The Federal Government has granted approval for the establishment of nine new private universities across Nigeria.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made the announcement on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
The newly approved universities are:
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
American Open University, Ogun State
Dr. Alausa noted that the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending requests for the establishment of tertiary institutions, which were then reviewed under stricter approval guidelines.
“This review reduced the list to 79 active applications, from which nine were approved today,” he said.
The minister explained that many of the approved universities had been waiting for accreditation for over six years, with promoters having already invested billions of naira in building campuses.
“Approval delays were largely due to inefficiencies within the NUC. With recent reforms to streamline these processes, today’s approvals are a result of clearing this backlog,” Alausa added.
He also confirmed that the Federal Government has placed a moratorium on new applications for private universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, except for those that meet the newly introduced operational standards.
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