The Federal Government has given the go-ahead for the establishment of nine new private universities in the country.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa announced this on Wednesday while talking to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting that was presided over by President Bola Tinubu.
New institutions that have gotten the ‘final approval’ are Tazkiyah University, Kaduna State; Leadership University, Abuja; Jimoh Babalola University, Kwara State; Bridget University, Mbaise, Imo State; Greenland University, Jigawa State; JEFAP University, Niger State; Azione Verde University, Imo State; Unique Open University, Lagos State; and American Open University, Ogun State.
Noting that the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending requests for the establishment of tertiary institutions which were subjected to stricter approval guidelines, this, he added, had subsequently gotten reduced to 79 active applications, out of which nine got the final approval on Wednesday.
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‘Due to inefficiencies within the NUC, approvals were delayed. We have since introduced reforms to streamline these processes, and today’s approvals are a result of clearing this backlog’ Alausa said.
The minister added that the Federal Government will not welcome new applications for private universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, except the ones who meet the new operational standards-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
