University of Agriculture, Makurdi
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The Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM) renamed Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in 2019, is a higher education institution in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
The university was established in 1988, following the recommendations of a 1987 federal government White Paper on Higher Education Curriculum and Development in Nigeria. The vice-chancellor is Professor Isaac Itodo , and the chancellor is the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari CFR. On 14 July 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari approved a bill to rename the university Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in honour of the late Nigerian politician Joseph Tarka.
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