Bauchi State University

About Bauchi State University

According to Wikipedia, Sa'adu Zungur University Gadau is a state-owned university located in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its main campus is in Gadau, with other campuses in Misau and Bauchi. History After becoming independent in 1960, Nigeria had only one university at Ibadan, which was an affiliate of the University of London. The Ashby Commission, set up in 1959 to advise the Government on the needs for tertiary education recommended the establishment of what is today referred to as 'First Generation Universities': the University of Ibadan, University of Ife, University of Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. By the 1970s, the projections of the Ashby Commission report were found to be unrealistic, particularly on student enrollment and course offerings, motivating the establishment of the so-called 'Second Generation Universities'. By the early 1980s, the Federal Government had attempted to establish a university in each of the then 19 States. The continued demand for tertiary education led to the liberalization of the federal monopoly on establishing universities, allowing the States to establish their own universities.