By Ahmad Deedat Zakari
The National Universities Commission ( NUC), has approved a new university for Kano State.
Consequent of the approval, Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso is now a university of education.
On Tuesday in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar A. Rasheed, presented the letter of recognition of the institution to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje .
Ganduje said, the new university was part of his administration’s efforts to meet the growing demand for education in the state.
According to him, the university, which is the third under Kano State, has 116 lecturers with PhDs.