{"id":"nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","canonicalSlug":"nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","language":"en","title":"Senate passes bill for proposed Federal College of Agriculture in Shani","summary":"The bill cleared the Senate and is due to go to the House of Representatives for concurrence before presidential assent.","body":["Nigeria’s Senate passed for third reading a bill to establish a Federal College of Agriculture in Shani Local Government Area, Borno State. The National Assembly Library Trust Fund reported the passage on October 18; Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume sponsored the bill.","The proposed college would focus on agricultural technology, improved crop varieties and scientific methods. The bill still required consideration by the House of Representatives and presidential assent, so the institution had not yet been established. The Senate account cites rice, tomato and onion cultivation in the area as part of the location rationale."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Senate passes bill for proposed Federal College of Agriculture in Shani\n\nThe bill cleared the Senate and is due to go to the House of Representatives for concurrence before presidential assent.\n\nNigeria’s Senate passed for third reading a bill to establish a Federal College of Agriculture in Shani Local Government Area, Borno State. The National Assembly Library Trust Fund reported the passage on October 18; Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume sponsored the bill.\n\nThe proposed college would focus on agricultural technology, improved crop varieties and scientific methods. The bill still required consideration by the House of Representatives and presidential assent, so the institution had not yet been established. The Senate account cites rice, tomato and onion cultivation in the area as part of the location rationale.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-15","eventDateBasis":"source-reported event or announcement date","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:45:42Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://naltf.gov.ng/senate-passes-bill-to-establish-federal-college-of-agriculture-in-shani-borno-state/","name":"National Assembly Library Trust Fund","licence":"No open content-reuse licence stated on the source page.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://naltf.gov.ng/senate-passes-bill-to-establish-federal-college-of-agriculture-in-shani-borno-state/","attribution":"National Assembly Library Trust Fund, report dated 2026-10-18","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/nigeria-sector-shani-federal-college-agriculture-bill-oct18-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["policy-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"NG","subdivisionCode":"NG-BO"}],"evidenceBasis":["plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}