President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the bill establishing Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State.
In a letter, the president informed Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen of his decision to withhold his assent.
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who presided over the plenary on Tuesday, read aloud the letter’s content.
President Tinubu, while explaining his reasons for declining assent to the bill, stated, among others, that, Section 22 of the bill accords the authority on the disposal of land to the governor and not the president as it ought to be by law in respect of land belonging to a Federal Government entity in the case of universities.
Kalu added that Tinubu also said in the letter that the proposal on the Award of Degree by the proposed institution was omitted in Section 25(b).
Last year, the House passed a Bill for the Establishment of Federal University of Education Numan in Adamawa State and forwarded it to the president for assent.
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