Federal Government Gives Licences To 20 New Private Universities

 

The Federal Government has presented provisional licences to the 20 new private universities recently approved by Federal Executive Council. The licences, which were presented to the universities on Thursday in Abuja, brings the total number of private universities to 99.

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The Federal Executive Council in February 2021, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities.

Speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the acclaim for the established order of those universities is a testament to the continuing partnership of the federal authorities with the private region towards widening get admission to and first-rate of university schooling in Nigeria.

Represented with the aid of the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, the minister stated Nigeria desires extra universities thinking about the population of the u . S . A ..

The minister stated, with the population of the united states of america, the cutting-edge variety of universities is low whilst compared to that of other countries like Brazil, Mexico and Russia.

He maintained that the authorities will maintain to make certain that as amount is elevated, the pleasant is not compromised.

While noting that personal universities have contributed to the outlet up of the growth of admission, he advised the proprietors to live up to the usual, noting that satisfactory guarantee ought to not be compromised.

The permitted universities are, Topfaith University Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom; Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara; Maranatha University, Mgbidi, Imo; Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa; Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano, Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo; Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River; Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo.

Also on the listing are NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna, Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau, James Hope University, Lagos, Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Capital City University, Kano, Ahman Pategi University, Kwara, University of Offa, Kwara.

Others are, Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa; Edusoko University, Bida, Niger; Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja; Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa and Anan University, Kwall, Plateau

In his observation, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed, congratulated the owners of the brand new universities on their zeal and backbone in pursuing the incredible initiative of organising universities to deal with the apparently intractable hassle of insufficient get admission to to high-quality university training in Nigeria.

He however warned that government will now not tolerate a breach of the conditions for the approval, announcing, “Any unwholesome exercise or operation out of doors the provisions of NUC recommendations is unacceptable and will appeal to appropriate sanctions.” He said NUC will embark on a useful resource verification exercising to certify that the minimum human and cloth assets required for the graduation of academic activities inside the take-off programmes had been provided.