Education Minister Commissions Multi Million Naira Standard Library, Other Projects At FUG
By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau
The multi million naira standard library and other projects have today been commissioned by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa.
Other Projects commissioned are, 200-capacity lecture theatre for Agric Science and an extension block of the Faculty of Science, which have all been built under the TETFUND 2025/2026 Annual Intervention.
These two projects were commissioned by the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Arc. Sonny S. T. Echono and Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Yusufu Abdullahi Ribadu, respectively.
Speaking shortly after the cutting of the tape, the Education Minister Dr, Maruf Tunji Alausa said, one of the aims behind the library construction was to bring a source of research to the doorstep of the learning students of the University and even beyond.
The Minister, who spoke through the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Mu’azu Abubakar Gusau, whose administration facilitated the project, said
constructed library, which encompassed relevant sections including shelves and e-learning and research, was designed to facilitate the building of educative and productive future generations for the country.
In an interview with the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau FUG, Professor Aliyu Mu'azu Gusau on his motive behind the facilitating these laudable projects during his tenure, he said, the library would serve as a great plus to the education sector, not only to the host environment but the entire nation, adding that, “Education is an opener for all successes in human endeavour.
According to him, facilitating the projects became inferative considering that, lack of education that caused all security challenges bedeviling zamfara state and country at large.
He added that illiteracy remains the centre source of crimes and criminals that involve banditry, kidnapping and other dangerous groups disturbing the peace and tranquillity of our great nation.
“This is the main reason my administration gave priority to provisions for lucrative human-building projects, amongst which this completed library emanated”. Said the VC
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