visit, which occurred on Friday, saw Abdul Rahman and Amali …