The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has pledged his support for the Nigerian Law School (NLS).
Nyesom said his administration would consider the request of the institution for the construction of staff quarters and the provision of vehicles for the school.
The minister made the pledge on Thursday when a delegation of the Nigerian Law School led by the Director General, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, paid a courtesy visit to his office.
Wike, in his address, said it was important for agencies within the FCT to be given every necessary support and directed the General Counsel of the FCT Administration to liaise with the school so that the requested construction of the staff quarters would be added to the budget.
He said: “As far as we are concerned, we are here to make institutions, agencies of government that carry out business in the FCT, to give them every necessary support. You made two requests which are very germane: the staff quarters and vehicles. So, the General Council will liaise with you so that before we submit our budget to Mr. President to convey to the National Assembly, if it will be necessary, between now and Monday, the General Council will liaise with you and see whether you have the designs, so that we will be able to know what it will cost us and then see whether we can include it in the budget.
“And then the vehicles we talked about, we don’t know the type of vehicles, but I believe they are not SUVs. Maybe you are looking for buses and Hilux. So, we will look at the number we have, and then be able to make that available to you”.