PTDF Launches Committee to Enhance Musa Yar’Adua Varsity

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) inaugurated a nine-man high-level committee to assess and reposition the General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua University of Geological Sciences and Engineering Technology (UGSET) in Kaduna. The committee, chaired by Dr. Farouk Ibrahim, former Secretary-General of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO), is tasked with reviewing the university's governance, academic programs, infrastructure, research, industry partnerships, and operational effectiveness.

The initiative aims to align UGSET with global best practices and support the current administration's agenda in education, research, innovation, technology, and human capital development. Prof. Shuaibu Aliyu, Executive Secretary of PTDF, clarified that UGSET is a renamed institution, previously known as the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna (CPESK), which was licensed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in 2023 as a private postgraduate university.

The university is part of the federal government's Transnational Education initiative, promoting strategic partnerships with international institutions.