President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Federal University of Education, Kano, to Yusuf Maitama Sule Federal University of Education.
In a statement on Wednesday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser
to the president, said the decision is to honour Sule whose socio-political
development “remained unparalleled”.
Yusuf Maitama Sule (1929–2017) was a Nigerian politician,
diplomat, and statesman known for his unity advocacy.
He served as minister of mines and power (1959–1966) and
later became Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
(1983–1988), where he chaired the UN’s special committee against apartheid.
Onanuga quoted Tinubu as saying Sule’s legacy should inspire
“younger generations to uphold integrity, patriotism, character, and
nationalism”.
“Sule served as chief whip of the federal house of
representatives (1954–1959), leader of Nigeria’s delegation to the Conference
of Independent States (1960), first federal commissioner of public complaints
(1976), and minister of mines and power,” he said.
“He was Nigeria’s permanent representative to the United
Nations in New York, where he was chairman of the UN special committee against
apartheid.
“President Tinubu believes that immortalising Ambassador
Sule’s legacy will inspire younger generations to uphold integrity, patriotism,
character, and nationalism.”
FCE Kano was founded in 1961 as Advanced Teachers’ College,
Kano.
It was later upgraded to a Federal College of Education in
1990.
The college was officially upgraded to university status on
August 14, 2024.
This Federal University of Education, Kano would then be
renamed.
Tinubu said the university will continue to play a pivotal
role in training teachers, further strengthening Nigeria’s education sector.
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