The Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has developed and given more than 710 meters of inward streets to the Administrative School of Training (Specialized), Omoku, Waterways.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, handed over the roads to the school on Friday.
Fashola, represented by Mr Olufemi Adetunji, the Government Regulator of Works in the state, said that the development and recovery of the streets were pointed toward crossing over the infrastructural hole.
He said it would establish a favorable climate for educating and learning.
The priest revealed that 15 individuals were utilized during the development of the streets, consequently adding to the gig creation drive of the National Government.
He noticed that the norm of schooling in the foundation would work on following the speculation on framework.
According to him, the gap of the nation’s infrastructure needs is steadily being bridged by a gradual process of repairs, renewal and construction on major highways and it has reached the schools.
“It is not debatable that the quality of education will be impacted by the quality of infrastructure and the learning environment and those who doubt it should simply listen to some of the feedback from students in the schools where this type of intervention had taken place.
“We have successfully intervened in 64 internal road projects in various federal tertiary institutions and handed over 46 of such roads as at March 2022. We now have another 18 roads, ready to be handed over. We are currently attending to 19 other roads in similar institutions across the country, making a total of 83 roads.
“The students are expressing renewed enthusiasm with regards to attending classes because some defective roads have been restored to good condition, “he said.
In his speech, Dr Emmanuel Ikenyiri, the Provost of the institution, commended the Federal Government for the intervention.
He said that the place was formerly a forest and that lecturers and students were scared because of the un-conducive environment which led to tension for over 30 years since the inception of the institution.
He said that it has remained in a deplorable condition until the Federal Government intervened.
“What the Federal Government has done will make movement easier, lecturers and students will move to their lecture halls without any encumbrance and this will improve learning because roads are critical infrastructure for learning for every higher institution,” he said.
Ikenyiri appealed to the Federal Government to embark on more projects in the college, such as hostel and lecture halls to make the college conducive for learning.
He also called on the Federal Government to convert the College to a Federal University of Education.
