PLSG assures of assisting University of Jos

By ISRAEL LAR

THE Plateau State Government has promised to not only assist the University of Jos in bringing back its library that was gutted by fire, but would also liaise with Presidency for assistance to the university.
Governor Simon Bako Lalong said this last Thursday when he paid an on the spot visit to the gutted library complex which also houses other departments.
The governor said, what affects the university, also affects the state, stressing that, apart from the training of manpower for the state, it has also trained youths who are found all over the world.
He called on spirited individuals, alumnus and publishers to donate books to the University library, so that it would replace the lost books, journals and reference materials.
He used the occasion to commend the staff, students and spirited individuals who helped in fighting the fire before the arrival of the State Fire Service.
While conducting the Governor round the burnt library, the Director, Physical Facilities, Arc Halima Auta in company of the chief librarian said, the fire started at about 6:30 PM from the Sociology Department when the staff of the library were about closing.
According to her, they tried to stop the fire but could not as the fire extinguishers were not functioning, as they kept trying until Fire Service came.
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of the university of Jos, Professor Sabastine Seddy Maimako thanked the Governor for finding him in his tight schedule to see for himself the fire inferno, adding that, the university has lost a lot from the fire.
He said journals, reference materials amongst other materials in the library since establishment of the university were gutted by the fire.
The vice chancellor them used the occasion to solicit for assistance in the repairs of the library, donations of books and other reference materials from the state, Federal, and from spirited individuals and alumnus of the university towards equipping the university library so as to help students read.

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