Fati Lami Abubakar Institute for Legal and Administrative Studies Minna, Niger State

The Fati Lami Abubakar Institute for Legal and Administrative Studies (FLAILAS) is a state tertiary institution in Kpagungu, Minna, Niger State, on the Bida Road opposite the A.A. Rano filling station. It was set up to provide middle-level manpower for the judiciary, the civil service and teacher education, and its stated vision is to supply the 21st-century manpower needed to move Niger State and Nigeria forward.

The Institute offers National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND), Diploma (OND), certificate, remedial (Pre-ND) and IJMB programmes, on regular and part-time bases, with about 24 programmes on its programme list. An ND is a two-year programme leading to employment, HND admission or entry to 200 level at a university; the Diploma (OND) is a two-year programme leading to ND admission or 100 level at a university; the IJMB route leads to 200-level entry into tertiary institutions; and the remedial programme prepares candidates for ND1 or 100-level entry.

Programmes are grouped around law, administration and education. ND programmes include Accountancy, Business Administration and Management, Civil Law, Computer Science, Crime Management, Local Government Studies, Mass Communication, Public Administration, Sharia and Common Law, and Taxation, each with a matching Pre-ND route. Diploma programmes cover Arabic/Hausa and Education, Arabic/Islamic Studies and Education, Arabic and Quranic Science, Civil Law, Education Management, Education Psychology, Education Technology, English/Arabic, English/Hausa and English/Islamic Studies with Education, Guidance and Counselling, Islamic/Hausa and Education, Para-Legal, and Sharia and Civil Law, together with a Professional Diploma in Education.

The Institute is led by a Provost, Dr. Amina Usman Kutigi, with a Deputy Provost (Academic), a Deputy Provost (Administration), a Registrar, a Bursar and a Librarian. Facilities include computer laboratories, an engineering laboratory, lecture rooms and a library with a central branch on campus 1 and another on campus 2; services include borrowing, an e-learning centre, inter-library loans, internet access and study areas.