Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic (HAFEDPOLY) is located in Kazaure,

Jigawa State Jigawa State ( Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in 1991 from the northeastern-most region of K ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of G ...

. It was founded in December 1991 as Jigawa State Polytechnic, with four colleges in different locations. These were the College of Engineering, Science and Technology at Kazaure, the College of Business and Management Studies at

Dutse Dutse is the capital city of Jigawa State Jigawa State (Hausa: ''Jihar Jigawa'' (Fula Leydi Jigawa 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤮𞤤 𞤶𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤱𞤢) is one of the 36 states of Nigeria, located in the northern region of the country. Created in ...

, the College of Islamic and Legal Studies at

Ringim Ringim is a Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ringim, the LGA has an area of 1,057 km² and a population of 192,024 at the 2006 census. History Ringim emirate came into being in Nove ...

and the College of Agriculture at

Hadejia Haɗejiya (also Haɗeja, previously Biram) is a Hausa town in eastern Jigawa State, northern Nigeria. The population was approximately 105,628 in 2006. Hadejia lies between latitude 12.4506N and longitude 10.0404E. It shared boundary with Kiri Ka ...

. The Central Administration is also located at Kazaure. The purpose of the college is to "provide technical and practical oriented training to meet the manpower requirements for the Industrial and Economic development of Nigeria." The college was renamed Hussaini Adamu Polytechnic in 1998, in honor of the former emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Hussaini Adamu. It became a federal polytechnic in January 2007. In February 2009, the institution held its first convocation ceremony, giving out certificates and national diplomas to 6,024 students who had graduated between 1992 and 2008.

Library

The polytechnic library complex was constructed in 2009, under the Education Trust Fund intervention project for the year 2009. It was well designed to meet international best practice. The

library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vi ...

consists of e-library and main-library, the main library is equipped with books for both lecturers and students. There are more than ten shelves in the main library. The e-library is a raw piece of innovative information technology system, and a testimony of advancement in information in information technology in

. The e-library has a wireless network connection and is connected to all the computers in the e-library and is to be used for academic purposes only.

References

Federal polytechnics in Nigeria Jigawa State Educational institutions established in 1991 1991 establishments in Nigeria {{Nigeria-university-stub

Library

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