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Tinubu names new institution after General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua

“Among the architects of modern democratic Nigeria, we honour General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua for his vision of national partnership.”

President Bola Tinubu has renamed the Institute of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna as the “General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering.”

“Among the architects of modern democratic Nigeria, we honour General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua for his vision of national partnership. In recognition of his contributions, the Federal Government has approved the revitalisation and renaming of the completed Institute of Petroleum Studies, Kaduna, as the General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering Technology,” Mr Tinubu said.

Mr Yar’Adua, a relative of Nigeria’s late former president, Umaru Yar’Adua, died in December 1997 in incarceration after he was accused of coup plotting by then military dictator Sani Abacha.

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