Kogi State University Renamed After Abubakar Audu.
The Executive Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has renamed the state owned university located in Anyingba after the late first civilian governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu.
Bello made the announcement during a statewide broadcast to mark his victory at the state governorship election petition tribunal.
He said that naming the university was the ultimate honour that could be done to the memory of the late colourful politician who ruled the state twice as the civilian governor from 1991 to 1993 and 1999 to 2003.
Audu himself established the university in 2001 and named it Prince Abubakar Audu University but his successor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris changed the name to Kogi State University in 2004.
Justifying his decision to restore the university to its original name, Bello said that Audu laid a solid foundation for the growth and development of the state.
According to the governor, an executive bill will soon be forwarded to the house of assembly to formalise the change in the name of the university.
