Wow! Catholic Church Builds N16bn University in Lagos

 

The university, which is set to be a world-class one, will be inaugurated on Friday for the first set of students with Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and former Chief of General Staff, Theophillus Danjuma, billed as the keynote speak­er and chairman on the oc­casion, respectively.

Catholic Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos, who is also the Pro­prietor of the University, Archbishop Adewale Mar­tins, disclosed this at the weekend.

He spoke at the Ilara-Epe campus of the univer­sity while addressing jour­nalists on the inauguration ceremony, which will also have Governor Akinwum­mi Ambode of Lagos State and many other eminent Nigerians in attendance.

While disclosing that the university would be for sound learning and char­acter moulding, the cleric added that the funding came largely from support­ive parishes in the archdio­cese and donations from friends and development partners of the university.

Adewale, who noted that indigents but brilliant stu­dents with consistent good grades would also have scholarship opportunity in the university added that the institution would kick off with 200 students.