NEW UNIVESITIES HAS BIENG APPROVED IN NIGERIA

This is to inform the general puplic that theThe Federal Government of Nigeria has approved eight
new private universities across the country.
It was reported thatThe approval was granted, Wednesday, during a meeting
of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, which held at the
council chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Onwuka,
who briefed State House correspondents, said the
ministry “submitted a memo seeking approval for eight
private universities after recommendation by the NUC”.
He said the eight approved universities include the once nderlisted below:

1. Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos; Arthur Jarvis
2. Akpabuyo University, Calabar, Cross River; 
3. Clifford University, Owerinta, Abia; 
4. Coal City University,Enugu;
5. Crown Hill University, Kwara; 
6. Dominican University, Ibadan, Oyo; 
7. Kola Daisy University, also iIbadan; and
8. Legacy University, Okija, Anambra State.

Mr. Onwuka said the new universities were given three
years provisional license.
He also said all the new universities are to be mentored by older ones.
He said Anchor University will be mentored by the
University of Lagos, Jarvis University by the University of
Calabar and Clifford University by the University of Agriculture, Umudike.

Coal city University will be mentored by the University of Nigeria Nsukka; Crown Hill University by the University of
Ilorin; while the two new universities in Oyo State, Kola
Daisy and Dominican universities, will be mentored by
the University of Ibadan.
Legacy University, Okija, will be mentored by the Nnamdi
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