The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and the Students’ Union Government, SUG, of the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna, have dismissed claims by Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, that the institution’s Bosso campus has been under lock and key for three years.
Governor Bago, had during a recent television interview, stated that the Bosso campus had remained shut without academic activities, justifying the state government’s decision to take over the facility for a proposed teaching hospital for the state-owned Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, IBBU, Lapai
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However, addressing journalists at the Bosso campus in Minna, the SUG President, Comrade Ezekiel Adaidu Machofo, described the claim as inaccurate, insisting that academic activities are ongoing at the campus.
“We are currently holding lectures and other academic engagements here. The claim that the campus has been shut for three years is not correct,” he said.
Machofo alleged that officials of the state government invaded the female hostel on Thursday 26 February, 2026, asking students to vacate the premises.
He said the development has heightened anxiety among students, especially as they prepare for continuous assessment tests and forthcoming examinations.
“Any disruption at this critical academic period would be deeply unfortunate and unacceptable,” he added.
The SUG president further maintained that the Bosso campus was not leased to the university but fully acquired. He said available records show that in 1982, the sum of ₦2.8 million was paid by FUT Minna to the Niger State Government for the property formerly known as St. Malachi’s Teachers College.
He argued that moves to reclaim the land more than four decades later contradict the provisions of the Land Use Act of 1978, which recognises the transfer of land to the Federal Government for the development of federal institutions.
However, the Zonal Coordinator of NANS Zone C, Comrade Hussaini Jamilu Ebbo, has urged students to refrain from attacking the state government on social media over the matter.
Ebbo disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education has intervened by inviting both the Niger State Government and the management of FUT Minna for a meeting to resolve the dispute.
“On the three-week ultimatum earlier issued to the Niger State Government to suspend the takeover plan or face mass protests, we will await the outcome of the meeting convened by the Federal Ministry of Education,” he said.
The controversy reportedly stems from a letter dated October 3, 2025, in which the state government claimed the Bosso campus land was originally leased to the university and that the lease had expired.
A follow-up correspondence dated November 27, 2025, allegedly directed the university to vacate the premises by December 1,, 2025.
The Niger State Government had earlier maintained that the land was leased for 30 year to the university and that the lease had expired, prompting its decision to reclaim the property.
FUT Bosso campus has been operational – SUG dismisses Gov Bago’s claims
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