Two new private universities, Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta state and Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo state were yesterday given provisional license to operate, thereby bringing the total number of private universities in the country to 61.

The provisional approval for the universities to operate is intended to create room for effective mentoring and qualitative growth within the first five years of operation as during the period, the universities will be affiliated to older generation universities for academic and administrative mentoring to be moderated by the National Universities Commission, NUC.

The minister of education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau who issued the certificates stated that
“Substantive licenses can only be issued to well-managed institutions after the three years of probation following their respective performance and growth within guidelines stipulated by the National Universities Commission.”

He said the problem of access to university education continues to be a serious challenge and called for continued effort from the private sector whom he said should not see it as investment alone but a contribution to the education sector.

The minister said prior to this approval, Nigeria had 138 universities, servicing a population of over 170 million people I’m comparison with other countries with smaller sizes in population but over a thousand universities.

“Private universities have contributed to the opening up of admission space for the swelling population of candidates seeking university education. The growth of private universities has created an environment for health competition that stimulates improvement in qulity service delivery in the system.”

‎The executive secretary of the NUC, Prof Julius Okojie during the presentation, reminded the proprietors of the institutions that a daunting task lies ahead as “infrastructure and human capacity must be in place before approval was made” as it makes to sense to be awarded with licences only for the institutions to fizzle out.

He revealed that the Commission will always inspect the ‎universities in order to ensure that they are up and doing to avoid the risk of revoking the license.

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