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…As Group Raises #232.562m For Take -Off Of Bassambiri Agric Varsity
The Chief Executive Officer of BOBTRACK TRACTOR LTD, Mr Bob Manuel has called for the urgent diversification of the nation’s economy from oil and gas into agriculture especially in the Niger Delta region.
He said agriculture alone due to the arable vast land across the length and breath of the country is capable of mopping-up the teeming unemployed youths of Niger Delta in particular and Nigeria in general.
He stated this during a fundraising to support the kick off of the Federal University of Agriculture, Bassambiri, Bayelsa State, urging all critical stakeholders in the educational sector in the south south region to rally round the newly approved Federal University for the over all benefit of the people.
Meanwhile, a group under the auspices of Federal University of Agriculture Support Group(FSG) has raised a total of N232.562 million for eventual take-off of the newly established university in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
While delivering a keynote address at the fundraising ceremony in Yenagoa, the Coordinator of the Support group, Dr. Ala-Peters David, noted that the group decided to organize the fundraising in compliance with the presidential directive that all newly established universities kickoff by September 2025.
He stressed that Bayelsans would be the direct beneficiaries of the institutions despite the fact that it is a Federal University.
He further reiterated that the university is the first higher institution in Bassambiri, Opu-Nembe which prompted members of the fundraising committe to organize the event to leverage on the granting of the institution by the Federal Government, appealing to well-meaning Bayelsans in particular and Nigerians as a whole to support the growth and development of the school.
In the same vein, the state governor, Senator Douye Diri, who was represented at the occasion by the Commissioner of Education, Gentle Emelah noted that the state government had done a critical assessment and appraisal of the Federal University of Agriculture, Bassambirii with a commitment to assist in the construction of basic facilities for a conducive academic environment for the students and staff of the institution.
He also noted that right from the inception of the present administration, the state government has always prioritize educational policy in the state.
He was however pledged adequate logistic support to kick-start the University.
