SAN FRANCISCO, November 02, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has approved eight new private universities across the country.
The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Onwuka, who briefed State House correspondents, said the approval was granted on Wednesday, during a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, which held at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said the eight approved universities include Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos; Arthur Jarvis Akpabuyo University, Calabar, Cross River; Clifford University, Owerinta, Abia; Coal City University, Enugu; Crown Hill University, Kwara; Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo; Kola Daisy University, also in Ibadan; and Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State.
Onwuka said the new universities were given three years provisional license following a memo seeking approval for the universities by the following recommendations by the NUC.
He however added that all the new universities are to be mentored by older ones.
He revealed that Anchor University will be mentored by the University of Lagos; Jarvis University by the University of Calabar; and Clifford University by the University of Agriculture, Umudike.
Coal City University will be mentored by the University of Nigeria Nsukka; Crown Hill University by the University of Ilorin; while the two new universities in Oyo State, Kola Daisy and Dominican universities, will be mentored by the University of Ibadan.
Legacy University, Okija, will be mentored by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Story by Oputah David
