FEC approves 20 new private universities (see list)

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment 20 new private universities in the country.

This brings the number of private universities in Nigeria to 99, Dateline Nigeria reports.

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The approval followed a memo by the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu at the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.

The new universities that will get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC) are:

1. Topfaith University, Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State
2. Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State
3. Maranathan University, Mgbidi, Imo State
4. Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State
5. Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State
6. Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State
7. Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State
8. Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State
9. NOK University, Kachia, Kaduna State
10. Karl-Kumm University, Vom, Plateau State
11. James Hope University, Lagos, Lagos State
12. Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano, Kano State
13. Capital City University, Kano, Kano State
14. Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State
15. University of Offa, Offa, Kwara State
16. Mewar University, Masaka, Nasarawa State
17. Edusoko University, Bida, Niger State
18. Philomath University, Kuje, Abuja
19. Khadija University, Majia, Jigawa State
20. Anan University, Kwall, Plateau State