Federal Government College, Sokoto

School

Federal Government College, Sokoto
Location

Information
Motto	Pro Unitate
Established	1966 (1966)
Founder	P.H Davis
Website	www.fgcsokoto.sch.ng

Federal Government College, Sokoto is a unity school that was founded by P.H Davis in 1966.

History

The school was the first of the first three unity schools, which were originally called Inter Regional Secondary Schools but later called Federal Government Colleges, to be opened at the beginning of 1966, the other two being Federal Government College Okposi and Federal Government College, Warri. In 1970 the first students completed their certificates.^[1] In 1971, the numbers of students taking the West Africa School Certificate (WASC) and the Higher School Certificate (HSC) were 70 and 53 respectively. Later the Higher school section was transferred to the Federal School of Arts and Science, which is now the Federal Science College, Sokoto.^[2]

Notable alumni

Onyebuchi Chukwu, politician
Donald Duke, politician
Badamasi Maccido, politician
Fati Lami Abubakar, judge
Oluseyi Petinrin, former Chief of the Defence Staff
Salihu Mustafa former Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Yola (FUTY)

References

^ "Federal Government College, Sokoto". Edu Portal. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
^ "Director's Foreword". Federal Government College, Sokoto. Archived from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2019-01-01.