The\u00a0Federal University of Agriculture,\u00a0Abeokuta,\u00a0Ogun State\u00a0(FUNAAB) was established on January 1, 1988 by the\u00a0Federal Government\u00a0when four Universities of\u00a0Technology, earlier merged in 1984, were demerged. This led to the creation of the first two Universities of\u00a0Agriculture\u00a0in\u00a0Abeokuta\u00a0and Makurdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the same date,\u00a0Prof. Nurudeen Olorun-Nimbe Adedipe was appointed the pioneer\u00a0Vice-Chancellor\u00a0of the\u00a0University.\u00a0Prof. Adedipe officially assumed duty on January 28, 1988. For many years the date which\u00a0Prof.\u00a0Adedipe assumed duty was wrongly adopted as the foundation day of the\u00a0University. Following a revisit to the instrument setting up the\u00a0University, a Council decision at its 53rd Statutory meeting in June 2010 reverted the foundation date to January 1st 1988 as prescribed by the law which established the\u00a0University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to the emergence of\u00a0UNAAB, the\u00a0Federal Government\u00a0had established the\u00a0Federal\u00a0University\u00a0of\u00a0Technology,\u00a0Abeokuta\u00a0(FUTAB) in 1983. Then, in 1984, it was merged with the\u00a0University\u00a0of Lagos and had its name changed to the\u00a0College\u00a0of\u00a0Science\u00a0and\u00a0Technology,\u00a0Abeokuta\u00a0(COSTAB), before the demerger of January, 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0University\u00a0started off from the old Campus of\u00a0Abeokuta\u00a0Grammar School, Isale-Igbein near the city centre. It completed its movement to its Permanent Site along Alabata Road in 1997, in what has been termed the fastest pace of Permanent Site development in the history of\u00a0Nigerian University System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: funaab.edu.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Federal University of Agriculture,\u00a0Abeokuta,\u00a0Ogun State\u00a0(FUNAAB) was established on January 1, 1988 by the\u00a0Federal Government\u00a0when four Universities of\u00a0Technology, earlier merged in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"yoast_head":"\n