{"id":149543,"date":"2025-02-10T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels"},"modified":"2025-02-15T22:52:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T21:52:56","slug":"atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels","title":{"rendered":"ATBU lifts ban on using gas cylinders in hostels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cylinders for cooking in student hostels, permitting only the use of 3kg cylinders.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Sa\u2019id Umar, announced the policy shift during the orientation ceremony for newly admitted students on Sunday. He explained that the decision followed a review aimed at harmonizing the university\u2019s policy with practices in other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have agreed to allow only 3kg gas cylinders in the hostels, and any student found using bigger cylinders will have them confiscated,\u201d Prof. Umar warned.<\/p>\n<p>He further disclosed that the Student Affairs Division, in collaboration with the Student Union Government (SUG), had developed guidelines for the safe use of gas cylinders and hostel management.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Federal Fire Service in Bauchi State, Umar Lawal, highlighted the dangers of fire outbreaks, attributing 90 percent of such incidents to carelessness, negligence, and ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>He urged students to avoid overloading electrical appliances and to adhere to safety guidelines to prevent fire hazards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cylinders for cooking in student hostels, permitting only the use of 3kg cylinders. The Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Sa\u2019id Umar, announced the policy shift during the orientation ceremony for newly admitted students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":149542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[3393,254,340],"class_list":["post-149543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-atbu","tag-nigeria","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ATBU lifts ban on using gas cylinders in hostels - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cyli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ATBU lifts ban on using gas cylinders in hostels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cyli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-10T10:01:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T21:52:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739173255.866786.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1327\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"605\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ATBU lifts ban on using gas cylinders in hostels\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-10T10:01:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T21:52:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739173255.866786.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ATBU\",\"Nigeria\",\"students\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/atbu-lifts-ban-on-using-gas-cylinders-in-hostels\",\"name\":\"ATBU lifts ban on using gas cylinders in hostels - 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