College of Education, Akwanga
The College of Education, Akwanga is a tertiary institution located in Akwanga town in Akwanga Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, in central Nigeria. The college is led by the following: Rev Jonathan Wakili Thani, Provost; Mr Yakubu Ojegba, Registrar; Mrs Lillian Okpede, Bursar and Dr Mohammed as Librarian. History. The institution was established as the Advanced Teachers College Akwanga in September 1976, by Plateau State edict No. 5 in 1978. The edict was then repealed in favour of Nasarawa State Edict No. 16 of 1996 which came into effect on 1 October 1996, after the  state was created from Plateau State, by the Abacha government, which transferred the responsibilities of the institution to Nasarawa state government, as a result of the location of the institution in the new Nasarawa state. The Advanced Teachers College began academic activities at a temporary site in Jos town with a campus in Akwanga. The Advanced Teachers College later moved from Jos to its permanent site in Akwanga, on 1 September 1985. Objectives of the institution. Objectives that the college was established to take care of as stated in the edict establishing the college are: The provost of the institution  is Rev (Dr) Musa Bawa who took over responsibilities of the college in 1998. He handed over to Alh. Mukhtar Isa Waya in 2006. There was an E-revolution during his tenure, which saw the introduction of an e-library in the school in 2007–2009. References. Education Nigeria