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Usman Ado, the All Progressives Congress (APC) zonal vice chairman in Daura, Katsina state, has commended the federal government for creating two higher institutions in the town.

The federal government had approved the creation of a university of transportation and a federal polytechnic in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari.

In an interview with NAN on Monday, Ado said the decision is timely and important towards increasing access to higher education in the area.

The party chieftain said the institutions will provide scholarship and boost access to good education for Nigerians.

“The schools would provide ample opportunity for scholarship to teeming Nigerians,” he said.

Ado appreciated the state government for allocating 413 and 100 hectares of land for establishing the university and the polytechnic, respectively.

The party chieftain urged all elected and appointed office holders to devise ways of attracting projects to their constituencies for the socio-economic development of the people.

He said the ruling party will continue to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians, particularly in areas of infrastructure, health, education and protection of lives and property of citizens.

Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, had earlier said he had no regrets that the transportation university was established in Daura.

In November, Adamu Adamu, minister of Education, said academic activities will commence at the federal polytechnic, Daura, from January 2020.