The Vice-Chancellor of Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Professor Abdullahi Liman Tukur, has confirmed that the University is set to fully transform into new status of a conventional University conferred on it by an Act of Parliament signed into law recently by President Muhammadu Buhari.
It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had on January 6, 2021, signed into law a bill passed by the National Assembly in December last year which sought the transformation of Modibbo Adama University of Technology ( MAUTECH), to a conventional university that can run courses outside technologically oriented ones.
The Bill sponsored by Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, specifically sought for enabling laws to make the University run all approved academic programs as any other conventional University across the country including medical and other allied sciences.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday after a thank you visit to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, Professor Tukur said, with the new status conferred on the university, its 2,500 student’s population size will increase geometrically in the next academic sessions as more courses will be offered and lecturers recruited.
“My visit to the President of the Senate along with Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, is to thank the National Assembly for the all-encompassing legislation made on the University and assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari .
“With the new status, machineries are being put in place to make the University very universal like other conventional universities as against specialized status it started with.
Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed had in an earlier statement issued on the new status of the University, said “This will no doubt encourage our teeming youths seeking placements into Tertiary Institutions specifically in these difficult times to realize their ambitions.
“Apart from leading in technology, the new law will make Modibbo Adama University to be truly universal with broader courses and enhanced opportunities,” she added.
The Senator added that she championed the bill that transformed into new law for the University to create opportunities for students in Adamawa, Taraba and other states in the North-East to further their education to University level.
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