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9 Febuary, 2015
Vol. 10 No. 6
ISSN 0795-3089
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HME Lists Achievements of
Transformation Agenda in
Education Sector
he Honourable Minister of
Education (HME), Mallam
Ibrahim Shekarau, CON, has
reeled out the achievements of
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
Administration during an interactive session with the media
on the transformation of the Nigerian Education Sector, under
the Transformation Agenda, to
include: a significant increase in
the budgetary allocation to the
sector; aggressive rehabilitation
of physical infrastructure in almost all the tertiary institutions
in the country; building and
equipping of laboratories and
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR,
libraries across the country; esPresident, Federal Republic of Nigeria
tablishment of 12 federal universities and one specialised university (Maritime University) and tutions, through the Tertiary Educamore than 34 NCE-awarding in- tion Trust Fund (TETFund), such as
stitutions as well as polytechnics. Academic Staff Training and Development Funds, under which 9,346
Others, Mallam Shekarau said, lecturers from public Universities,
included: the provision of vari- Polytechnics and Colleges of Eduous interventions to higher insti- cation had benefited, with 2,658 of
in this edition...
CONVOCATION: The Federal Government Tasks Nigerian VISIT: Delegation from the Cambridge InternaVarsities to Brace-Up for Global tional Examination and the British Council visits
Competitiveness (Pg. 4).
Executive Secretary in his office. (Pg. 6).
them currently studying overseas
for masters and Ph.Ds; Special
High Impact Intervention Project, aimed at systematically upgrading academic programmes
and improving the teaching and
learning environment in selected
institutions across the six geopolitical zones, under which 23
Universities, 11 Polytechnics and
11 Colleges of Education had
so far benefited, adding that
N108.4 billion had been spent in
five phases of the intervention.
The Honourable Minister explained that in the1st phase, a
total of N26.4 billion was disbursed to institutions in the six
geo-political zones: North Central: University of llorin, N3 billion, Federal College of Education Kotangora, Niger State, N1.1
billion; North East: University of
Maiduguiri, N3 billion, Federal
College of Education (Technical), Gombe, N1.1 billion; North
VISIT: NUC Scribe re- NEWS: NUC organises in-house
ceives delegation from seminar for SERVICOM Desk
DFCSN, assures of sup- Officers. (Pg. 8).
port. (Pg. 7).
Mal. Ibrahim Shekarau, CON
Professor Viola Onwuliri
Honourable Minister of Edu- Honourable Minister of State
cation
for Education.
West: Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria, N3 billion; Kaduna Polytechnic, N1.2 billion, Nigeria
Defence Academy, N1.2 billion;
South East: University of Nigeria
Nsukka, N3 billion; Akanu Ibiam
Polytechnic, Uwana, Afikpo, N1.2
billion; South South: University of
Benin N3 billion; Federal College
of Education (Technical), Omoku,
Rivers State, N1.1 billion; South
West: University of Ibadan, N3
billion and Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, N1.2 billion.
Mallam Shekarau further gave the
following information: 2nd phase,
North Central: University of Jos
N3 billion; Kogi State Polytechnic,
Lokoja, N1 billion; North East:
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, N3 billion; Federal
Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa, N1
billion; North West: Bayero University, Kano, N3 billion; Jigawa
State College of Education, Gumel,
N1 billion; South East: Federal
University of Technology, Owerri,
Imo State, N3 billion; Institute of
Management and Technology,
(IMT) Enugu, N1 billion; South
South: University of Port Harcourt, N3 billion, Akwa Ibom State
College of Education, Afaha, Nsit,
N1 billion; South West: Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, N3
Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala
Permanent Secretary, FME
N3 billion, bauchi State University
of Education, Azare, N1 billion,
North West: Kebbi State University of Science and Technology,
Aliero, N3 billion, Federal polytechnic Kaura, Namoda, N1 billion, South East: Anambra State
University, Uli, N3 billion, Alvan Ikoku College of Education,
Owerri, N1 billion, South South:
University of Calabar, N3 billion,
College of Education, Agbor, N1
billion, South West: University
of Lagos, N1 billion and Federal
Polytechnic, Ibadan, N1 billion.
