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The Delta State Representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya, has vowed that NDDC will do everything possible to complete the abandoned 522-bed Hostel building at the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka.
He disclosed this on Friday during a fact-finding and on-the-spot assessment of the hostel project and courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor, Professor Andy Egwunyenga.
According to him, NDDC is determined to complete the building project which he is said is 40% done, adding that when completed President Bola Tinubu will be on ground to commission it.
The building has been abandoned since 2014.
Rt Hon. Igbuya noted that the project is dear to his heart because it will help to mitigate the suffering encountered by parents and students of the University in their quest to find a good and befitting accommodation for their children.
He said: “We have a mandate by Mr. President to complete all old projects before facing new ones.”
When eventually completed, the hostel will accommodate over 522 students of the University.
Speaking to journalists, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Rosemary Okoh, who represented the Vice Chancellor, said she “is happy with the visit because of the importance the hostel when completed.
Her words: “We are highly delighted to have Rt. Hon. Igbuya around to look at this project abandoned since 2014 or so. The project is of importance at this time. Apart from cult activities that happen outside, accomodation is very expensive for the staff and students. Also, we have issues of insecurity outside and all the students are preferring to stay within the campus. But all the hostel facilities we have on campus are grossly insufficient to meet the needs of students. If this project is completed within the shortest time and it is available for the next academic session, then we should have at least 522 beds made available for students. That is a big plus for Delta State University and for the whole of Delta State and Nigeria.”