BY EMMANUELLA OGHENETEGA
NYESOM Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has flagged off the construction of a 600-bed student hostels for Nigerian Law School. Revealing also, the directive given by President Tinubu, to provide a new, state-of-the-art auditorium, to further enhance legal education infrastructure.
Speaking at the ceremony, Wike explained that the President’s directive followed an observation that the anticipated increase in student intake occasioned by the building of the new hostel necessitated a review of the existing lecture facilities.
Wike extended commendation to the Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Lateef Fagbemi, for his support and commitment to the justice sector, saying, “All we are doing in the justice sector today is because of his support”, and cited the ongoing digitisation of the FCT High Court as another collaborative success story that has received Presidential backing and budgetary approval.
The Minister further praised the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School for his leadership, especially for prioritizing the infrastructural needs of other campuses, such as the completed hostel and auditorium project at the Yenagoa Law School campus, stressing that history will be kind to him.
Speaking on the 600-bed hostel accommodation, Wike, noted that it is the second major intervention at the Law School within two years of the current tenure of Tinubu.
