Waste of Scarce Resources

how does that affect the poor educational system in Nigeria?

Not too bad anyway

that is not bad idea nah bandit and gunmen go soon cacht u people

Why not Joseph Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi

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I remember when Former president GEJ wanted to change UNILAG TO Moshood Abiola University Lagos (MAULAG). Na so student come out protest o until it was rescinded. Dem no won lose their swag lol

Nigeria my country, a country that makes it a point of duty to name it's institutions after corrupt politicians.

Isa Pantami boys will not see this university IJN

I dey come

Was this not done since last year. How come it's a news today

They don't spoil d school name.

Hope they won't rename Benue State University after Rev. Fr Adasu instead of Aper Aku

Joseph Sarwuan Tarka

Senator Joseph Sarwuan Tarka (1932–1980) was a Nigerian politician from Benue State and a former minister for Transport and then Communications under General Yakubu Gowon. He was one of the founding members of the United Middle Belt Congress, a political organization dedicated to protecting and advocating for the country's Middle Belt.

Background
Tarka was born on 10 July 1932 in Igbor, Benue State to the family of Tarka Nanchi and Ikpa Anyam. His father was a village teacher of Tiv origin who later became a headmaster and then chief in Mbakor, Gboko area. He attended Native Authority Primary School, Gboko and Katsina Ala Middle School. After completing his education, he became a teacher at Katsina-Ala Middle School before going on to further studies at Bauchi Rural Science School. He was a member of the Tiv Native Authority Staff Union and of the Northern Teachers Association.

First Republic
In 1954, on a ticket that was allied with the Middle Belt People's Party, Tarka was elected to represent the Jemgba constituency in the Federal House of Representative. In 1957, the Middle Belt People's Party merged with the David Lot led Middle Zone League to form the United Middle Belt Congress. Tarka then emerged as president of the United Middle Belt Congress (UMBC), the party soon formed an alliance with the Action Group, the dominant party in the Western Region. Action Group wanted support for the merger of Ilorin and Kabba with the Western Region and UMBC wanted the creation of a Middle Belt State. Tarka was a nominated member to the Nigerian Constitutional Conference of 1957 and was also the representative of the Middle Belt zone to the Willinks Commission of 1958. In 1958, he was appointed as a shadow minister of commerce. Tarka's UMBC, a predominantly Christian party contested the pre-independence election of 1959 and the subsequent election of 1963 against the mainly Moslem Northern People's Congress. Both elections led to violence in the Middle Belt, which contributed to the Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu's inspired military take-over on January 15, 1966. Tarka was an advocate of state creation to give politically and economically empower minority groups within the country. He supported the creation of a Middle Belt state before the republic was truncated.

In April 1961, a year after a crisis in Tiv land, Tarka was detained for three weeks in Jos under the cloud of investigation for treason and inciting unrest during the Tiv disturbances., his arrest was a month away from regional elections. In 1962, UMBC which was partly funded by the Action Group decided to end their alliance for a new one with NEPU. The new party was called Northern People's Front with Aminu Kano as President and Tarka as General Secretary.

In 1962, along with other Action Group leaders, he was arrested on charges of treasonable felony but was acquitted for lack of evidence.

Later career
After General Gowon took charge in August 1966, Tarka was appointed Federal Commissioner of Transport and then of Communications, resigning in 1974 after allegations of corruption from a fellow-Tiv named Godwin Daboh were published. Daboh's action was allegedly instigated by Paul Unongo and Benue-Plateau State Governor Joseph Gomwalk and a police probe into the allegations was led by Sunday Adewusi.

In the lead-up to restoration of democracy with the Nigerian Second Republic, Tarka aligned with northern politicians to form the National Party of Nigeria, on which platform he unsuccessfully competed in the Presidential elections. He was elected Senator for Benue East in 1979, and was appointed chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriation, a position he held when he died on 30 March 1980, aged 48.

His son, Simeon Tarka, was elected to the House of Representatives in 1979.

Source: Wikipedia

They should have named it after the terrorist killed by Nigerian army.ghaaanaaa university of (T) Benue

Nice

Nigeria always naming universities after politicians that are part of the reason why this country is a mess.

If Oxford and Cambridge universities were in Nigeria they would have been named after another failed politician.

Mikecold:
Joseph Tarka was a big advocate of the middle belt independent region detached from north

This is a statement by benue that they champion a different nation joined with north

"A statement by Benue"? This is a Federal University (formerly called Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi as stated clearly on the title of the post!) and it was Buhari who announced and approved the change of name to Joseph Tarka University! Don't spread ignorance here...

Franklyspeakin:
Who else noticed how they have stylishly gotten rid of the Agriculture in their name and now wanting to be a conventional university. Federal university of agriculture Abeokuta and Michael OKpara university of agriculture should pls take note

it will still be a universtity of agriculture. Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi is a university of technology, despite technology is not in the name.

We're not concerned about the change of name.

How can a Federal University be paying N56,000 as tuition fee.
Abeg let them reduce our school fee biko.

Why a federal University?why not name a state University after him?

Read my post again

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Hmm...does having Agriculture in the University's name devalue it?