UNILAG attracts N8bn research grants in 3 years –VC

 The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, says the institution has attracted over N8bn research grants in the past three years.

Ogundipe disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of a ceremony to hand over the vertical extension of the Faculty of Law of the institution, on Wednesday in Lagos.

Supreme reports that Alhaji Femi Okunnu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, donated N100m for the construction of the extension.

”In the past three years of this administration, I want to say that we have been able to attract research grants of over N8 bn.

“Already, this faculty of law has just been awarded an international grant of $45,000 USD and another one of $20,000 USD.

“That is the direction a university should go. And like I keep on saying, we are the light. The university is the light. We are supposed to lighten the society and that is the path we are taking in UNILAG, reaching out for grants,” he said.

He noted that about 20 of his colleagues from the institution were currently being interviewed by the TETFund for research grants, adding that the grants were worth N20 m each.

”I am sure they will all  get the N20 m each and if I should put these amount together, it will translate to a total of N400 m other research grants and this is going to go a long way in moving the university to an envious height.