Fed University Lafia reserves accommodation for disabled students

The management of Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, says it reserves accommodation in its campus specifically for physically challenged students. The Dean, Students Affairs of the university, Dr. Hassan Imam, revealed this when a disability advocacy team under the leadership of the Personal Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Disability and Social Media, Hamza Mammam […]

The management of Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, says it reserves accommodation in its campus specifically for physically challenged students.

The Dean, Students Affairs of the university, Dr. Hassan Imam, revealed this when a disability advocacy team under the leadership of the Personal Assistant to Governor Abdullahi Sule on Disability and Social Media, Hamza Mammam Awe, visited him.

He said; “At the moment, the university has an accommodation capacity of 700 beds on campus with a total number of 1,000 students. But the institution has made it as a policy that any physically challenged student of the institution that applies for accommodation would be allotted it automatically.”

The don added that the institution has in stock other incentives aimed at cushioning the hardship being experienced by those special category of students in its fold.

In her remarks, the Dean, Faculty of Education of the university, Professor Josephine Odey, told the students with special needs that the university would not give them free marks because of their condition.

She said the university would give them attention because it prioritises inclusive and equal education, and called on government to consider the plight of people with special needs when building new houses in the country.

Leader of the disability advocacy tour, Hamza Mammam Awe said, “I want to assure you that the Governor Sule-led administration is giving us a sense of belonging, hence the reason to embark on this disability advocacy tour of all tertiary institutions in the state to meet and rub minds towards lessening the hardship being faced by you during your studies.”