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Brief Histroy: Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi was formerly known and called The Sokoto State College of Technology. It was then set up by State Edict No. 5 of 1976 which enabled the institution to take off on 1sl of October, 1977. The College then had its temporary site in Farfaru in Sokoto with 3 Classrooms, I Laboratory, 3 Administration rooms and 1 staff room accordingly. When the college finally moved to the permanent site in Birnin Kebbi in 1980, the local government and the community provided it with a large site of about 152 hectres. Among existing facilities provided for the smooth take-off of the college were 30 offices, 24 classrooms and a workshop. In 1980, the college changed to the status of the Polytechnic of Sokoto State offering some sundry educational programmes. The Bill enabling the change as set up by the Government is known as Bill No. 5 of 1980, and this came into operation on the 1st of April 1980. The institution became The Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, with the creation of Kebbi State in August, 1991. On the 7lh of January 2002, the name of the Polytechnic was changed to Waziri Umaru Polytechnic.