The Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital (SOSUTH) has been renamed the Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar Teaching Hospital,
The change in the name of the teaching hospital which was recently commissioned was approved by the outgoing Governor of the state Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. The teaching hospital was among the eight state-owned tertiary institutions renamed to immortalize some of the great men of the state for their various contribution toward the advancement for the state and the Nigeria as a whole.
The decision to have the name of the Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital and the seven others changed was taken at the sitting of the State Executive meeting which was held on the 17th of May 2023.
It was stated that:
The state government firmly believes that these personalities merit the utmost respect and perpetual remembrance for their contributions to various aspects of humanity.
It could be recalled that the work for the construction of the Sokoto State University Teaching Hospital was awarded in 2020 and was commissioned about thirty months after.
Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar is the present Sultan of Sokoto State. He ascend the throne on the 2nd of May 2006. Before then he was the Commanding Officer 241 Recce Battalion, Kaduna in 1993. He was once ECOWAS military liaison officer and commanding officer, 231 Tank Battalion (ECOMOG Operations) in Sierra Leone and a Defence Attaché to Pakistan. He retired from the army as a Brigadier-General.
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