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

More to come…

clevadani:
Nice
Why's there none in the core North? Seems they do not care about their illiteracy problem.

Stelvin101:
Graduates are flooding the labor market every year, BSc/HNd Graduates have been reduced to Sales boys and girls in Labor market, Keke riders, Online sport betting gamblers, MMM Freaks, GNLD Marketers and so many other useless and odd jobs. Yet Federal government wants to build more Universities when they cannot provide jobs for the number of graduates being produce by already existing universities. God what crime dis we commit that our Government does not know its left from right.

yomibelle:
hmmm.....
more unemployed graduates

Lilimax:
That Clifford University in Abia state though

So none from the North o di egwu!
Any way, the prefer Islamic school to conventional University

Lilimax:
That Clifford University in Abia state though

So none from the North o di egwu!
Any way, the prefer Islamic school to conventional University

Stelvin101:
Graduates are flooding the labor market every year, BSc/HNd Graduates have been reduced to Sales boys and girls in Labor market, Keke riders, Online sport betting gamblers, MMM Freaks, GNLD Marketers and so many other useless and odd jobs. Yet Federal government wants to build more Universities when they cannot provide jobs for the number of graduates being produce by already existing universities. God what crime dis we commit that our Government does not know its left from right.

Stelvin101:
Graduates are flooding the labor market every year, BSc/HNd Graduates have been reduced to Sales boys and girls in Labor market, Keke riders, Online sport betting gamblers, MMM Freaks, GNLD Marketers and so many other useless and odd jobs. Yet Federal government wants to build more Universities when they cannot provide jobs for the number of graduates being produce by already existing universities. God what crime dis we commit that our Government does not know its left from right.

seacoast:
Orji will be one of the courses there.. You can have bad mind eh.

OBAGADAFFI:
Anchor University, Ayobo,- Deeperlife finally got their University.