NUC presents licences to 37 new Universities

The National University Commission (NUC) has granted permits to 37 new private universities, raising the country’s total number of private universities to 147.

With these additions, the university regulator now has a total of 267 universities, both privately and publicly operated.

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Mr Abubakar Rasheed made the declaration in the commission’s headquarter in Abuja.

He, however,  noted that the National University Commission is taking the universities to task, as the NUC has asked owners of the various citadels to compete with global best practices.