Clause 15 of the bill which identifies the source of funding for the commission, stipulates that the equivalent of 10 per cent of the total monthly statutory allocation due to the member states of the commission shall be from the federation account.
Sponsor of the bill to establish the Modibo Adama University, Aishatu Dahiru , said the university was established in 1981 as a Federal University of Technology. She added that given the huge investment by the Federal Government in the university, citizens of the state would be at an advantage if the university was made a conventional and multi-disciplinary institution.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, referred them to the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND for further legislative work.Meanwhile, a total of 11 bills scaled first reading on the floor during plenary on Wednesday.
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