The Plateau State University, Bokkos, will soon establish new four faculties and the School of Post-Graduate Studies, according to its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Yohanna Izam.

Izam disclosed this at a media forum organised by the correspondents’ Chapel of the Plateau Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Thursday, in Jos.

According to the vice chancellor, the new faculties coming are law, health sciences, education and environmental sciences.

He said that the state government had approved the recruitment of new staff who would man the new faculties and the PG school.

“To ensure steady growth of our university, we have concluded plans to establish four new faculties and the school postgraduate studies.

“These will include faculty of law, environmental science, education, and health sciences

“We are doing this because we believe in quality and qunatity expansion.

“The state government has given us approval to recruit new staff that will man these faculties so as to deepen the quality of our programmes.

“We have mobilised our PG programmes and submitted to the National Universities Commission (NUC) for approval and we will commence once we get approval,”he said.

The vice chancellor also said that he was able to secure accreditation for 16 out of the 17 existing courses in the university in the last three years of his tenure.

Izam promised to continue to prioritise quality teaching and research in the institution, describing these as the strength of every university.

Earlier, Mr Gyang Bere, chairman of the chapel, thanked the vice chancellor for honouring his invitation to appear at the forum.

He said that the interaction would enable members of the chapel to report the modest achievements of the vice chancellor as the head of the institution.

“We are honoured by your presence and it is our hope that this will further strengthen the relationship we have with you,” Bere said.