Okunnu, SAN Donates New Floor To UNILAG Law Faculty

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Alhaji Femi Okunnu, has donated
a new floor to the Faculty of Law building at the University of
Lagos (UNILAG).

Speaking during the event via webinar, Okunnu said he was
extremely proud and humbled to be part of the university community
and the executor of the project.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said the
execution of the project is in line with his P3P vision which
stands for Pick a Project, Pick a Programme and Pick a Person.

He said what Okunnu had done by donating N100 million for the
vertical extension of the fourth floor of the Law Faculty building
was an example of picking a project.

“Despite that we have no budget for capital project this year,
God has sent divine helpers to build the university,” he said.

Prof. Adele Jinodu who represented Alhaji Okunnu at the event,
described the donor as a committed intellectual who intends to give
whatever he has to advance education in the country.

Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor A.V Atsenuwa, said the Law
programme started as a three-or four-year programme with an average
of 80 students admitted annually. However, he said the number
increased when students were admitted through the Post UTME and now
admits an average of 270 students per year. She added that the
Master’s programme also expanded which made the space inadequate
for the students, adding that the lecturers had to share
offices.

She expressed gratitude for the project despite the COVID-19
pandemic delaying its completion.

The new floor, which is the fourth floor, would accommodate the
faculty board room, eight offices, two seminar rooms, a moot room
with facilities of international standard that can take 80
students, as well as other designated rooms strictly for
students.

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Alhaji Femi Okunnu, has donated
a new floor to the Faculty of Law building at the University of
Lagos (UNILAG).

Speaking during the event via webinar, Okunnu said he was
extremely proud and humbled to be part of the university community
and the executor of the project.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said the
execution of the project is in line with his P3P vision which
stands for Pick a Project, Pick a Programme and Pick a Person.

He said what Okunnu had done by donating N100 million for the
vertical extension of the fourth floor of the Law Faculty building
was an example of picking a project.

“Despite that we have no budget for capital project this year,
God has sent divine helpers to build the university,” he said.

Prof. Adele Jinodu who represented Alhaji Okunnu at the event,
described the donor as a committed intellectual who intends to give
whatever he has to advance education in the country.

Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor A.V Atsenuwa, said the Law
programme started as a three-or four-year programme with an average
of 80 students admitted annually. However, he said the number
increased when students were admitted through the Post UTME and now
admits an average of 270 students per year. She added that the
Master’s programme also expanded which made the space inadequate
for the students, adding that the lecturers had to share
offices.

She expressed gratitude for the project despite the COVID-19
pandemic delaying its completion.

The new floor, which is the fourth floor, would accommodate the
faculty board room, eight offices, two seminar rooms, a moot room
with facilities of international standard that can take 80
students, as well as other designated rooms strictly for
students.