Kano State Assembly Approve Renaming Of State University After Dangote

By Akinwale Kasali

The Kano State University of Science and Technology at Wudil will soon be renamed after Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. This follows the approval by the Kano State House of Assembly.

Reason for the renaming of the institution after Dangote is due to his immense contribution to education in the State and also his contribution to the development, growth and philanthropic gesture to the State and Nation at large.

Labaran Madari, the Majority Leader of the Assembly said that before now, a letter had been sent to the State Assembly by the Executive in May 2022, seeking for the approval of the House to change the name of the institution to Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil.

After deliberation, the Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hamisu Chidari, and other lawmakers unanimously agreed to the renaming of the institution.

Muhammad Garba, the State Commissioner for Education had issued a statement on the approval of renaming the university by the State Government, after a recommendation, by the University’s  Visitation Panel, highlighting that it has been approved and transmitted to the State Assembly for proper legislative action.

The said institution was established as Kano University of Technology in 2001, but in 2005 the institution was renamed Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil, in conformity with the gazette laws of the University.