President Bola Tinubu has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) after the former military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon.
The minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by the President on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Idris said, “The third item is that there is also a decision taken by the Federal Executive Council to rename the University of Abuja to honour elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon.
“The University of Abuja will, henceforth, be called Yakubu Gowon University.
“Of course, the process will have to go to the National Assembly for all legislative work in that direction, but FEC has taken that decision to write to the National Assembly to change the name of the University of Abuja.”
Idris also revealed that the council will proceed on a recess from December 18, 2024 to January 6, 2025.
The University of Abuja 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. The university currently has nine faculties, the College of Health Sciences, a School of Remedial Studies, a Centre for Distance Learning, an Institute of Education, and a School of Postgraduate Studies, according to information posted on its website.
