Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Act 1988 (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria)
An Act to establish the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi and for matters connected therewith.
Date of commencement: 1 January 1988
Section 1 (one of the Sections) of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Act 1988 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria provides for the establishment of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University:
Section 1. Incorporation and objects of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
(1) There is hereby established a University of Technology to be known as the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (in this Act referred to as “the University”).
(2) The University shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The objects of the University shall be –
(a) to encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring a higher education in technology;
(b) to develop and offer academic and professional programmes leading to the award of diplomas, first degrees, postgraduate research and higher degrees which emphasise planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, developmental and productive skills in the engineering, scientific, agricultural, medical and allied professional disciplines with the aim of producing socially matured men and women with capability not only to understand, use and adapt existing technology but also to improve on it and develop new ones;
(c) to act as agents and catalysts, through post-graduate training, research and innovation for the effective and economic utilisation, exploitation and conservation of Nigeria’s natural, economic and human resources;
(d) to offer to the general population as a form of public service, the results of training and research and to foster the practical applications of those results;
(e) to establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved in training, research and development of technologies;
(f) to identify the technology problems and needs of the society and to find solutions to them within the context of overall national development;
(g) to provide and promote sound basic scientific training as a foundation for the development of technology and applied sciences, taking into account indigenous culture and the need to enhance national unity; and
(h) to undertake any other activities appropriate for a university of technology of the highest standard.
Citation
This Act may be cited as the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi Act.
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