File: Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the American University of Nigeria, Yola, was established to serve the community rather than as a profit-making venture for him or his family.
Atiku stated this on Friday while responding to an X user who questioned what he had done to address the plight of Almajiri children in northern Nigeria.
Defending his record on education, Atiku said his decision to establish the university in Yola demonstrated that commercial gain was not his primary consideration.
“If profit had been my primary motivation, I could easily have located the university in Abuja or Lagos, where the commercial advantages would have been greater.
