Niger minister inspects Diffa university as construction continues
Higher education minister Mamadou Saidou toured the Hummay Salmana University site, where the administrative block and student dormitories are still being built.
Professor Mamadou Saidou, Niger's minister of higher education, research and technological innovation, visited the Hummay Salmana University (UHS) in Diffa on Thursday, 12 November 2026, a day after presiding over its official naming ceremony. He toured the campus to check how far construction of its academic and social buildings has progressed.
Accompanied by a large delegation that included ministry staff, the rectors of the Hummay Salmana and Maradi universities, and local officials from Diffa, he visited the sites of the administrative block and student dormitories, where work is continuing at a level officials described as only partly satisfactory. The university's infirmary is already finished, and officials briefed the minister on progress, difficulties and completion plans.
The highlight of the tour was the university's agro-pastoral farm, which has run fully since last year and has just recorded its first harvest. The minister expressed particular satisfaction with the results and the farm's potential to help the institution become more self-reliant.
Why it mattersStudents and staff in Diffa will rely on the finished infirmary for health care while the dormitories and administrative block are still unfinished.