ABUJA—Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has commended the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, for accepting to open a Study Centre in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

This was even as he conveyed the approval, in principle, by the National Assembly, the University’s plan to set up a Study Centre within the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

Senator Ekweremadu spoke when he received a delegation of the NOUN, which paid him a courtesy call in his Office in Abuja, yesterday.

He commended the NOUN for the opportunity it is giving to Nigerians to access tertiary education across the country, emphasizing that “an educated populace is very critical to the development of our nation”.

Ekweremadu also  expressed hope that the Study Centre in Awgu town would bring tertiary education closer to his constituents and the surrounding rural communities.

He said: “I am happy that you have approved a Study Centre to be set up at Awgu in Enugu West Senatorial District. Enugu West is the only Senatorial  District in that State without any higher institution of learning.

”It has been my earnest desire to have a tertiary institution in the District. So, this is meant to fill this gap.”