Bauchi State University Gadau (BASUG) , url=https://dailytrust.com/bauchi-govt-names-state-university-after-saadu-zungur/ , access-date=2023-01-03 , website=Daily Trust , language=en-GB is a

state-owned university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...

located in

Bauchi State Bauchi State (Fula: ''Leydi Bauchi'' 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤭 𞤦𞤢𞤵𞤷𞥅𞤭) is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the ea ...

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. Its main campus is in

Gadau Itas/Gadau is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Itas Itesiwaju. The town of Gadau is in the east of the area at . It has an area of 1,398 km and a population of 229,996 at the 2006 census. ...

, with other campuses in

Misau Misau is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Misau. It was founded by Hamman Mangan who ruled as an unofficial King for a period of 25 years at around 1850 AD. It has an area of 1,226 km and ...

and

Bauchi Bauchi (earlier Yakoba) is a city in northeast Nigeria, the Administrative center of Bauchi State, of the Bauchi Local Government Area within that State, and of the traditional Bauchi Emirate. It is located on the northern edge of the Jos Plateau ...

History

After becoming independent in 1960, Nigeria had only one university at

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, which was an affiliate of the

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. The Ashby Commission, set up in 1959 to advise the Government on the needs for tertiary education recommended the establishment of what is today referred to as 'First Generation Universities': the

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, and

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. By the 1970s, the projections of the Ashby Commission report were found to be unrealistic, particularly on student enrollment and course offerings, motivating the establishment of the so-called 'Second Generation Universities'. By the early 1980s, the Federal Government had attempted to establish a university in each of the then 19 States. The continued demand for tertiary education led to the liberalization of the federal monopoly on establishing universities, allowing the States to establish their own universities. In 2007, the former State Governor Ahmad Adamu Muazu created a Planning and Implementation Committee. In October 2008, Governor

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initiated another committee to resume the effort. In June 2009, an Implementation Committee proceeded, building on the previous committees' work. After the committee's review of the acquisition and improvement of the campus sites at Gadau (Azare),

, and

, the Government awarded several contracts for the renovation of the campuses. The Government then engaged a Lagos-based firm to produce the Bauchi State University Academic Brief, a Master Plan, and a

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to cover its 25-year development plan. The law establishing the university was passed by the

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and approved by Governor Isa Yuguda on 31 December, 2010.

Library

Campuses and departments

The university has three campuses: * Gadau (Azare), the main campus and location of the administration * Misau Campus * Bauchi Campus Faculties * Gadau Campus ** School of Basic and Remedial Studies ** Faculty of

Art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

** Faculty of

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

** Faculty of

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

** Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences ** Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences ** Faculty of

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

* Misau Campus ** ** Faculty of

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

* Bauchi Campus ** Faculty of

Social Science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

** Faculty of

Management Science Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

By the end of the fourth phase of development (2026/27 - 2030/31) the university is expected to have the following faculties: * Gadau Campus ** Faculty of Arts ** Faculty of Education ** Faculty of Science ** School of Basic and Remedial Studies ** Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences * Misau Campus ** Faculty of Law * Bauchi Campus ** Faculty of Management Sciences ** Faculty of Social Sciences ** Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Notes

* Bauchi State University "Academic-Brief 2011/12-2020/21" Volume I, Feb. 2013 * Review of Basug, 3rd Meeting with TOROSA By Ibrahim Baba Ahmed(Marel), chairman of the committee,12/5/2015.

References

External links

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