Ahman Pategi University, Patigi is one of the twenty new private universities in Nigeria that was approved for establishment by the Federal Executive Council in February, 2021
The University was established by Hon. Aliyu Bahago Ahman-Pategi and it was named after his father, a former Minister of Agriculture and Health in the first Republic, Ahman Pategi. 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.