IBB University Signs MOU With Estate Developers For Construction Of Hostels, Hotel And Administrative Block

Management of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three separate real estate developers for the construction of additional hostels at the University's main campus.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Academic Secretary of the institution Mr. Musa Mohammed on Thursday.

Under the MOU, a three star hotel and an administrative block will also be erected at the Suleja Campus of the university. The MOU is signed under the Public Private Partnership Agreement (PPPA), with partners including Three Marks Nigeria Limited, Samok Integrated Services Nigeria Limited, and Fazafat Nigeria Limited. Speaking in an interview after the signing of the MOU on Thursday, the University's Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Dr. Muhammad Kudu Santuraki, said the completion period for all the projects would not exceed 12 months.

He described tertiary education as being capable of liberating any nation and its people from the shackles of poverty, adding that the Suleja Campus when becomes operational, would be used largely for executive programmes.

Earlier in his welcome address, the university's Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Muhammed Nasir Maiturare, said the University has the ambition of becoming the best in the country.

According to him, this ambition can only be achieved through quality infrastructure, among others.

In their separate remarks, representatives of the companies promised to execute the projects on time and on specifications. The event had in attendance the University's registrar, the bursar, some members of council, the University's legal adviser, students' union government president, among others.