06/12/2023
MY DREAM FOR NSUK GUDI FACULTY OF ENGINEERING-GOVERNOR SULE
Governor Abdullahi Sule has said his dream is to turn the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) faculty of engineering in Gudi into a full fledged state owned university of engineering.
Governor Sule made this known shortly after inaugurating and witnessing the matriculation of pioneer students of the NSUK faculty of engineering in Gudi, his country home, on Tuesday.
The Governor added that, his administration will work towards ensuring the establishment of three new engineering departments under the faculty namely agricultural engineering, mining engineering and petroleum engineering before the end of his tenure.
"My ultimate dream is to come as a visiting lecturer, a retired governor to this same university now no longer a faculty of engineering but a university of engineering in Nasarawa State," he stated.
He described the event as a dream come true, especially that his desire was to draw from his vast experience of engineering, and to contribute to the growth and development of the profession in Nasarawa State.
"When I was growing up all I wanted to do is to be an engineer in my life. After acquiring all the experiences that I have had, I wanted one day to come and contribute the little I know about engineering in Nasarawa State. I have no idea that one day there is going to be a faculty of engineering in Gudi," Governor Sule said.
He used the opportunity to appreciate his immediate past predecessor, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-makura for donating the structure to NSUK, and former executive secretary of the TETFUND, Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, for approving the high impact project which saw to the construction of workshops at the faculty of engineering.
While delivering the inaugural lecture titled "Engineering: The Future for Sustainable Infrastructural Development", Governor Sule identified engineers as problem solvers and innovators, with engineering being a course that has to do with
