Delta State governor, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori has approved former School of Marine Technology as take-off site for the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale in Ndokwa West local government area of the state.
The state commissioner for Land, Surveys and Urban Development, Chief Emamusi Obiodeh announced the governor’s approval to journalists yesterday in Asaba.
“The governor has approved 15 hectares of land, including all facilities and infrastructure previously used by the Delta State School of Marine Technology, Kwale campus which has moved to their permanent site.
“The new university will operate from this take-off site pending when they move to their permanent site of 100 hectares at Umuseti-Kwale,” the commissioner revealed.
According to him, the governor appreciated the federal government for the choice of Delta State for the “all-important specialised university.”
He expressed the state government’s preparedness to partner with the federal government, and any other serious investors with capacity that are ready to invest in the state.
Obiodeh said Governor Oborevwori has directed him to provide land to investors who are ready to partner with the state with viable developments that would impact the lives of Deltans and other Nigerians.
