UNIABUJA Begins Railway Engineering : Two New Faculty

The University of Abuja said on Tuesday that it had
received approval to begin new faculties in the institution, which are the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Environmental Sciences.

The university noted that it had also entered into an agreement with a Chinese company to begin a programme in Railway Engineering.

The UNIABUJA Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, stated these during a press conference with journalists, noting that the new faculties and programme are to make the students of the institution “globally competitive.”

The VC said, “We must compete as a country and explore the advantages of the 21st century. We are introducing foreign languages and making them compulsory to at least pass a foreign language. The senate will very soon approve of this requirement that you cannot graduate from the institution if you have not passed one foreign language.

“Part of the reasons why some foods are expensive is because of the cost of transportation. So, the rail system is one that ensures availability of goods across the country. We are going to begin a programme on Railway Technology, not the colonial locomotive railway. We are partnering with a Chinese company. We are going to work with the National Universities Commission in the design of the syllabus.