Work at the site of a new Kano State University commenced this month while the institution is expected to be fully functional in the 2012 academic session.
The establishment of the new institution will bring the number of state universities in Kano State to two.
Gov. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso announced this in Kano on Monday while addressing the Chairmen of Committees Coordinating the take-off of 18 institutions established by the state government this year.
Kwankwaso said that the state Reformatory Institute would commence this month while about 400 youths were currently undergoing training at the Animal Traction Institute as tractor operators and other basic farming techniques.
He also assured the Committee on Sports Academy, headed by the Deputy Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, that its report would be studied carefully and implemented.
Earlier, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, who spoke on behalf of the other committee chairmen, said the initiatives for the establishment of the 18 institutions would greatly impact positively on the lives of youths in the state.
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