Deputy Gov. Commends AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's Giant Strides

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R-L: Commissioner for Social Development, Hon. Bosede Olaitan Buraimoh, Deputy Governor, Elder Kayode Alabi, Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Mary Arinde, Head of Osi Campus and Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Prof. Binta Ajibola Sulyman during the Deputy Governor’s assessment visit to KWASU Satellite Campus at Osi on Monday.


... Osi campus has all it takes for academic expansion-Prof. Binta Sulyman 


The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Elder kayode Alabi, has commended the present administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his giant strides at bringing the state to an enviable standard.


Elder Alabi made the commendation during an assessment visit to the Osi satellite campus of the Kwara State University yesterday.


Similarly, the Chairman,  House of Assembly Committee on Education, Hon. Mohammed Baba Saliu, who was also at the Osi campus for the same assessment visit, appraised the Governor for his painstaking efforts at completing a project of this magnitude to standard.


The Chairman congratulated the students on their successful relocation to the Osi Campus and admonished them to be good ambassadors of the noble institution, paying particular attention to the professional touch in the project.

The Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Education, Hon. Mohammed Baba Saliu and his team during their assessment visit to Osi Satellite Campus of KWASU yesterday.


Speaking during the visit, the Commissioner for Teritairy Education, Dr. Mary Ronke Arinde explained that the Osi -Ilesha-Baruba Campuses of KWASU were mearnt to compliment the current academic offerings of the institution and to add robust sustainability of the functional facilities of the institution.


Dr. Arinde hinted that the project, which initially suffered some setbacks, was reawarded to another set of contractors on April 19, 2024, by His Excellency, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.


She appreciated the governor for considering the initiative of reawarding the two projects to Muis Engineering Company and Texus Nigeria limited to handle both campuses, respectively.


The Commissioner also appreciated the Deputy Governor and the entire members of the House of Assembly Committee on Education for their visit and for showing great interest in the Osi-Ilesha-Baruba satellite Campuses projects.


In her remarks, the Head of Osi Campus and Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Professor Binta Ajibola Sulyman appreciated the efforts and magnanimity of the Governor for making the Osi Campus a reality, which she described as a landmark and huge investment in the teritairy education sector.


She reiterated that the project, which occupies about 2000 hectares of land, has the tendency to expand in the nearest future, describing it as the first of its kind in the country being a world-class standard.


Prof Sulyman assured that the project has all it takes to accommodate all courses offered by the faculty, such as Architecture, Estate Management, Urban and Regional Planning Surveys, and Fine and Applied Arts, among others.


She, however, thanked the entire people of the host community for their hospitality, reception, and anxiety towards the commencement of academic programme on the campus.


Mansurat Amuda-kannike 

Press Secretary 

Ministry of Teritairy Education 

26/11/2024

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