Education
The state has a Federal Polytechnic in Nasarawa local Government Area of the state, College of Education in Akwanga, College of Agriculture in Lafia, Nasarawa State Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State University in Keffi,a newly established Federal University of Lafia in Lafia town, and other vocational training schools.
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“Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. Education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
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—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)