The Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA),has donated an Information, Communication Technology (ICT) center that has 40 computer units as well as an e-library to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.
Tukur Buba, the Senior Procurement Officer of NPA, who made the donation and commissioned it on behalf of the company explained that the gesture was to help the remedial students improve their knowledge of ICT as well as encourage other forms of academic researches for development.
“Please and please, make a good use of these facilities so that our children unborn will come and use these facilities. The management of Nigerian Ports Authority is behind you, is eager and anxious to see your success in all your endeavours and they want these facilities to be used for the upliftment of education in this institution”.
“I enjoin you once again to make good use of it, no vandalization, these days, people regard government properties as nobody’s properties but this time around, I want you to regard these properties as if they were you own personal properties because after you make use of them, your children and grandchildren will come and make use of it maybe even with a better technology” Tukur said
He then charged the students and other users of the facilities in the center to guard them against vandalization
In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor of ATBU, Professor Muhammed Abdulazeez, commended the NPA for coming to the rescue of the institution,adding that the gesture will help the students reduce the search for physical books .
