Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, disclosed that the Federal Executive Council (FEC), has granted operating licences to 37 new private universities, including an online institution run by a woman. RipplesNigeria reports.Information Guide Nigeria
Adamu who made the announcement while briefing journalists after an extraordinary FEC meeting presided by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the State House in Abuja, said the new set of approval brings to 72 the total number of universities licensed by the Buhari administration since 2015.
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Adamu who did not give out the names of the successful institutions said one of them was an “online university, the first of its kind in Nigeria and owned by a woman from Bauchi State.”JAMB Portal
“One of the universities is an online university by a woman from Bauchi State and this is significant in the sense that we always want to have our women coming forward in education,” he said.NYSC Portal
“As far as I’m concerned, we need more universities. We are still under university. And if there are universities that are underfunded, they should be funded. It shouldn’t affect new universities that are being established.
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