KWASU Trained, Certified 21.000 Students In Enterprises- VC

Sikirat Shehu

Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi (SAN), a professor of Business Law and the Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University, Malete, that the institution had trained and certified over 21,000 students in Enterprise creation, while 18,000 students registered their businesses with the Corporate Affairs Commission.

The Vice-Chancellor, who disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists ahead of the

the year 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 convocation ceremony held at the Institution’s campus in Malete, explained that “over 60 percent of these businesses are operational.

“This is making significant contribution to the internally generated revenue drive of the University through some of it’s brand products like KWASU Bread; Poutey products; Bottled and sachet water; Cosmetics; Bricks; Unisex Salon; Leader work and Furniture.”

Akanbi noted that the institution is among the Nigerian Universities that did not cancel an academic session due to the COVID-19 pandemic adding that, the University’s academic programmes currently enjoyed full accreditation status.

The VC identified funding, bad road, encroachment on the University land, and security as the challenges confronting the University; called for urgent restoration of subsection by the government to enable them to grow.

“We appeal to the government to do a reconstruction and expansion of the road to dual carriage status as the existing single lane lacks the capacity to carry the heavy vehicular traffic generated by the exponential increase in population.

” We also want the government to swing into action by erecting perimeter fencing of the land belonging to the University to ward off the current threat.

“Currently, more security personnel are required to curb criminality around the host community. We seek the state and federal governments’ assistance in increasing the number of officers and men attached to Malete Divisional Police Station,” the VC said.

According to him, a total of 6, 620 students are to graduate from the  University for the year 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 academic sessions.