Senate Passes Bills Clarifying Locations Of Abia Federal Varsity, College

The Senate on Tuesday passed two amendment bills seeking to clarify the host communities of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences and the Federal College of Education in Bende, Abia State. The move aims to prevent potential communal disputes over the institutions’ locations.
Under the amendments, the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences will be based in Bende town, while the Federal College of Education will be located in Item Bende.
The bills, sent by the House of Representatives for concurrence, seek to amend the institutions’ establishment laws to remove ambiguity over their locations and host communities.
They are the Federal University of Medical an...