billion, and Adeyemi College of 5th phase, North Central Kwara
Education, Ondo State, N1 billion. State University, N3 billion, College of Education, Akwanga, NasIn the 3rd phase, North Central: sarawa State, N1 billion, North
Benue State Polytechnic, Ugboko- East: Bauchi State University,
lo, N1 billion; North East: Umar Gadau, Bauchi State, N3 billion,
Suleiman College of Education, Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola,
Gashua, Yobe State, N1 billion; N1 billion, North West: Kano UniNorth West: Usman Dan Fodio versity of Science and Technology,
University, Sokoto, N3 billion, Wudil, Kano State, N3 billion FedSouth East: Abia State polytech- eral College of Education, (Technic, Abia, N1 billion, South South: nical) Gusau, Zamfara State, N1
Niger Delta University, Amasoma, billion, South East: Enugu State
N3 billion, Federal College of University of Science and TechEducation, Abeokuta, N1 billion. nology, N3 billion, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, N1
4th phase North Central: Benue billion, South South: University of
State University, Makurdi, N3 Uyo, Akwa Ibom, N3 billion, Auchi
billion, Federal Polytechnic, Nas- Polytechnic, Edo State, N1 billion,
sarawa, N1 billion, North East: South West: Ekiti State UniverModibo Adama University, Yola, sity, Ado Ekiti, N3 billion, Mi-
R-L: The Honourable Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, exhanging pleasantries with the NUC Executive Secretary’s Representative and Director,
Student Support Services, Mallam Ibrahim Dan’Iya and the Permanent Secretary,
Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, during the presentation.
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tremendous improvement with
several initiatives and innovations.
Some Heads of Agencies and Parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education
chael Otedola College of Primary On Conference Intervention
Education, Epe, Lagos, N1 billion Programme, Government had,
through TETFund, sponsored
On National Research Fund, the a total of 15,537 academics and
Minister said that in recognition non-academic staff of public terof the importance of research tiary institutions to both interto national development, a seed national and local conferences,
grant of N2 billion was set aside and the Presidential Special
to encourage academics under- Scholarship for Innovation and
taking cutting edge research in Development (PRESSID), unthe areas of power and energy, der which over 200 First Class
health, security, employment Graduates were sponsored to
and wealth creation; the National the top 25 universities in the
Book Development Fund to resus- world for post-graduate studies.
citate and sustain the publication
of scholarly Journals; Academic Mallam Shekarau explained that
Publishing Centres, etc. This the gradual implementation of the
initiative was aimed at construct- NEEDs Assessment Committee’s
ing one university-based aca- report was a sign of Government’s
demic publishing centre in each commitment toward revitalising
geo-political zone and the FCT the education sector for maximum
to encourage the publication of productivity, adding that under
academic manuscripts into books. the present administration, the
education sector had witnessed
Speaking on the Basic Education
sub-sector, the Honourable Minister of State for Education, Professor Mrs. Viola Onwuliri revealed
that in a bid to achieve the Education For All programme, the Federal Government had intervened
in basic education through the
provision of 250 Almajiri education projects, 34 Boy-child Vocation Centres, 67 Girl-child model
schools, 87 e-library, provision of
426 computers for ICT centres
in the Girl-child model schools,
provision of 62 computers in elibrary schools and 575 computers in the Almajiri model schools.
Professor Onwuliri disclosed
that Government had provided
instructional materials worth
N126.5 million to basic education
to ensure effective teaching and
learning, adding that these interventions were aimed at ensuring
that basic education was not only
accessible to all Nigerian children
but also affordable. She stated that
due to these interventions, quality
had improved tremendously while
access had also increased thereby
leading to increased enrolment.
The Facts and the Figures: President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s Transformation of the Nigerian Education Sector presented to the
public at the occassion.
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FG Tasks Varsities on
Global Competitiveness
omy were continuously greased.
he President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR,
on Saturday, 24 January, 2015,
tasked Nigerian universities to
brace up to the challenges of
global competitiveness in order to
place the nation on the same pedestal as other developed countries.
Speaking at the 21st Convocation
of the University of Agriculture,
Makurdi (UAM), the President,
who was represented by a Visiting
Professor in the National Universities Commission (NUC), Muhammad Hamisu, admonished
Nigerian institutions to work extra
hard in order to strategically place
themselves among the top universities in Africa and the world.
