{"id":1738,"date":"2025-12-04T14:16:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2025-12-04T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:16:31","slug":"futminna-welcomes-nuc-accreditation-team-to-library-information-science-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/?p=1738","title":{"rendered":"FUTMINNA WELCOMES NUC ACCREDITATION TEAM TO LIBRARY , INFORMATION SCIENCE DEPARTMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Lami Bawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852396595-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1739\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852396595.jpg\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852347888-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852347888-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852347888-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852347888.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1746\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/?attachment_id=1746\" class=\"wp-image-1746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1764852343183.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA), Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, today, Monday 1 December 2025, received the National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation team on a visit to the Department of Library and Information Science (LIS), School of Science and Technology Education (SSTE). The meeting held at the Vice-Chancellor\u2019s Conference Room, Main Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation, led by Prof. Mansur Usman Malumfashi, explained that the purpose of the visit is to evaluate the programme in line with NUC standards. He said the team would review facilities, the curriculum, staff qualifications and development, the staff, student ratio, and the department\u2019s library resources, particularly the e-library, considering the institution\u2019s status as a University of Technology. According to him, accreditation exercises help highlight institutional strengths and recommend areas for further improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks, Prof. Kuta appreciated the NUC for its consistent accreditation processes, noting that they contribute significantly to the growth and quality assurance of Nigerian universities. He emphasised that regular accreditation keeps institutions focused and accountable, ensuring that standards are upheld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice-Chancellor assured the team of the University\u2019s full cooperation throughout the exercise. He added that FUT, Minna is prepared to accept and work on the outcome of the assessment to further strengthen the LIS Department and advance the University\u2019s academic excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the NUC team present included Prof. Munir Abdullahi Kamba and Mr. Bashir I. Isah. Also in attendance were the Dean, SSTE, Head of Department, LIS, the Director of Academic Planning, and other University officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit Abdulrauf Mustapha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lami Bawa The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUTMINNA), Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, today, Monday 1 December 2025, received the National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation team on a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1747,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions\/1747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.futminna.edu.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}