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Federal University Gashua (FUGashua) is a university based in Yobe State, Northeastern Nigeria. It is a research institution that seeks to solve immediate needs of the society and give every person the opportunity to acquire knowledge. The university was established in 2013 by President Goodluck Jonathan. This was done to give every state of Nigeria (those without a federal university) access to higher education and to give all states equal access to education. Yobe State is listed as one of the educationally disadvantaged with low enrollment in schools and high rate of illiteracy.