The Federal Government, on Monday said that all necessary arrangement has been concluded to established nine more universities. The Minister for Education, Shekarau made this assertion in Abuja while X-raying the Nigerian Basic Education Sector (2011-2015). This will bring to 18 the number of universities it had approved in last three years.

The Education Minister, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, also stated that the government had earmarked N1.3tn as intervention grant to its universities courtesy of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy Assessment Programme.

The minister said, “If not for technical reason, another nine would have been approved before now. Soon, we shall sort out all the outstanding issues and they will receive government approval. This will bring to 113 the number of universities in the country and 18 private universities approved in the last three years.”

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