The Visitor noted that the nation’s hope of becoming a leading
economy in the world could only
be attained, if tertiary institutions
were in the forefront of innovation
and knowledge dissemniation. He
further stated that Nigeria, as the
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
biggest and fastest growing economy in Africa, required a sound
education system that would produce the necessary manpower,
needed to sustain the growth of
the economy in every sphere. He,
therefore, urged academics and
researchers to remain committed to their profession, saying that
their commitment to the Nigerian
University System (NUS) would
ensure that the wheels of the econ-
L-R: UAM Vice-Chancellor, Professor Emmanuel Kucha; Chancellor, Igwe Dr. J. U.
Nnaji; NUC Visiting Professor, Mohammad Hamisu and the Secretary to the Benue
State Government, Dr. David Haruna, who represented the Governor
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In order to effectively supplement Government’s funding of
the sector, the President implored
universities in the country to develop linkages, partnerships and
collaborations outside the public
sector, as a way to attract resources for research, development and
scholarship. He urged tertiary institutions to harness their internal potentials so as to generate
revenue as supplementary funds
for their developmental needs.
President Jonathan felicitated
with the graduands and their parents, noting that the future ahead
of them was full of constraints,
obstacle and challenges, even as
there existed numerous opportunities. He added that, since the
graduands had been sufficiently
trained and equipped with the
knowledge required to surmount
these challenges, he was hopeful that they would turn their
potentialities into actualities.
The President informed the Convocation that the nation’s population was expanding rapidly and
that the attendant need for more
agricultural produce was overwhelming; he, therefore, called
on the graduands to maximise
the knowledge and skills they
had acquired to grow the nation’s agricultural sector as well
as serve as employers of labour
in all aspects of the agricultural
value chain. He added that his
Administration would continuously provide support to as many
initiatives as were presented, as
long as they were directed towards
developing the agricultural sector. In his address, the Pro-Chancellor, Chief Chike Udenze, called
President Jonathan applauded the on the staff and students to enUniversity for keying successfully sure that the prevailing peace
into the Federal Government’s Ag- and stability on campus was susricultural Transformation Agenda, tained in order to ensure the rapid
an Agenda through which agricul- growth of the University and the
ture was being redefined as a busi- development of agriculture in
ness and developed by enhancing the country. He appealed to pubthe skills of the farmers and cre- lic spirited individuals as well as
ating a competitive environment the Institution’s alumni, to assist
and, more fundamentally, guaran- the University, particularly, by
teeing food security for the nation. providing infrastructure and faHe tasked the Institution and the cilities for the hosting of the 25th
people of Benue State to take full edition of the Nigerian University
advantage of the Rice Processing Games Association (NUGA) by
Plant located in the State, in or- the University later in the year.
Kucha, gave an account of his
stewardship as the Chief Executive
of the Institution, observing that
the University had recorded several achievements by creating an
enabling academic environment
for teaching and learning, adding
that the Institution had improved
staff/student welfare; manpower development; infrastructure,
through public-private partnership (PPP); Internally Generated
Revenue (IGR); research, innovation and technology as well as
strengthened extension services
to ensure unimpeded access to the
latest developments in agriculture.
The Vice-Chancellor informed
the Convocation that a total of
2,762 graduands, including 2,291
Bachelor’s and 471 Postgraduate were conferred with various degrees. In all, 3 graduands
were awarded First Class while
20 bagged Doctorate degrees.
The Honorary Award receipient, General Martins Luther Agwai (RTD) (right),
exchanging pleasantries with the Chancellor, Igwe Dr. J. U. Nnaji, while the ViceChancellor, Professor Emmanuel Kucha, smiles in the background.
The highlight of the Convocation
was the conferment of the University’s honorary degree on a former
Chief of Defense Staff and current
Chairman of the Subsidy Re-Investment Programme (SURE-P), retired General Martins Luther Ag-
der to actualise the total benefits
of their comparative advantage.
In his speech, the Chancellor of
the University and the Odezuluigbo III of Nike, HRH, Igwe Dr. J. U.
Nnaji, JP, admonished all stakeholders, friends, supporters, partners, collaborators and well-wishers of the University to assist the
University in developing some of
the infrastructure on its campus.
He noted that it had become necessary in the light of global trends, A cross section of postgraduate graduands amongst whom is NUC’s Chief Academic
for private individuals and corpo- Standards Officer, Dr. Victoria Pillah (second right), who bagged a doctorate degree.
rate bodies to assist Government
Earlier, in his remark, the Vice- wai, for his contribution to peace
in developing tertiary institutions.
