History of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU)
Establishment (1980) Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), located in Bauchi, Nigeria, was established in 1980 as the Federal University of Technology, Bauchi (FUTB). Its primary mandate was to promote science, technology, and engineering education to contribute to Nigeria’s industrial and technological growth. This was part of the Nigerian government’s policy in the early 1980s to