The Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Monday has approved the renaming of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) to Yakubu Gowon University.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports FEC gave the approval to rename UNIABUJA to honour former Head of State and esteemed elder statesman, General Yakubu Gowon.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris made the disclosure while addressing State House Correspondents after Monday’s FEC meeting.
Though FEC’s decision to rename the university “will go through the National Assembly (NASS),” according to Idris, the Information Minister stressed “FEC has taken that decision”.
“The University of Abuja will now be known as Yakubu Gowon University. Of course, the processing will have to go to the National Assembly, for all legislation in that direction.
“But FEC has taken that decision to write to the National Assembly to change the name of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University, in honour of the former head of state and elder statesman,” Idris said.
