The driving force for the establishment of the Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action is the phenomenal growth at the primary and post-primary education levels, which has thrown up a myriad of challenges. These challenges could not be divorced from the state of affairs in the nation’s education sector, but expectedly they have also manifested aspects that are essentially peculiar to Niger State. Some of the challenges include poor funding, decayed infrastructure, weak monitoring and evaluation system, erosion of pro-education values and dearth of instructional materials. Undoubtedly, of all these challenges, the dearth of adequate qualified, competent and motivated teaching workforce had attracted the most concern. The seriousness of this challenge in Niger State is most acute in the context of the dearth of teachers in primary and secondary schools.

The negative impact of the challenge aforementioned, especially the dearth of adequate and quality teaching workforce is not only glaring but becoming more enervating in terms of consequences as it upsets the realisation of Niger State’s vision of being one of the top three states economies in the country by 2030. It is in the light of this peculiar challenge that the Niger State Government is establishing the Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action, which is a 3 direct consequence of the visior’s vision and strategic exploration of green economy as demonstrated in the first ever green economy summit in Nigeria at the inception of his adminstration

The Niger State College of Agriculture, Mokwa was formally recognised as a College of Agriculture. However, in a new development, the Office of the Executive Governor, Niger State, notified the National Universities Commission of the renaming of the Niger State College of Agriculture to Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action, Mokwa and desire to change the focus from a College of Agriculture to a Specialised University status evidenced in the legislative action by the Niger State House of Assembly and the Executive Governor’s subsequent assent.

The negative impact of the challenge aforementioned, especially the dearth of adequate and quality teaching workforce is not only glaring but becoming more enervating in terms of consequences as it upsets the realisation of Niger State’s vision of being one of the top three states economies in the country by 2030. It is in the light of this peculiar challenge that the Niger State Government is establishing the Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action, which is a 3 direct consequence of the visior’s vision and strategic exploration of green economy as demonstrated in the first ever green economy summit in Nigeria at the inception of his adminstration

The Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action is Located in Mokwa, Niger State. The university is located on about 317.404ectares of land. Mokwa town is is about 341km away from the capital city of Nigeria (Abuja). Mokwa is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Mokwa on the A1 highway in the west of the area. Mokwa is a town in Niger state with an estimated population of 244,937 (2006). The long southern border of the LGA is formed by the Niger River from Lake Jebba in the west beyond the confluence of the Kaduna River in the east. Kwara State and Kogi State are across the Niger from the LGA. The A1 highway crosses the Niger at Gana to Jebba in Kwara State.

Mokwa is a Nupe kingdom led by the Ndalile (presently Lile Shaba Aliyu) and consisting of subdistricts such as Muwo, Bokani, Kudu, Kpaki, Jebba, Rabba, Ja'agi and others. The leadership style of Mokwa town is emirship, and the head of the town is addressed as Ndalile. It has an area of 4,338 km2 and a population of 244,937 at the 2006 census. The temperature in the region fluctuates year-round, ranging from 63°F to 98°F, with occasional dips below 57°F or above 103°F. From February 3 to April 26, the hot season, with an average daily high temperature exceeding 95°F, lasts for 2.7 months. In Mokwa, April is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 96°F and low of 77°F. The 3.3-month cool season, which runs from July 1 to October 11, has an average daily maximum temperature of less than 87°F. With an average low of 64°F and high of 92°F, December is the coldest month of the year in Mokwa.