First Lady, Patience Jonathan to lay foundation of UNILAG female hostel on Friday, February 21

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan, will on Friday, 21 February lay the foundation of a N3 billion 15-storey female hostel at the University of Lagos, Prof. Duro Oni, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, announced today.

He said the project which would be built by the Parents’ Forum of the institution, was expected to tackle students’ acute accommodation problem.

The project, tagged: “Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan’s Female Hostel Complex’’, is expected to be completed in two years.

“As a university of `first choice’, we are constantly working on ways to put in place the necessary infrastructure … we are the best in not only Africa, but the world at large. The hostel that is to be named after the country’s first lady is the first of its kind in any Nigerian university.

“Over time, we have been having issues with shortage of accommodation, especially for our female students; but as it stands, we are about to witness a huge relief in that regard.

“I must thank the first lady for agreeing to be part of the history-making event and also thank our parents for coming to partner with us,” he said.

Oni said the university was open to partnership with public-spirited individuals and corporate organisations in its quest to promote excellence.

He also lauded the Delta Government which, he said, had already embraced the project.