Adamawa University appeals to indigenes to seek admission

The Vice-Chancellor of the Adamawa State University, Mubi, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, has appealed to the indigenes of the state to take advantage of their admission slots in the institution.

Farauta, who made the appeal while speaking with journalists on Wednesday in Mubi, expressed worry over the low number of indigenes applying for admission into the university.

“Children from our local government areas do not apply to the state university even though they are indigenes of the state.

“It will be good to let our people know that every local government has a certain number of slots of admission into the state university. This is because they are the major stakeholders.

“But in many occasions after admission, we found out that so many local government areas did not meet up their slots.

“They let go off their slots because they don’t have candidates to fill up the gaps,’’ she said.

According to her, the development is a source of concern to the management of the university.

Farauta noted that it was imperative for the indigenes to recognise themselves as the university’s major stakeholders, and urged them to ensure that they filled their admission quotas.

She enjoined the state and the local education authorities to begin to sensitise their students to always choose their state owned university when filling their Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms.

The vice-chancellor said that the state government was committed to the payment of the staff salaries and monthly subvention to the university.

According to her, the university has, within the past two years, recorded development in areas of infrastructure, academic excellence and stability.

“Today, with the support of the state government, we are up to date. We are receiving our monthly subvention and our staff salary payment is up to date.

“TETFUND equally played a vital role in supporting the institution,’’ she added.