UNIJOS Pays Gov. Lalong A Courtesy Call

The Vice chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Hayford Mafuyai has tabled the major challenges that the institution is facing in the security burdened state. Mafuyai who was accompanied by the University’s Management team on a courtesy call to Governor Simon Lalong reminded him to look into the several request they had earlier presented to the executive inorder to ensure that safety of lives and property and a conducive learning environment is guaranteed in the University Of Jos.
The Vice chancellor also seized the occasion to commend the appointment of Professor Attahiru Jega as the new Pro Chancellor of the Plateau state University, Bokkos. From Plateau state Government House, Rayfield, Jos, here are the deals. In the sad twin Bomb explosion of may 20th 2014 , several University of Jos’ student perished in Terminus market and latter on another bomb was exploded near the main campus school gate were scores died. It was in line with the challenging security situation and other scholastic needs that the management team of the University of Jos decided to table their cry to the new governor of the state to come to their aide as a matter of urgency. Responding the call, Governor Lalong who is an alumnus of the institution, urged them to be patient with him adding that he will look into their numerous needs in a bit of alleviating some of the burdens. The vice chancellor used the occasion to commend the governor in appointing Professor Jega as the new pro chancellor of the state university, hoping that the erudite professor will bring his expertise to bear in the trouble state university that is yet to send any of its students for the National Youth Service Corp since its inception eleven years ago. The VC who hails from Bokkos where the state university is situated also thanked the leadership of the Nigeria University Commission for being patient with the ailing institution in the reconstitution of the governing council. It is expected that the governor of the state, Simon Lalong will immediately swing into action in granting UNIJOS its security and scholastic needs in a bid to rescuing the already deplorable status of education both in the state and in the nation at large.