Full list: FG approves 9 new universities

The Federal Government (FG) has given the green light for the establishment of nine new private universities across Nigeria.

Education Minister Dr. Tunji Alausa announced the approvals on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.

The new institutions are: Tazkiyah University, Kaduna State; Leadership University, Abuja; Jimoh Babalola University, Kwara State; Bridget University, Mbaise, Imo State; Greenland University, Jigawa State; JEFAP University, Niger State; Azione Verde University, Imo State; Unique Open University, Lagos State; and American Open University, Ogun State.

Alausa disclosed that the Tinubu administration inherited 551 pending applications for new tertiary institutions, which were screened under stricter approval guidelines. The list was trimmed to 79 active applications, out of which nine scaled through on Wednesday.

“Due to inefficiencies within the NUC, approvals were delayed. We have since introduced reforms to streamline these processes, and today’s approvals are a result of clearing this backlog,” he said.

The minister had earlier announced that no new federal universities, polytechnics or colleges of education would be established for now.