The Kwara State University, (KWASU), Malete, has asked the Kwara state Geogrphical Information System (KWGIS) to assist in relocating villages situated within the precinct of its land.
It said this would halt the gradual encroachment of the university’s land.
Vice chancellor of the university, Professor Sheik- Lukman Jimoh, made request while addressing journalists on the 12th convocation ceremonies of the institution billed for Saturday, 14 December.
He said the university would not go to court over land encroachment issues but explore the advantages of it tripartite committee comprising representatives of the institution, government and host community to resolve the matter.
“Encroachment on Kwara State University lands was another challenge highlighted in my last convocation address. Currently, we are in an interface with the Kwara State Geographical Information Service to permanently address the issue.
“We have villages situated within the precinct of the university which must be relocated. There is a committee made up of the Ministry of Justice, the Kwara Geographic Information Service, the affected communities, and the university to work out whatever modality would be mutually beneficial to all concerned.
“It is our expectation that the Kwara state government would give the needed backing to the resolutions of the committee so we can secure all the landed property of the institution,” he said.
The VC said the university is growing in population and expanding its infrastructures and programmes with 10 new awaiting accreditation by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC).
He disclosed that a total of 71 students will be awarded First Class Degrees during the event from the 6,891 students including Ph.D and Master’s.
According to him, 1,828 bagged Second Class Upper Division, 3,501 had Second Class Lower Division, while 974 got Third Class in the 2023/2024.
He added that 49 bagged PhD while 468 had Masters degrees.
The management of the state-owned institution also said that it planned to tackle transportation challenges among its students by building more hostel facilities inside the university campus.
“We have recently completed a l04-bedspace hostel. KWASU has also partnered with investors to realise the Students’ Smart city hostel project which will deliver 25,000 bedspaces in the first phase. Currently, work is on-going to deliver, at first, 8,700 bed spaces within the next few months.”
He reiterated that management of the institution would not condone indiscipline and internet frauds among its students, saying that any students found in such untoward behaviour would be shown the way out of the institution as always.
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