UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA-
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL AUDITOR

UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA
(NOW YAKUBU GOWON UNIVERSITY, ABUJA)
THE UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONAL UNITY!
AIRPORT ROAD, GIRI, P.M.B. 117, ABUJA
(OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR)
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF EXTERNAL AUDITOR

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja) was established by the Federal Government in January 1988. It is Nigeria’s first dual-mode University with a mandate for both conventional and distance learning education. Academic activities commenced in 1990 and a portion of land measuring 11,678.28 hectares was allocated to it by the then President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR for continuous expansion. Today, the University has a college of Health Sciences, 17 faculties, over 70 undergraduate programmes, a revitalised Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education, a School of Postgraduate Studies, an Institute of Education, and a thriving Business School, along with multiple research centers and Institutes.