FG Approves Nine New Private Universities
The Federal Government has given the green light for the establishment of nine new private universities across Nigeria.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the approvals on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
The newly licensed institutions are:
1. Tazkiyah University, Kaduna State
2. Leadership University, Abuja
3. Jimoh Babalola University, Kwara State
4. Bridget University, Mbaise, Imo State
5. Greenland University, Jigawa State
6. JEFAP University, Niger State
7. Azione Verde University, Imo State
8. Unique Open University, Lagos State
9. American Open University, Ogun State
Dr. Alausa revealed that the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending applications for new tertiary institutions. After subjecting them to stricter approval standards, only 79 remained active, with nine receiving final clearance this week.
He noted that several of the approved universities had been awaiting accreditation for more than six years, with their founders having already built campuses and invested billions of naira.
According to him, past delays were caused by inefficiencies within the National Universities Commission (NUC), but recent reforms have streamlined the process, allowing the backlog to be cleared.
