KWASU: Kwara House Passes Bill Renaming Varsity To Abubakar Sola Saraki University
Kwara State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to change the name of Kwara State University, KWASUto Abubakar Sola Saraki University, ASSU.
The speaker said: With the commencement of this law, KWASUshall be Abubakar Sola Saraki University, ASSU, wherever it occurs in the Universitylaw and the law may be cited as Kwara State UniversityAmendment Law."
The bill, read for the third time before its passage yesterday had been subjected to public hearing after it scaled first and second reading.
The report of the House Committee on Education and Human Capital Development claimed that only five (5) of the stake holders were against the proposed Bill… on the ground that State and Local Government resources would be used to fund the Universityhence, KWASUshould not be renamed after Sola Saraki. The committee said 35 of the stakeholders were of the view that KWASUbe 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.
The report added that 40 stakeholders made both oral and written submissions.
The house, however, endorsed the recommendations of the committee and approved the renaming of the Universityafter Saraki.
The speaker said: With the commencement of this law, KWASUshall be Abubakar Sola Saraki University, ASSU, wherever it occurs in the Universitylaw and the law may be cited as Kwara State UniversityAmendment Law."
The bill, read for the third time before its passage yesterday had been subjected to public hearing after it scaled first and second reading.
The report of the House Committee on Education and Human Capital Development claimed that only five (5) of the stake holders were against the proposed Bill… on the ground that State and Local Government resources would be used to fund the Universityhence, KWASUshould not be renamed after Sola Saraki. The committee said 35 of the stakeholders were of the view that KWASUbe 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.
The report added that 40 stakeholders made both oral and written submissions.
The house, however, endorsed the recommendations of the committee and approved the renaming of the Universityafter Saraki.
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