Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has appealed to the Council of Legal Education to increase the admission quota into the Faculty of Law at the state-owned Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma.
Governor Diri made the appeal on Tuesday, during a courtesy visit by an accreditation panel from the council led by the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Olugbemisola Odusote, to the Government House, Yenagoa.
The governor said the request is in line with his administration’s commitment to expanding access to quality legal education in the state and strengthening state-owned institutions.
The governor expressed optimism that before the next visit of the panel, there would be improvement in facilities both at the Yenagoa campus of the Nigerian Law School and the NDU faculty of law.
He said his administration has made significant structural and instructional contributions to the law school and directed the commissioners for education and that of works and infrastructure to visit the campus to assess areas of assistance.
Governor Diri promised to look into other requests presented by the council and assured the delegation that the state government will continue to support the growth of the institution.
Earlier, the Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Olugbemisola Odusote, commended Governor Diri for his support for legal education, especially to the NDU law faculty and the Nigerian Law School campus in Yenagoa.
The head of the accreditation panel said the visit is a routine quality assurance exercise by the council to law faculties across the country.
She explained that the visit is also to present an exit report to the governor at the end of the accreditation exercise.
According to Odusote, facilities at the NDU faculty of law were in good shape but require improvements to meet global standards.
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She further urged the state government to increase investment in both human resources and infrastructure at the faculty, stressing that as a state-owned institution, more was expected from the state.
The director general said the full report of the panel’s findings would be submitted to the Council of Legal Education for further action.
She also appealed to the governor to provide solar-powered light at the law school campus as well as connect the institution to the state’s gas turbine power plant to reduce the cost of diesel for its generator plant.
Odusote equally requested the provision of permanent staff quarters, more office accommodation for the NDU law lecturers as well as lecture halls, smart boards and enhancement of the faculty’s library.
