Nigeria approves 20 new private universities | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
3rd February 2021
The Nigerian government Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday has approved the establishment of 20 private universities in the country.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who briefed newsmen after the session, said the approved universities will get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC), which they will use for the next three years while monitoring and evaluation will go on.
These universities are spread across four geopolitical zones of the country.
Nine of the new private universities are located in North Central, three in South South, two in South East, five of them in North West and one in South West.
The universities approved by the FEC are Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State; Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State; Maranathan University, Mgbidi, Imo State; Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State; and Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State.
Others are Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State, Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State, Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State, NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna State and Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State.
Others are James Hope University, Lagos, Lagos State, Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State, Capital City University, Kano, Kano State, Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State, and University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State.
Others are Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State, Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State, Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja, Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State and Anan University, Kwall, Plateau State.
It is not immediately clear how soon each university would admit its first set of students but EduCeleb.com understands that this cannot precede the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which has not be scheduled yet.