- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu declined to sign the bill establishing the Federal University of Education, Numan, citing legal inconsistencies
- Key issues included Section 22, which improperly grants land disposal authority to the state governor instead of the President
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined to sign a bill to establish the Federal University of Education, Numan, Adamawa State.
In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajuddeen, and read by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu during Tuesday’s plenary, Tinubu outlined his reasons for rejecting the bill.
He noted that Section 22 of the bill grants authority over land disposal to the state governor instead of the President, which contradicts existing laws regarding federal institutions.
Kalu further stated that the President highlighted another issue in Section 25(b), where the provision for awarding degrees by the proposed institution was omitted.
The House of Representatives had passed the bill last year and forwarded it to the President for approval, but it has now been rejected due to these legal and structural concerns.