The Senate on Wednesday July 15, 2020, passed a bill to seek the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, to City University of Technology.
The bill was sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Francis Alimikhena, of the All Progressives Congress, Edo North.
Sen. Alimikhena stated that the bill would facilitate more access to quality higher technical education.
The Bill, City University of Technology Auchi( Est, etc) Bill, 2020( SB.22) was read the third time and passed.
The Senate also passed the bill for the establishment of Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Delta State, which was sponsored by Senator James Manager, PDP Delta South.
Another Bill, which was sponsored by Senator Uba Sani, APC Kaduna Central, for the establishment of Federal College of Education, Giwa, Kaduna State was also passed.
The three bills were passed by the upper chamber following a clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND as presented by the Chairman, Senator Babba Kaita Ahmed, APC, Katsina North.
While presenting the report, Kaita said that the Federal Polytechnic Auchi was currently running degree programmes in affiliation with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra with enrollment of over 50, 000 students on full and part time.
He said that upgrading the institution to a federal university would provide training of high skills in the areas of technical and vocational education.
