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The Senate has adopted the
report of its committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund and has passed the
bill for the establishment of 10 tertiary institution; five polytechnics, two
universities, two colleges of education and one institute of technology. The
institutions are Federal Polytechnic, Kabo, Kano State; Federal Polytechnic,
Daura, Katsina State; Federal Polytechnic, Ikom, Cross River State; Federal
Polytechnic, Langtang, Plateau State and Federal Polytechnic, Kwale, Delta
State.
Others are Federal University
of Education, Aguleri, Anambra State; Federal University of Technology,
Manchok, Kaduna State; Federal College of Education, Usugbenu Irrua, Edo State;
Federal College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, Abia State and National Institute
of Construction Technology and Management, Uromi, Edo State.
In his remarks after the
passage of the bills, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who presided
over the session, said that assenting to them by President Muhammadu Buhari
would go a long way in making education acquisition centres available for the
teeming millions of school age Nigerians seeking for self discovery and
knowledge.
According to him, the approval
of the federal schools would further register the required federal presence in
the affected communities with attendant positive multiplier effects .
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