FULafia hosts community, pledges support, harmonious coexistence
|By Yahaya Ahmed The political ward hosting Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Wakwa Ward, in Lafia L. G. A., has pledged to support the administration of Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman to ensure peace and development of the University. The Councillor representing Wakwa Electoral Ward, Bako Abdullahi, gave the assurance when he led other stakeholders of the community on a courtesy visit to the vice-chancellor. Abdullahi told the vice-chancellor that his community was “happy to see the vice-chancellor, recently, leads his management team’s members on the spot assessment to the community to seek for amicable resolution to some of the …
Gandu enjoys improved power supply, says SRC President
|By Abubakar Ibrahim & Friday Ikagu Gandu community, a neighbouring village of the Permanent Site Campus of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) now enjoys an improved power supply. It would be noted that owing to its proximity to FULafia, Gandu became populated by mostly staff and students of FULafia, making the community an area of interest to the authorities of the University. Before now, Gandu was known for its epileptic power supply, making life hard for especially students who had to trek at night to the Permanent Site Campus either to read or charge their phones. Similarly, owing to …
As FULafia moves sanitation to faculty, directorate levels, Abdul Rahman says exercise has come to stay, Launches maiden sourvenirs
|By Ene Godwin The Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) has decentralised its monthly sanitation exercise, handing over its management to the faculties and directorates. This is just as the University has launched its maiden sourvenirs produced by the Directorate of Advancement and Linkages (DL&A). Under the new arrangement, faculties and directorates, headed by deans and directors, respectively, would, henceforth, supervise cleaning exercises in their areas of authority. The decentralisation of the sanitation, an exercise which has become a source of pride for the University, was made known by Vice-Chancellor Shehu Abdul Rahman. The occasion was the meeting ahead of the …
FULafia V-C charges staff to be security conscious …Awards N1m to Faculty of Arts
|By Yahaya Ahmed The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, has advised the staff of the University to be security conscious and report any act of suspected criminality to the appropriate authorities. This is just as the vice-chancellor has awarded the sum of N1 million to the Faculty of Arts for doing things in the right ways. Abdul Rahman gave the advise, recently, during the Staff Forum Meeting of FULafia. The meeting, which took place at the Adamu Adamu Lecture and Office Complex, essentially, dwelt on security matters. A paper on how staff can improve …
As Lafia Forum visits Abdul Rahman, members say: We want your success and peaceful FULafia
|By Musa Ishaq The Chairman of the Lafia Unity Family in the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Mr. Musa Dahiru, has revealed the resolve of his members to make the tenure of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Shehu Abdul Rahman, the most successful in the institution’s history. The Lafia Unity Family is an umbrella association of indigenes of Lafia LGA working in FULafia. Musa made known the resolve of the members when he led some of them on a courtesy visit to the vice-chancellor at his office, recently. Musa told the vice-chancellor that the purpose of the visit was to congratulate him …
To dev. agric, CARDS gets support from Gov. Sule
|By Yahaya Ahmed The Governor of Nasarawa State Engineer Abdullahi A. A. Sule, has expressed his readiness to support the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) to maximise agricultural productivity in the state. The governor stated this at the occasion of presentation of FULafia CARDS’s Blueprint in Adamu Adamu Offices and Lectures Complex of the University. Sule, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Mr. Naphtali Jarumi Dachar, said that the centre came when the state was need of agricultural transformation. He said: Looking at the enormous challenges agriculture …