ADSU to Admit First Set of Law Students, Awaits Approval for Faculty of Medicine

Adamawa State University (ADSU), Mubi says it has concluded arrangements to start issuing admissions to the first set of law students.

According to the university, the Faculty of Medicine is next on the line to be established, saying that the committee constituted to that effect has gone far and is keenly awaiting approval from NUC to start running the faculty.

It added that the committee in agreement with Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and the University Governing Council has gone far in its assignment.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, made this known while speaking at a one day public hearing organised by Adamawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Education, Tertiary and Professional Institutions held in Yola on Tuesday.

The public hearing which was organised by the committee headed by Hon. Bathiya Wesley (PDP Hong), saw relevant stakeholders making their presentations on a bill for law to establish ADSU.

Prof Kaletapwa stated that the state university has since gotten approval from National Universities Commission to run the Faculty of Law, and that any moment the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) calls off its strike action, the new faculty will be issuing admissions to its first set of students.

She told the gathering that the school has close to 20,000 students between 2017 to 2020 because according to her, the university has established 3 new faculties on ground.