Section 1: Establishment and objects of Federal Universities of Technology

(1) There are hereby established the following universities of technology, that is-
(a) the Federal University of Technology, Akure;
(b) the Federal University of Technology, Minna;
(c) the Federal University of Technology, Owerri; 1990 No. 37.]
(d) the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; and
(e) Federal University of Technology, Yola.
(2) Each University shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The objects of each University shall be-
(a) to encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction, the opportunity of acquiring a higher education in technology;
(b) to develop and offer academic and professional programmes leading to the award of diplomas, first degrees, post-graduate research and higher degrees which emphasise planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, developmental and productive skills in the engineering, scientific, agricultural, medical, and allied professional disciplines with the aim of producing socially mature men and women with capability not only to understand, use and adapt existing technology, but also to improve on it and develop new ones;
(c) to act as agents and catalysts, through post-graduate training, research and innovation for the effective and economic utilisation, exploitation and conservation of the country's natural, economic and human resources;
(d) to offer to the general population, as a form of public service, the results of training and research and to foster the practical applications of these results;
(e) to establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved in training, research and development of technologies;
(f) to identify the technological problems and needs of the society and to find solutions to them within the context of overall national development;
(g) to provide and promote sound basic scientific training as a foundation for the development of technology and applied sciences, taking into account indigenous culture and the need to enhance national unity; and
(h) to undertake any other activities appropriate for a university of technology of the highest standard.