FG Approves 37 New Private Universities

The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of 37 new private universities across the country.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

According to him, with this new approval, the Muhammadu Buhari administration had surpassed any other administration in terms of establishing universities.

His words, “37 new private universities have been licensed and that will make this administration probably the most university –friendly administration because we have so far established 72 universities.

“Fourteen (14) by the Federal Government, 21 by states and 37 private; so, total we have 72 new universities from 2015 to date.

“ And today I am announcing 37 new private universities.”