look at what he want to close down




Lead City Varsity: NUC takes final decision today on withdrawal of licence
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Written by Clement Idoko
Friday, 21 January 2011

AS the two weeks ultimatum given to the management of the Lead City University, Ibadan to close down its Law Faculty and School of Postgraduate Studies or lose its operational licence, expired today, the National Universities Commission (NUC) is to decide the fate of the institution.

NUC had claimed that the two schools were being run illegally by the university management without due approval and ordered them to be closed down.

The Director, Academic Standards at NUC, Professor Alhassan Bichi, who briefed newsmen in Abuja, on the development, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Julius Okojie, had said that if within two weeks the two schools in the university were not closed down, the commission would use its sledge hammer on the institution.

He said that the commission had to resort to sanctioning the institution after all efforts to prevail on the school management to shut down the two programmes proved abortive.

The commission equally declared as illegal, certificates acquired by students from the two programmes and would not be recognized for the purpose of employment or further studies.

However, Professor Okojie, who declined comment on the imbroglio on Thursday, when the Nigerian Tribune was at the commission, said he would make public the position of the NUC today.

He said he would not want to pre-empt anything until the expiration of the ultimatum, which is today.

Effort to speak with the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i, also was unsuccessful.

When the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Peter Obediegwu was called on his mobile phone he said: We are not in town and the Minister is expected back later today”.

Becomrichn:

look at what he want to close down

Why are they running unapprove university. Let them get approval please.

Even if the school was built in gold, they should obey the rules for establishing university. I have a friend that graduated after 3yrs with b.sc in one of those universities around. The guy don't even know jack, but he carries degree certificate around.

They can penalise the university,yes,but I dont support declaring the certificate of the students illegal, after they must have spent fortunes graduating. The blame lies with the education minitry which was to dumb to notice until now, and not with the unsuspecting students.

Rule are rules and we all must abide by them,

Not when the rules are inhuman and illegal.

Bulk of lead university will be from ibadan.
It takes time.

Look at Covenant university now.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/275763_c11_CovenantUniversity_jpgecca381d028103c1aa7364783b10480c

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hmmmm becomrichn, you are making a lot of sense here

I say penalise the university but not the innocent students. They prolly werent told that the school didnt have a law school licence.