At the Nigerian Law School’s Bwari campus, the Federal Capital Territory, the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, launched construction of 632 new student hostels and announced a plan to erect a new auditorium to accommodate growing student numbers.
During the groundbreaking ceremony, Wike explained that President Bola Tinubu personally approved the auditorium addition after being informed that existing facilities would become insufficient. The hostels will be evenly split: 316 beds for male students and 316 for female students.
Wike emphasized that the infrastructure push underscores the Tinubu administration’s intention to improve legal education, ease student accommodation challenges, and expand the institutional capacity of the Law School.
He credited the Attorney-General, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), and the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma (SAN), for facilitating previous interventions — including renovations of staff quarters and student housing — that laid the groundwork for today’s expansion.
Prof. Chiroma expressed gratitude, noting that the new hostels would ease pressure on student accommodation and allow more focus on academic reforms. The project is slated for completion within 12 months, with no adjustments to the contract sum, Wike affirmed.
