*As Senate Approves Upgrade
The Senate has approved the upgrade of Yaba College Technology (Yabatech) to a Federal University of Technology.
The approval for the upgrade of the institution followed the consideration of the report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND.
Senator Nora Daduut (APC, Plateau South), who presented the report on behalf of the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita, said the upgrade of Yaba College of Technology to a full-fledged Federal University of Technology, would boost the acquisition of scientific and technological knowledge in the country.