Aliyu Bahago Ahman-Pategi and it was named after his father, a former Minister of Agriculture and Health in the first Republic, Ahman Pategi.
[4] The University is located in Patigi, a local government in Kwara state, in order to grow the economy of the immediate community, to ensure that Nupes and North Central students have access to University education at discounted rates and to also empower the immediate society.
[5] The University started with two hundred and sixty-nine students across two faculties and 15 academic programmes.
The programmes offered are; Accounting, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Economics, English language, Entrepreneurship, Forensic Science, Industrial Chemistry, International Relations, Mass Communication, Microbiology, Plant and Biotechnology, Software Engineering, Physics with Electronics and a programme in Taxation.
He was the former member of the House of Representatives of Edu/Moro/Patigi Federal Constituency of Kwara North between 2007 and 2019 and he is well known for his traditional title, the Galadima of Patigi.