The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has announced that
the Nigerian Army University, Biu in Borno State, will take off next September.
Buratai made the disclosure shortly after receiving the
certificate of occupancy from Kashim Shettima, governor of the state.
Buratai said the army had already reached out to the
National Universities Commission (NUC) to secure approval for the university.
According to him, army engineers had also commenced
construction work at the site.
While thanking the Borno government for the allocation of
the land, the army chief said funding for the university project was captured
in the 2017 budget and commended the federal government for its commitment to
the take-off of the institution.
He added that the university was being designed as a unique
and specialised institution that would serve as solutions center especially to
specific challenges facing the Army and north-east.
Responding, Shettima said the state government would provide
necessary support towards take off of the institution.
The governor expressed confidence that when fully
operational, the university would be a reference point for other universities
in Africa.
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
