Adefioye Iyunade
The Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the construction of the newly approved Federal University of Transport slated for Daura, the hometown of President Muhammad Buhari in Katsina State, will commence in September this year.
The minister, who was in Government House, Katsina on Saturday, after a visit to the site of the varsity project in Daura, told Governor Aminu Bello Masari that the clearing of the site and building of fence were in progress.
Amaechi expressed gratitude to the governor for providing the land for the project, adding that China through the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) would undertake the construction of a primary and secondary school in the project as its donation.
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In his remarks, Masari, assured the transport minister that the state would remain grateful for the establishment of the varsity in Daura.
The governor emphasised the commitment of the people and government of the state to the execution of the university project because of the limitless opportunities offered by education.
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