Chancellor, Professor Emmanuel and security in Nigeria and abroad.
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Cambridge University Visits NUC on CIE
delegation, Mr. Mark Barber,
who was accompanied by his colleagues in the British Council, told
the Executive Secretary that CIE,
when integrated into the Nigerian
education system, would assist Nigerian universities gain more recognition abroad, since students,
particularly, from the United
Kingdom might then be qualified
to enroll into an institution in the
country with the CIE qualification.
Mr. Barber disclosed that the
CIE had already established
partnership with South Afrian University System (NUS). He rica and hoped to achieve the
expressed the Commission’s will- same collaboration with Nigeria.
ingness to do everything within its
mandate to develop the education At the meeting were NUC’s Disector, adding that the CIE was rector, Physical Planning and Deequivalent to the West African velopment (DPP&D), Arch. Bola
Examination Council and could Bologun; Director, Research and
become a qualification for en- Innovation (DRI), Dr. Suleiman
trance into a Nigerian university. Ramon-Yusuf; Ag. Director, Open
Professor Okojie advised the and Distance Education (DODE),
delegation to also partner with Dr. Olamide Esther Adesina;
the WAEC and the National Ex- Deputy Director, Inspection and
aminations Council (NECO), Monitoring, Mr. Felix Olawole
so as to ensure that the stand- Olaniyan and Deputy Director,
ards used for the Nigerian ex- Consultancy Services, Mrs. Lauaminations applied to the CIE. retta Achor. In Mr. Barber’s delegation were members of the British
In his remarks, the leader of the Council: Chikordi Onyemerela,
Balkis Usman and Nsikak Akpan.
L-R: NUC Scribe, Professor Julius A. Okojie, OON, and Mr. Mark Barber
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he Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius A. Okojie, OON, on Friday,
30 January, 2015, disclosed that
the Commission would partner
with the Cambridge University,
United Kingdom, to ensure that
students who passed the Cambridge International Examination (CIE) could gain admission
into any Nigerian university.
Speaking, when he received a
delegation from Cambridge University in his office, the NUC
Scribe welcomed the idea of allowing students with the CIE
qualification access to the Nige-
L-R: Mr. Olawole Olaniyan, Dr. Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, Mrs. Lauretta Achor, Mr. Nsikak Akpan, Mr. Balkis Usman, Professor
Julius A. Okojie, OON; Mr. Mark Barber, Mr. Chikordi Onyemerela, Arch. Bola Balogun, mni and Dr. Olamide Esther Adesina.
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NUC to Support Persons
with Disabilities
L-R: NUC’s Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations, Mallam Ibrahim Yakasai; DFCSN’s Mr. Ajayi Olobatoke; Director,
Student Support Services, Mallam Ibrahim Dan’Iya; Mr. Ajakaiye Sanni; Mr. Ibrahim AbdulAzeez and NUC’s Deputy Director,
Protocol and Passages, Mr. Chuks Eze-Obia
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he Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius
A. Okojie, OON, on Thursday,
29 January, 2015, said that the
Commission would continue to
support persons with disabilities in order to ensure that they,
too, contributed meanifully to
the development of the nation.
Speaking, when he received a
delegation from the Deaf Furniture Cabinet Society of Nigeria
(DFCSN) in the Commission,
the NUC Scribe, who was represented by the Director, Student
Support Services (DSSS), Mallam Ibrahim Dan’Iya, pledged to
support the Society with opportunities in their area of specialisation whenever the need arose.
The Executive Secretary noted
that persons who lived with dis-
abilities had as much intelligence
and talent, adding that the Commission in its mandate of assuring
quality in the Nigerian University System (NUS) had ensured
that all infrastructure in Nigerian
univrsities complied with current trends and were physically
friendly to people with disabilities.
told the Executive Secretary that
DFCSN was established to encourage the deaf who possessed
talent in craft and vocational trading to expose their gifts rather
than remain idle or beg on the
streets. He observed that there was
a public misconception that the
deaf and other persons with disabilities were pitiable individuals
who must depend on charity, noting that persons with disabilities
in Nigeria were not always given
priority in areas such as employment and economic empowerment. He, therefore, sought the
assistance of the Commission in
exposing employment opportunities to its members in order for
them to contribute meaningfully
to the development of the nation.
In a written speech, the Executive Chairman of DFCSN, Mr.
