THE FEDERAL Executive Council (FEC) on Monday renamed the University of Abuja after former military ruler Yakubu Gowon.
The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.
Idris said UNIABUJA will now be known as ‘Yakubu Gowon University’ to “honour the elder statesman”, noting that a bill to formalise the renaming will be forwarded to the National Assembly for legislation.
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“But FEC has taken that decision to write to the national assembly to change the name of university of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University, in honour of the former head of state and elder statesman,” Idris said.
UNIABUJA was established in 1988 as a dual-mode university with the mandate to run both conventional and distance learning academic programmes. It was the first university in the country to assume such a dual mandate at inception.
Information on its website indicate that UNIABUJA currently has nine faculties.
