Bayelsa Education Fund Donates Microbiology Equipment To Niger Delta University

Bayelsa Education Development Trust Fund (EDTF) has donated microbiology equipment to Niger Delta University to facilitate the accreditation of the Microbiology programmes at the university.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Allen Agih, commended the EDTF for the timely intervention ahead of the visit of the Accreditation Panel of the National Universities Commission (NIC) .
He noted that the equipment would enhance the admission quota of the university as more students can now be admitted for undergraduate programmes.
Agih thanked the Bayelsa government for the establishment of the EDTF to intervene in critical areas of need at all levels of education.
The Chairman of the EDTF board, Chief Fidelis Agbiki, said that the board of the EDTF granted the request of the university as the accreditation will expand openings for Bayelsa students.
“The EDTF has always supported the Niger Delta University from the first tenure, when we provided internet bandwidth. In the second tenure the EDTF sustained the support.
“When this third board that just got inaugurated received several requests from many institutions including the NDU. We prioritised and approved the request and today we are here to hand over the items,” Agbiki said.
Also speaking Dr Ebienwo Agada listed the items to include microscopes, deep freezers, fridges, autoclave incubators amongst others.
He explained that given the NUC standards, the facilities can handle a capacity of 350 students in one batch for practical sessions in the laboratory.
He noted that the equipment will enable the students to have a feeling of practicals and use of equipment students read about but do not see.