By Promise Ogana
The Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, has been closed for two weeks due to the ravaging flood that has affected most parts of the school.
Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Kingsley Ashibuogwu, who visited the school yesterday to have an on the spot assessment on the impact of the flood on the university, said it was no longer safe for students to remain on campus.
Announcing the closure of the school, the commissioner said that it was hoped that within the two weeks duration, the flood would had receded.
While saying that the measure was taken in the best interest and safety of students and workers in the university community, the Higher Education Commissioner assured students and the school management that lectures and academic activities would resume as soon as the flood receded.
Faculties affected by the flood included that of Administration and Management, Computer Science, and Environmental Sciences.
Others included the Faculty of Agriculture, Mass Communications, the University Health Centre, the library, generator plant house, Staff Club, as well as the administrative building of the university.
The commissioner, who expressed shocked at the level and impact of the ravaging flood on the university, said that the state government was on top of the situation to ensure that students were safely evacuated from the school.
