Federal University, Gusau

Federal University Gusau, also known by the acronym FUGUS, located in Gusau Zamfara State, Nigeria was one of the last 6 proposed new universities in 2010.

The implementation of the first phase of the proposal started in February, 2011, with the establishment of nine Universities, while the second phase involving the remaining three universities including Federal University Gusau was established in 2013, during the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan.^[1] with three faculties, Humanities and Education, Management and Social Science, and Science.^[2]

Library[edit]

The Library was established in 2014 but started operations in September, 2015 when academic activities started in the University. It was initially located in a block of classroom with few shelves and reading tables that can accommodate 50 readers at a time. The initial collection was 350,000 volumes of books and journals donated by John Allen & Allen. The Library was then headed by an experienced professional Chief Library Officer in the person of Mal. Dantani Ruwa Ambursa who came from Usmanu Danfodiyo University Library, Sokoto. The Library got a large number of books and journals from Emeka Offor Foundation, Gusau Institute and some personalities in the society. It also started enjoying the TETFund Library Intervention starting with 2016 & 2017,respectively. With this development, the number of books and journals increased astronomically to about 298,000 volumes^[3]^[4]

Library Services

Circulation services

Inter-library loan

Photocopying

User guide education

Reference service

Internet Search services

Faculties and Departments[edit]


S/N^[5]	Faculty	Department
1.	Humanities	Arabic and Islamic Studies English and Literature History and International Studies Languages and Culture
2.	Education	Educational Foundation Science Education
3.	Science	Biological Sciences Geological Sciences Mathematics Physics
4.	Management and Social Sciences	Accounting/Finance Business Administration Economics Public Administration Political Science Sociology

2023 Kidnapping[edit]

On 22 September 2023, 24 students, 10 workers and one security guard were kidnapped from the university by gunmen.^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Federal University, Gusau". uniRank. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "Federal University Gusau Zamfara State Nigeria: Brief Intro". Students Nigeria. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018. It is a conventional University that took-off with three Faculties viz: Faculty of Humanities and Education, Faculty of Management and Social Science and Faculty of Science.
^ "Profile of Nigerian University Libraries – Association of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities (AULNU)". Retrieved 2024-05-25.
^ Nwabueze, Charles. "Students' use of Federal University Library, Gusau, Nigeria". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
^ FUGUS. "FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU". www.fugusau.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
^ "Gunmen abduct 35 from Nigerian university in the northwest". Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

Nigerian Federal Universities

External links[edit]

1Push Naija Archived 2014-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Federal University, Gusau". uniRank. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

[2] "Federal University Gusau Zamfara State Nigeria: Brief Intro". Students Nigeria. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018. It is a conventional University that took-off with three Faculties viz: Faculty of Humanities and Education, Faculty of Management and Social Science and Faculty of Science.

[3] "Profile of Nigerian University Libraries – Association of University Librarians of Nigerian Universities (AULNU)". Retrieved 2024-05-25.

[4] Nwabueze, Charles. "Students' use of Federal University Library, Gusau, Nigeria". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2024-05-25.

[5] FUGUS. "FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU". www.fugusau.edu.ng. Retrieved 2020-04-07.

[6] "Gunmen abduct 35 from Nigerian university in the northwest". Reuters. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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Federal	Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo Ahmadu Bello University Bayero University Kano Federal University, Birnin Kebbi Federal University Dutse Federal University, Dutsin-Ma Federal University, Gashua Federal University, Gusau Federal University Kashere Federal University, Lokoja Federal University, Otuoke Federal University Oye Ekiti Federal University, Wukari Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru Federal University of Lafia Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun Federal University of Technology Akure Federal University of Technology, Minna Federal University of Technology Owerri Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Modibbo Adama Federal University of Technology, Yola National Open University of Nigeria Nigeria Maritime University Nigerian Army University Biu Nigerian Defence Academy Nnamdi Azikiwe University Obafemi Awolowo University University of Abuja University of Agriculture, Makurdi University of Benin University of Calabar University of Ibadan University of Ilorin University of Jos University of Lagos University of Maiduguri University of Nigeria University of Port Harcourt University of Uyo Usmanu Danfodiyo University
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