{"id":3928,"date":"2022-08-17T11:18:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:18:25","slug":"history-of-federal-university-of-agriculture-abeokutafunaab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/history-of-federal-university-of-agriculture-abeokutafunaab\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta(FUNAAB)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal University of Agriculture<\/a>, Abeokuta<\/a>, Ogun State<\/a> (FUNAAB<\/a>) was established on January 1, 1988 by the Federal Government<\/a> when four Universities of Technology<\/a>, earlier merged in 1984, were demerged. This led to the creation of the first two Universities of Agriculture <\/a>in Abeokuta<\/a> and Makurdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same date, Professor<\/a> Nurudeen Olorun-Nimbe Adedipe was appointed the pioneer Vice-Chancellor<\/a> of the University<\/a>. Professor<\/a> Adedipe officially assumed duty on January 28, 1988. For many years the date which Professor <\/a>Adedipe assumed duty was wrongly adopted as the foundation day of the University<\/a>. Following a revisit to the instrument setting up the University<\/a>, 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 University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the emergence of\u00a0UNAAB<\/a>, the\u00a0Federal Government<\/a>\u00a0had established the\u00a0Federal<\/a>\u00a0University\u00a0<\/a>of\u00a0Technology<\/a>,\u00a0Abeokuta<\/a>\u00a0(FUTAB) in 1983<\/strong><\/em>. Then, in 1984<\/strong><\/em>, it was merged with the\u00a0University<\/a>\u00a0of Lagos and had its name changed to the\u00a0College<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Science<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Technology<\/a>,\u00a0Abeokuta<\/a>\u00a0(COSTAB), before the demerger of January<\/strong><\/em>, 1988<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0University<\/a>\u00a0started off from the old Campus of\u00a0Abeokuta\u00a0<\/a>Grammar School, Isale-Igbein near the city centre. It completed its movement to its Permanent Site along Alabata Road in 1997<\/em><\/strong>, in what has been termed the fastest pace of Permanent Site development in the history of\u00a0Nigerian University System<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the initial stage, five Colleges<\/a> were introduced in the University<\/a> in October 1988 as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n