Queen’s College PTA Signs N242m Hostel Contract

The Parent-Teacher Association of Queen’s College, Yaba, is to build a N242 million hostel for the students.

The contract was signed on Monday in Lagos with the contractor, Messrs Bakkri Nig. Ltd..

Speaking at the ceremony, Alhaji Farouk Magaji, chairman of the association, said that the project was in response to the inadequate hostel facilities in the college.

He said that this had resulted in the temporary “de-listing” of some students from the college hostels.

“This did not go down well with most parents whose children were affected. And the PTA took it upon itself to find solution to the problem,”’ he said.

Magaji said that this would be the second time the association would embark on hostel construction.

“In 1999, the PTA embarked on a three-storey hostel which was inaugurated by the late First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo.

“I do hope the proposed project will be commissioned by Dame Patience Jonathan on completion,’’ he said.

Magaji said that the project needed the support of well-meaning Nigerians and friends, as the school would be seeking for funds from corporate bodies and individuals.