THE Federal Government has granted provisional licences to 20 new private universities to operate in Nigeria.
The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
The approval brought the number of private universities in Nigeria to 99.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.
Adamu said the approved universities would get their provisional licences from the National Universities Commission to operate “for the next three years while monitoring and evaluation will go on.”
The new universities are Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State; Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State; Maranathan University, Mgbidi, Imo State; Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State; Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State, Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State; Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State; Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State; NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna State; and Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State.
They also include James Hope University, Lagos, Lagos State; Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State; Capital City University, Kano, Kano State; Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State; University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State, Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State; Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State; Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja; Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State; and Anan University, Kwall, Plateau State.
