Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the release of the Rivers State University (RSU) Campus in Kira, Tai Local Government Area, to the Federal Government for the commencement of the newly established Federal University of Environment and Technology (FUET).

The institution was formally established after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the bill into law on February 3, 2025.

During an inspection of the Kira campus on Thursday, Fubara, accompanied by RSU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Nlerum Okogbule, revealed that the National Security Adviser had requested the state government to provide the facility to facilitate FUET?s take-off.

The governor said: ?We are here to assess the place, as it is the government property belonging to the Rivers State University. And we are here for the University to update us with the status of the property.

?They have already given us a written information, but I felt that it is proper for us to come and do physical assessment and that is what we just did. From what we have seen , it is a well planned out place and I strongly believe that it is suitable for the take-off of this University.?

Fubara clarified that the Kira campus belongs to the Rivers State University and that only the Rivers State Government possessed the right through the university to release it.

He assured President Tinubu, who he said approved the federal university out of his goodwill, and the National Security Adviser, that the facility would be released for FUET to take-off.

Highlighting the importance of the university, Fubara said: ?We are doing this because at the end of the day what the University is going to do for us here is three major things. It will bring development, it will bring increased educational attainment of the Ogoni people especially on this issue of environmental impacts.

?You know we have a lot of problems along this region on issues of environment. This university is, therefore, going to provide study platform. Finally, it is a honour that it is in our own time that this noble initiative is established. So we are thanking all the parties who initiated it and made it to come to pass.

?We are also grateful to the university for still keeping this place because you can see from our assessment that most of the facilities were just recently renovated. They wanted to use it but as it stands now since I have the final power, we will build another one for the RSU, but this campus should be released for the new Federal University?. (The Nation)

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