The Benue State Government is set to rename the State University, Makurdi, after a former governor of the state, the late Rev Fr Moses Adasu.
The state governor, Hyacinth Alia, announced this on Saturday during the institution’s combined convocation held on the campus.
Alia, who is a visitor to the university, said his administration had already forwarded an executive bill to the state House of Assembly for the renaming of the University as Reverend Father Moses Adasu
University.
Adasu, also a Catholic priest, established the university when he was a governor of the state between 1991 and 1992.
Alia said, “As a way of honouring the founder of this institution, our administration has sent an executive bill to the state assembly for this university to be named after the founder, Rev Fr Moses Adasu.”
The governor further announced that the university would establish a satellite campus at Adikpo in the Kwande Local Government Area to ensure people from Benue North East senatorial district have access to university education.
He called on the institution’s management to liaise with the state government to facilitate the realisation of the satellite campus.
While announcing the donation of 500 computers to the university’s computer-based test centre and also 100 percent Master’s Degree scholarship to all the graduands who came up with first-class degrees, the governor charged them to be good ambassadors of the institution and the state by upholding the values of integrity and hard work, arguing that success is not about personal development but also a positive impact on the society.
He commended the management of the university for the effective implementation of CEFTER with a promise to ensure the institution partners with the World Bank towards handling post-harvest losses by revamping the Wannune Tomato company and Taraku mills not only to improve the economy of the state but also create more jobs opportunities for the youth.
Addressing the graduands, the governor called on them to take advantage of the numerous agricultural policies of his administration by venturing into farming.
He promised that his administration would make available funds and farm inputs free of charge to enable them to earn legitimate means of livelihood instead of continually looking for non-existent white colour jobs.