The Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has renamed the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died at 82 at a London clinic after battling health challenges for several weeks.
Penpushing reports that Tinubu made the announcement on Thursday at a special Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held in honour of the late former president, who was buried in his home town in Daura, Katsina state.
“In honour of his memory, will the special session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) adopt the renaming of the University of Maiduguri to Muhammadu Buhari University, Maiduguri’, Tinubu said
Penpushing further reports that the university was established in 1975,and will now be called Muhammadu Buhari University, Maiduguri, while the National Assembly is expected to amend the establishment Act of the university.
The University as one of the second-generation universities, formed part of the programmes of the Third National Development plan (1975-80) by the then Federal Military Government, and at inception, did not have physical structures of its own, but in April 1976, it inherited the premises owned by the former North East College of Arts and Science (NECAS).
Penpushing also reports that the structures bequeathed to the University by North East College of Arts and Science (NECAS) were adequate in terms of office blocks, classrooms, staff quarters, laboratories and other physical structures required by a university of its size.
The personnel of North East College of Arts and Science (NECAS) were equally absorbed into the University employment and this made it possible for the institution to commence its academic programmes in October 1976.
Penpushing reports that the university in its first academic year, enrolled 743 students spread across three faculties, namely Arts and Education, Science, and Social Science and Law, and by 1978, the number of faculties expanded to six, with the creation of the Faculty of Agriculture and the separation of the Faculty from Arts as well as the separation of the Faculty of Law from Social Sciences.
The university now has a college of Medical Sciences, a School of Postgraduate Studies and 12 Faculties which include, Agriculture, Arts, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law, Management Sciences, Pharmacy, Science, Social Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine.
Penpushing further reports that the deceased, it is recalled was elected civilian President from 2015 to 2023, having previously served as military head of state from January 1984 to August 1985, while he stepped down from office on May 29, 2023 after completing the constitutionally allowed two terms.
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