A MULTI-MILLION naira library being built by University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) is to be opened in March next year.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, told reporters in Nsukka on Monday that the facility would be the largest in Africa. He said the library, which will cost more than N900 million would be equipped with modern facilities.
Nebo further disclosed that the university had received N900 million from the government to facilitate the completion of the project abandoned years ago.
He said work had also resumed on some projects abandoned more than 20 years ago, including the university auditorium and a multi-purpose student relaxation centre from internal revenue sources.
The vice-chancellor added that the university was building 14-lecture halls to address the problem of inadequate lecture rooms.
He said: "For over 20 years, no project has been carried out in this institution. I met so many abandoned projects and I intend to complete all by God's Grace.
"This institution has undergone decades of bastardisation but we brought transparency, accountability and honesty in fund generation and spending; and that is why we are getting support internally and externally.
"We achieved industrial peace because our workers trust and have confidence in us, and that was why they donated to the UN Research and Development Foundation".
The vice-chancellor commended corporate organisations that had shown interest in improving the institution's academic environment by building and equipping a computer school at the Nsukka campus.
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