FUT Minna scores high on science lab, e-library

Accreditation teams from the National Universities Commission (NUC) have commended the management of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna for providing ‘a world class laboratory for students to conduct research.

Three different accreditation teams were at the university at the weekend to assess the programmes of the departments of Biological Sciences, Physics and Microbiology.

Presenting their preliminary reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Musbau Adewumi Akanji, the leader of Biological Sciences team, Prof. Ediga Bede, Agbo from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi commended the University for providing a state-of-the-art laboratory for the institution.

He attributed the quality of students’ projects in the department to the quality of facilities at the laboratory, and urged the students to take advantage of the presence of the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology to conduct more researches in natural products.

On the Departmental Library, the don expressed delight with the university for having a functional e-library with more than five different online sources for books and journals with the aim of scaling up research in the department and the institution as a whole.

Responding, the VC, Prof. Akanji thanked the teams for the accreditation visit, and assured the teams that all the grey areas highlighted for improvement would be addressed accordingly.