The Vice-Chancellor of Sokoto State University, Prof. Muhammad Bello Yarima, has appealed to the Sokoto State Government to approve the recruitment of additional academic staff to support the institution’s planned expansion into new faculties and academic programmes.
Yarima made the appeal on Saturday during the combined fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth convocation ceremonies of the university in Sokoto.
He said the institution, established in 2009, had expanded from three pioneer faculties to five and was awaiting approval from the National Universities Commission for 22 additional academic programmes.
According to him, the approval will increase the university’s faculties to between eight and nine.
“The university is expanding in terms of admission quota, academic programmes and student population. We are pleading with Your Excellency to allow the university system to expand its staffing position.
