Bokkos (Plateau) – Prof. Attahiru Jega, Chairman, Governing
Council, Plateau State University (PLASU), Bokkos on Thursday assumed work by inspecting some projects and presiding over the council’s meeting in Bokkos, near Jos.

The projects inspected by the former INEC boss shortly after
their inauguration by Gov. Simon Lalong, include the N114
million TETFund Lecture Halls and Office.

Others are the N72 million Entrepreneurship Centre and the N69 million 250-capacity theatre.

The university’s Acting Director of Works, Mr Aku Ayok, who
took the council members round the projects, said most of the
projects were TETFund’s with some completed while othersat
near completion.

The PLASU Vice Chancellor, Prof Doknan Sheni, said that the
greatest challenge of the university was non-accreditation and funding.

“A total of 319 of our students could not graduate last year due the issue of non-accreditation of our courses by NUC and we still have another set of 400 students in their final year, “ the VC lamented.

Sheni said there was need for the rapid infrastructural
development in the university and recruitment of the staff to
meet up with the NUC accreditation.

Jega, who expressed gratitude to the Plateau Government over
the appointment, said that the university was founded on very
lofty objectives with a very good mission and vision statements.

According to him, the role of the council is defined by law and
that it will do everything possible to see that staff worked
together to stimulate the growth and development of the
university.