The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Monday, inaugurated a 1.8 kilometer road it constructed in the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, while handing over the road to the university authorities, said the project was an intervention programme by the ministry.
Fashola, represented by Mr Olajide Uzeni, an official of the ministry, said the ministry was building no fewer than 43 internal roads in tertiary institutions across the country.
The minister added that 18 out of the 43 internal roads had been completed.
He stated that students now had renewed enthusiasm in attending classes because some defective roads in the institution had been repaired.
Fashola said improved infrastructure and learning environment would impact positively on the quality of education in the country’s tertiary institutions, and urged FUTA to take proper care of its asset.
In his remarks, Vice Chancellor of FUTA, Professor Joseph Fuwape, lauded the federal government for the project, describing it as auspicious.
Fuwape said the road was critical to the institution because it linked four schools of study as well as the School of Post-graduate Studies.
The vice chancellor stressed that more than 2,000 students would benefit from using the road.
He commended the ministry for rehabilitating Southgate road in the university and appealed to it to do more during its second phase of intervention.
The vice chancellor further enjoined the ministry to partner with the institution in training its students on site during construction.
“It is not only about building roads but also about training. Our students can get the nitty-gritty of road and housing construction through your assistance.
“Here, we have a Civil Engineering Department and our students can have their projects on site while doing construction,” he said.
Vice President of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) of FUTA, Miss Caroline Felix, said the road would ease transportation problems in the school.
Felix noted that the road, before the construction, was one of the major causes of lateness of students to lectures.
