The Federal Government has given the green light for the creation of nine new private universities across Nigeria.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the decision on Wednesday during a briefing with State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
The newly approved institutions are:
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Tazkiyah University, Kaduna State
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Leadership University, Abuja
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Jimoh Babalola University, Kwara State
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Bridget University, Mbaise, Imo State
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Greenland University, Jigawa State
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JEFAP University, Niger State
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Azione Verde University, Imo State
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Unique Open University, Lagos State
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American Open University, Ogun State
According to Alausa, the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending requests to establish tertiary institutions. These were reviewed under stricter guidelines, cutting the list down to 79 active applications, from which nine received approval.
He noted that many of these universities had been awaiting accreditation for over six years, with promoters already building campuses and investing billions of naira. The delays, he said, were due to inefficiencies within the National Universities Commission (NUC). Reforms have since been introduced to speed up the process, and the latest approvals are part of clearing the backlog.
Alausa added that the Federal Government has now placed a moratorium on new applications for private universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, except those that meet the updated operational standards.
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