Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory has emerged as one of the beneficiaries of the newly approved 20 more universities in Nigeria by the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who spoke to newsmen today, February 3, shortly after the meeting at the presidential villa, said that the approved universities will get their provisional licences from the National Universities Commission (NUC), which they will use for the next three years, while monitoring and evaluation will go on.
The approved universities are: Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja; 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.
Others are: Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State; Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State; Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State; NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna State; and Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State.
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 also got provisional approval.
Others are Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State; Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State; Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State and Anan University, Kwall, Plateau State.
