House of Reps move to establish Tinubu University in Aba

Oct. 13, 2024 - Guardian Nigeria

The House of Representatives is considering establishing another university in Nigeria despite the country having over 270 universities. On Thursday, the bill to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages was passed for first reading at the House of Representatives.

Titled a bill for “An Act to Establish The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages, Aba; To Make Comprehensive Provisions For Its Due Management and Administration and For Related Matters”, the bill proposed that the university be cited in Aba, Abia, the home state of the deputy speaker. The co-sponsors of the legislation as sighted by The Guardian on Saturday were spokesperson of the House, Akin Rotimi, Hon.

According to section 1 (2), ” The University shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name...