Share As a mark of respect and immortalization, Bauchi State Government has renamed the state university, Gadau to Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZUG), Gadau. Approval for the change of name was approved by the State Executive Council (SEC) during its meeting held on Wednesday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Bauchi. Briefing Newsmen at the end of the meeting, State Education Commissioner, Dr Aliyu Tilde said that the gazetting will soon take place to ensure that the new name took immediate effect. Aliyu Tilde said that the action was done to immortalise the name of late Malam Sa’adu Zungur (1915-1958), “a Bauchi indigene that was among the leaders that fought for our independence, the mentor of Malam Aminu Kano, a one-time secretary of NCNC, a political activist whose progressive ideas shaped the Northern political culture to date. He was a great Hausa poet and social critic.”