President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly approved the division of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Kaduna State, into six campuses.
Daily Trust had exclusively reported how the federal government has made a budgetary provision of N3,680,000,000 towards the actualisation of the project.
NCAT is the foremost aviation training institution in Nigeria established in 1964 and it is a Regional Training Centre (RTC) designated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).
Since its establishment, the college only has an annex in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital and the hub of aviation in Nigeria.
Sources said the plan to decentralise the operation of NCAT has been in the offing over the years.
But the federal government in the 2025 budget presented by Tinubu recently is planning to spend N3.6bn to establish NCAT annexes in five geopolitical zones including Akure (South-West), Osubi (South-South), Ebonyi (South-East), Ilorin (North Central) and Yola (North East).
It was classified as a new project in the budget of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development contained in the appropriation document.
The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) also corroborated the development through its official X account on Wednesday.
“President Bola Tinubu has decided to split the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria–Kaduna State, into six campuses to ensure efficiency, national coverage, and smooth operations,” the post stated.
According to the APC Ondo State chapter, the six campuses will be distributed across Nigeria’s geopolitical zones.
The campuses will be located in Akure (Southwest), Osubi (South-South), and Ebonyi (Southeast), while others will be established in Ilorin (North Central), Yola (Northeast), and Zaria (Northwest).
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