PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES UPGRADE OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NASARAWA, TO SPECIALISED FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, into the Federal University of Mining, Engineering and Technology, Nasarawa.
The upgrade is in line with President Tinubu’s commitment to strengthening technical education, developing human capital, and unlocking Nigeria’s vast solid minerals potential.
In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President
Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,
the approval followed a proposal by Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District, who made a case for the establishment of a specialised institution to harness Nasarawa State’s comparative advantage in the solid minerals sector and support Nigeria’s industrialisation agenda.
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