Senate passes bill to establish school of mines and geological studies … approves upgrade of Fed Polytechnic, Offa to University

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the School of Mines and Geological Studies, Guyuk. Also passed was the Federal Universities of Technology Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The chamber, with the passage of the FUTA (Amendment) bill, gave an approval for the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, from a Diploma awarding institution to a full-fledged Degree awarding Federal University of Technology. The passage of both bills followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. Chairman of the…