The Vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Prof. Musbau Akanji has disclosed that the institution is set to establish three new departments in the faculty of engineering.
The three new departments are Oil and Gas, Welding and Material and Metrological Engineering.
According to him, two of the three departments have been approved by the senate of the university.
He further stated that the need for the three departments was informed by the decision of the Federal government to domesticate the country’s activities and operation in this areas and the relevance of this areas to actualizing vision 2020.
He commended the Petroleum Trust Development Fund for their contribution towards the progress of the institution.