By our Reporter
The Federal Government at the weekly federal executive council meeting today granted provisional licences to 20 new private universities to operate in Nigeria making the total number of private Universities in Nigeria 99.
The decision was arrived at the FEC meeting presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari.
Adamu Adamu,the Minister of Education, mention this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.
Adamu explained that the approved universities would receive their provisional licences from the National Universities Commission.
The minister explained that the newly approved University will operate with the provisional licences “for the next three years while monitoring and evaluation will go on.”
A list of the new private universities on geopolitical zone basis shows that nine of them are located in North Central; three in South South; two in South East; five in North West and one in South West.
The new universities are Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State, Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State; Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State; Maranathan University, Mgbidi, Imo State; Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State; and 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 and NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna 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; and University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State.
Others are 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.