Federal University Lokoja secures N3bn TETFund grant for AI and robotics centre

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Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has secured a N3bn Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) grant to establish a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Cyber Sciences. ​Vice-Chancellor Gbenga Solomon Ibileye disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing to herald the university’s 10th Convocation scheduled for Saturday. He added that the proposed centre would provide a platform for cutting-edge r

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out that the university was also pursuing a N3bn public-private partnership hostel project, while it had accessed several TETFund interventions, including N335m for NEEDS assessment, N700m and N400m for laboratory and classroom development, and N300m zonal intervention. ​He said construction of the General Science Laboratory Building at the Felele Campus, supported by BUA Group, had reached the roofing stage. Constr

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uction of a pedestrian flyover at the university’s main gate has also commenced following the completion of geotechnical investigations. ​Staff Welfare and International Partnerships ​Speaking on staff development, Ibileye said 21 academic staff had benefited from the TETFund Academic Staff Training and Development Scheme, with N158.9m approved for their programmes. He added that 190 of 200 applications for TETFund c

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onference sponsorship were approved, while all 109 applications from non-academic staff were successful. ​The university also introduced a N50m vehicle refurbishment loan scheme for staff and acquired buses and electric tricycles to improve campus transportation. Also on student welfare, the Vice-Chancellor said NELFUND disbursements of about N188m and N199m benefited 1,631 and 1,665 students, respectively. ​He discl

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