Benue State University

Benue State University, Makurdi, now officially the Reverend Father Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi, is a state-owned university established by Benue State University Edict No. 1 of 1991, under Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu, the state’s Executive Governor and the university’s first Visitor. The university took off in the 1992/93 academic year with four faculties: Arts, Education, Science, and Social Sciences, created to complement the specialized work of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi. Law and Management Sciences followed in 1993/94, a postgraduate school in 1998/99, the College of Health Sciences in 2003/04, and Environmental Sciences in 2014/15, bringing the university to 9 faculties and colleges, with a student population of roughly 32,000.

The university’s motto is “Scientia Liberatio Populorum” (Knowledge for the Liberation of the People). It has received World Bank grant support to establish a Centre for Food Technology and Research (CEFTER), addressing higher-education needs across West and Central Africa. Its College of Health Sciences has graduated multiple sets of medical doctors since 2015.