Otti Announces 5,000-Capacity Hostel For State University
The Governor and Visitor to Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Dr Alex Otti Sunday promised to build a 5000 capacity hostel as well as renovate and retrofit the existing ones.
The Governor who made the promise at the University hostel A, when he paid an unscheduled visit to the University for an on the spot assessment of infrastructural facilities in the Institution.
He expressed disgust at the level of decay and apologized to students for the neglect by past administrations on their welfare and assured that work will commence immediately on renovating the hostels to make them conducive while the construction of the 5000 capacity hostel will commence in a few months time.
‘I am very happy to meet with you students today, but at the same time. I feel so sad to see the condition of the hostels where you live.
“I want to congratulate those of you who still manage to achieve success under these living conditions’ the Governor stated.
The Governor also promised that cafeterias will be built around the hostels while the construction of the new faculty buildings for Law and Agriculture in Uturu will also commence soon as promised.
Earlier during a courtesy visit in his office before the commencement of the inspection of facilities, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ndukwe J. Okeudo, described the Governor as God sent, adding that the visit to ABSU, shows his commitment to march words with action in his determination to build the new University of our dreams.
Otti Announces 5,000-Capacity Hostel For State University is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
