OUR MISSION

"To provide regular and liberal courses of instruction in the humanities, the sciences and other spheres of learning of a standard required and expected of a University of the highest standing; to promote research and the advancement of science and learning, and to secure the diffusion of knowledge throughout Nigeria"

- From the Ahmadu Bello University Law

Our Charter

"The cardinal principle upon which our University is founded is to impart knowledege and learning to men and women of all races without any distinction on the grounds of race, religious, or political beliefs. This principle is enshrined in the University Law. Only through freedom of membership and freedom of enquiry and research can a University be drawn into the full ferment of thought from which new knowledge comes. Only if it adheres to those freedoms can it become truly great...[But] our character must reflect the needs, the traditions, the social and intellectual heritage of the land in which we live... We must develop our own pattern to suit our present background and our future needs. Our University must grow out of our own soil. We shall be a truly Nigerian institution and not the mirror image of some alien body..."

-Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto
Founding Chancellor, November 1963