The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved memo to give provisional operating licences to corporate bodies seeking to establish 12 new private universities across Nigeria.
This was revealed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday to State House correspondents at the end of the council meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, in Abuja.
The proposed 12 universities would be located in Kano, Niger, Gombe, Sokoto, Delta, Abia, Anambra and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Minister said, “Council approved the memo for the issuance of provisional licences for the establishment of 12 proposed private universities.
“The proposed private universities are Pen Resource University Gombe, Gombe State, Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State, Margaret Lawrence I -University, Delta State and Khalifa Ishaku Rabiu University Kano, Kano State.
“Sports University Idumuje Ugboko, Delta State, Bala Ahmed University Kano, Saisa University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto State, Nigerian-British University Hasa, Abia State and Peter University Acina-Onene, Anambra State as well as Newgate University, Minna, Niger State, European University of Nigeria in Duboyi, Abuja and the North-West University Sokoto,” he added. (Daily Independent)
