FG Approves Nine New Private Universities Out Of 79 Active Applications
The Nigerian Government has approved the establishment of nine new private universities across the country, the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa announced.
The Minister expressed that the institutions were approved on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
According to him, 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 all made the list of nine schools out of the 79 active applications.
Alausa disclosed that the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending requests for the establishment of tertiary institutions, which were subjected to stricter approval guidelines; this, he said, reduced the list to 79.
He explained that many of the approved universities had been awaiting accreditation for over six years, with their promoters having already built campuses and invested billions of naira.
Alausa said, “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,”.
The minister, however, added that the Federal Government had placed a moratorium on new applications for private universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, except those meeting the new operational standards.
Oluwaseun Adejumo reporting for The Pendulum Media
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