GOMBE STATE TO ESTABLISH FIVE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS

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Gombe State government is to establish five tertiary
institutions, in an effort to increase access to tertiary
education in the state.
The gesture is also aimed at providing science and
technical education to youths of the state, as well as,
producing agricultural extension workers, who would
contribute their quota to boosting agriculture in the
state.
Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, stated this
while speaking during the inauguration of five
committees for the establishment of the institutions in
on Tuesday.
Dankwambo recalled that at the inception of his
administration, a high-powered committee on
education was appointed to produce a blueprint that
would facilitate development of education in the state.
“It is therefore gratifying to note that we have
implemented recommendations of the committee,
which resulted in the improvement of basic education,
remodeling and expansion of secondary schools among
others,” he said.
He added that when established, the new institutions
would train the teeming youths in the state and make
them become functional citizens.While commending
the appointees, Dankwambo said their selection was
based on their track records in various fields of
endeavour, urging them to bring their experience to
bear in the discharge of their duties.
The five new tertiary institutions to be established are:
Gombe State University of Science and Technology,
Gombe State College of Agriculture and Animal
Husbandry, Gombe State College of Accounting and
Management Studies, Gombe State Institute of
Journalism, and Gombe State Institute of Sports.
Those appointed into the various committees
comprising academics and professionals include
professors Abdullahi Mahadi, Yahaya Shehu, Garba
Bello Bala, Abubakar Muazu and Nebath Tanglang, as
chairmen of respective committees.
Shehu on behalf of the others, thanked the government
for finding them worthy of the assignment, promising to
give their best.
The committees have two weeks within which to submit
their reports. Their terms of reference include
determining the desirability or otherwise of establishing
the various institutions, propose possible locations, as
well as, define philosophy and design concepts for the
institutions.

SOURCE; TODAY.COM