Governor Aminu Tambuwal has renamed Sokoto state university after Sheikh Abdullahi Fodiyo, the younger brother of the founder of the Sokoto caliphate, sheik Usman Danfodiyo.
The Sokoto state university of Education was named after the late president shehu shagari, while the Sokoto state university of education teaching hospital, which is currently being constructed, was named after Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar.
Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki and sarkin sudan wurno, and former Nigerian high commissioner to south africa, ambassador shehu malami, were also immortalized by renaming shehu shagari College of Education and College of Agriculture and animal sciences, wurno after them.
The College of Legal and Islamic Studies in Wamakko was renamed sheik haliru Benji College of Legal and Islamic Studies, while the College of Nursing in Tambuwal was renamed after Balaraba Buda.
These facts were revealed by the commissioner for justice, Suleiman Usman (SAN), after the governor’s state executive council meeting on Wednesday.