MERCURY REFURBISHES FACILITIES OF FOURAH BAY COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE Structures of the Institute of Library, Archives and Information Studies (LAINS) University of Sierra Leone Fourah Bay College, refurbished by Mercury International Charitable Foundation were on Friday 11th October, officially opened by the Chairman of Mercury International Charitable Foundation Mr. Samir K. Hassanyeh. Earlier, LAINS executive had submitted a proposal soliciting funding to refurbish its worn out lecture rooms, corridor and garden. The foundations Chairman, MR. Samir K. Hassanyeh issued a cheque of seventeen Million Leones plus to the executive on 1st August 2013 to kick start the projects. In his welcome address, the Director of the Institute of Library, Information and Communication Studies (INSLICS), Mr. John A. Kargbo thanked the foundation for its continued support to academia. Other statements by the LAINS President Ibrahim Ma-Sorie Bangura, the project coordinator Pastor Solomon Sellu, and the deputy registrar of the University Mr. David Brima reiterated the foundation’s commitment in meeting its corporate social responsibility. Chairman Mercury threw light on some projects the foundation has funded in the university, apart from the yearly scholarship grant to students, which includes the refurbishment of the engineering department’s garden. He prevailed upon the executive to send a proposal promptly to the foundation in response to a request to resuscitate the department’s computer library. A team from Mercury led by the Chairman Mr. Samir Hassanyeh and his assistant Mr. Syl Ronnie –Decker was later taken on an inspection tour of the facilities, climaxed by the Chairman Samir Hassanyeh’s cutting of the tape leading to the lecture rooms to officially open the facility and the unveiling of a plaque.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:20:09 +0000