The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved eight new private universities across the country.

The approval was granted, Wednesday, during a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, which held at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Onwuka, who briefed State House correspondents, said the ministry “submitted a memo seeking approval for eight private universities after recommendation by the NUC”

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.

Mr. Onwuka said the new universities were given three years provisional license.
He also said all the new universities are to be mentored older ones.

He said 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.
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madridguy:
One of the Reasons the Nigeria Education System Is Failing. Very soon we will be seeing private university on a plot of land. YEYE dey smell.

My own problem is the rate at which universities produce graduates these days with no job to go a quarter way round at the end of the day. The insensitive government just approved 8 new universities, we ll be having many more of them in the labour market in no time.

Smh.... Nigeria is indeed a failed state

This still wont change the poor standard of education in Nigeria...

It ll create more jobs and more graduates to our already flooded labor market.

Cool.
GEJ built 6 new federal Universities in the North...

We All love you Sir

madridguy:
One of the Reasons the Nigeria Education System Is Failing. Very soon we will be seeing private university on a plot of land. YEYE dey smell.

plot of land even better.

In the bedroom!

@thread
More like 8 new universities have now successfully met up with NUC financial demand!

Nice one... I just hope the tuition would be affordable. Great institution for the coal city state, the structures in that Coal City University that I saw online proves that the school is to be watched out... that school will give Covenant University a run for her money.

Tolexander:
plot of land even better.

In the bedroom!

@thread
More like 8 new universities have now successfully met up with NUC financial demand!

Funny enough, some people can't realize all the money spent in training them through the university throughout their lifetimes.

The matter belleful everybody.

midolian:


My own problem is the rate at which universities produce graduates these days with no job to go a quarter way round at the end of the day. The insensitive government just approved 8 new universities, we ll be having many more of them in the labour market in no time.

Hmmm...
Observing....