University of Jos - Nigeria
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jos, Professor Seddi
Sebastian Maimako has disclosed that the Federal Government has
awarded the sum of about N729m through the Tertiary Education
Trust Fund (TETFUND) for the renovation of the University’s burnt
Library at the Naraguta Campus. Professor Maimako made this
known in his office when a delegation from the Federal University of
Technology, Minna led by the University Librarian, Dr. Alhassan
Jibril Attahiru paid him a courtesy call.
The Vice-Chancellor commended the Federal University of
Technology, Minna for its outstanding gesture of solidarity in the
donation of 148 titles of 458 volumes of books to the University of
Jos.
Professor Maimako who was represented by the University of Jos
Librarian, Dr. Stephen Akintunde appreciated Management of FUT
Minna for the assistance, describing it as an encouraging act of
camaraderie. He noted that the value of true friends are found when
you are in need and assured the team that the books presented
would be properly utilized, adding that the act would be recorded in
the roll of honour being compiled by the University.
The Vice-Chancellor explained that over sixty percent of the Library
resources of the University was burnt down during the inferno
affecting six Faculties and several Departments.
Earlier, Dr. Alhassan Jibril Attahiru, said that the incidence of the
burnt Library in Unijos was a colossal loss not only to Unijos, but to
Nigeria as a whole. He described the Library as the custodian of the
culture of every University, since the historical experience and
values of the system are recorded in books, journals, magazines
and other library materials.
Dr. Attahiru was enthused that they are also part of the effort to
rebuild the burnt Unijos Library and recalled that four (4) Staff of
FUT Minna had recently received practical training in the University
of Jos Library where they had benefitted a lot.
Highlight of the event was the presentation of the books on various
subjects and a letter signed by the Vice-Chancellor of FUT Minna,
Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji.