Suleja Residents Reject Proposed Military Takeover Of FCDA Field Base

The Suleja Development Association (SUDA) has rejected reported plans by the Niger State Government to hand over the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Field Base in Suleja to the military, insisting that the facility should be preserved as a permanent centre for higher education.
SUDA’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Umar Shuaibu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, saying the association would resist any attempt to convert or transfer the facility without the consent of the Suleja community.
The field base, which currently accommodates the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) campus, provides diploma and postgraduate programmes for youths in Sule...