Intervention: FG to provide water, road, solar energy for FUD

By Muhammed Yakubu On Apr 15, 2026

Intervention, water, road, solar energy, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, Ahmad Muhammed Gumel, Jigawa, — (R-L) Minister of State for Works, Barrister Bello Muhammad Goronyo and FUD Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ahmad Muhammed Gumel

The Minister of State for Works, Barrister Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has promised to intervene in the areas of water, road and solar energy for the Federal University Dutse, FUD, Jigawa State.

The Minister, who stated this when the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ahmad Muhammed Gumel and his management team paid a courtesy call on him in Abuja on Tuesday.

Barrister Goronyo, who congratulated the VC over his appointment, noted that FUD is relatively new and it needs the support of critical stakeholders to succeed, adding that education is a key priority of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because education is the bedrock of societal development.

He said he will present the request of the VC in the area of roads to the Minister of Works Engineer David Umahi but as the overseer of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency(FERMA), he will try his best to assit the young University adding that he will also speak to the Minister of Water Resources to help the university with water projects to make things easy for the students.

Barrister Goronyo told the VC that he will take up the case of thr solar Energy with the Rural Electrification Agency because the government is already addressing the issues of Power with some pilot projects for Tertiary Institutions.

The Minister encouraged the VC to visit other Ministries and Agencies to seek partnership and collaboration in order to move the nascent University forward.

Earlier in his remark, Prof. Gumel thanked the Minister for granting them audience in spite of the short notice, adding that FUD is a very young institution that needs the support of the Minister in areas of roads, hostel, water and solar energy.

He said that despite the relatively young age of the university, it is the best among the universities founded by President Goodluck Jonathan and even outperforms older universities in certain areas.

He praised the Minister for his outstanding achievements since his assumption of duty while praying to Allah to grant him success in all his endeavours.