Nigeria Universities – Polytechnics and College of Education news Nigerian Educational News | Zenith Of Educational NewsWell, i don’t know the feeling of the current students of KWASU right now, as the state government is set to renamed the school after the popular Abubakar Solar Saraki.
Kwasu is set to be renamed Abubakar Sola Saraki University.
According to reports reaching us, the Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to change the name of Kwara State University, KWASU to Abubakar Sola Saraki University, (ASSU).
According to the speaker, who said this;
That with the commencement of this law, KWASU shall be Abubakar Sola Saraki University, ASSU, wherever it occurs in the University law and the law may be cited as Kwara State University Amendment Law.”
According to the bill, which was read for the third time before its passage yesterday had been subjected to public hearing after it scaled first and second reading.
From latest report reaching us, the report of the House Committee on Education and Human Capital Development claimed that only five (5) of the stakeholders were against the proposed Bill… on the ground that State and Local Government resources would be used to fund the university hence, KWASU should not be renamed after Sola Saraki.
The committee also said that about 35 of the stakeholders were of the view that KWASU should be renamed after the late Political Icon due to his socio-economic and political contributions to the development of Kwara State in particular and Nigeria in general.
Latest report state that 40 stakeholders made both oral and written submissions.
Final Decision
The house has however, endorsed the recommendations of the committee and approved the renaming of the university after Saraki.
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