Ajakaiye Sanni, expressed gratitude to the Executive Secretary for
his commitment to improving the
lives of members of the Society.
He informed the NUC Scribe that
the Society was an affiliate member of the Nigerian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD), the
apex deaf Association in Nigeria,
which also belonged to the World
Federation of the Deaf (WFD). Among those in the DFCSN delegation were Mr. Ajayi OlobaThe Leader of the delegation also toke and Mr. Ibrahim Abdulaziz.
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NUC Trains SERVICOM Desk Officers
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directives on establishment of
SERVICOM Units with attention
on Staff Compliments, which revolved around the Nodal Officer,
Charter Desk Officer, Customer
Care/Complaints Desk Officer,
Service Improvement Desk Office as well as other Support Staff.
he National Universities
Commission (NUC), on
Thursday, 5 February, 2015, organised an in-house seminar for
its Departmental SERVICOM
Desk Officers (NUCSCOM)
with the theme: ‘‘Commitment
to the Principles of Excellent
Service Delivery in the National Universities Commission.’’
Declaring the seminar open, the
Director, Executive Secretary’s
Office (DESO), Mrs. Constance
Goddy-Nnaddy, said that the
seminar was designed to educate
the National Universities Commission SERVICOM Committee
(NUCSCOM) on its responsibilities as the vanguard of service
delivery in NUC, commending
the leadership of the NUC SERVICOM Division for the initiative which, she said, would
yield good fruits in due course.
Mrs. Goddy-Nnaddy said that
NUC had been constantly monitoring the activities of 129 universities in the country through the
various organs of accreditation,
resource verification, approval
of new academic programmes
as well as the determination
and maintenance of Benchmark
Minimum Academic Standards
(BMAS), all of which were geared
towards ensuring quality in the
entire university system. She recalled that on 28 March, 2012,
the NUC Parastatal SERVICOM
(PSC), chaired by the Deputy Director, SERVICOM, with membership drawn from the 40 federal universities, was inaugurated,
adding that each federal university
had a SERVICOM Unit domiciled
in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office
and headed by a Focal Officer.
Mrs. Constance Goddy-Nnadi
Director, Executive Secretary’s Office
The Director disclosed that there
were thirteen Service Windows
and that each of the NUCSCOM
members had been selected to
champion the NUC Service
Delivery initiatives. She urged
the participants to be committed to the seminar as the topics
to be discussed were germane
to arming them with the necessary knowledge and skills required to discharge their duties
as SERVICOM Desk Officers.
In his presentation titled ‘‘The
Role of SERVICOM Service Delivery in NUC’’ the Deputy Director, SERVICOM, Mallam I. I.
Aliyu, said that SERVICOM was
an acronym derived from the
words SERVICE COMPACT, noting that Compact was a formal
agreement between two or more
people. He noted that SERVICOM
could also be a service Compact/
Agreement between the Federal
Government, including all of its
organs and the Nigerian people.
Mallam Aliyu explained that for
SERVICOM to be effective and to
play its role, expectedly, Management must, comply with the FG’s
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The Deputy Director recalled that
the Federal Executive Council
(FEC), at its meeting, constituted
a 9-member Committee, chaired
by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), to
review the SERVICOM initiative
and recommend a funding mechanism to enable it function effectively. He said that based on the
development, President Jonathan
signed a Performance contract
with all the Ministers in his cabinet, with the objectives of enhancing performance, transparency
and accountability in governance.
He disclosed that the NUC was
planning to sign a performance
contract with Vice-Chancellors
of federal universities and Directors of Centres in the NUS.
In his welcome address, the Principal Protocol Officer, Mr. Adewale
Bakare, recalled that NUCSCOM
was inaugurated in December,
2014 by the NUC Management,
during which the Executive Secretary, Professor Julius A. Okojie,
OON, charged the members to be
fair, objective and efficient in the
discharge of their duties. He defined SERVICOM as “what people
are entitled to expect from us, by
dedicating ourselves to providing services to others in a timely,
fair, honest, effective and transparent manner within the limits
of the operational constraints.
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
in collaboration with
UNIVERSITY OF UYO, UYO
announces the
6TH NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FAIR
30 March – 3 April, 2015
University of Uyo, Main Campus, Uyo
Theme:
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: A PANACEA FOR NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The National Universities Commission in collaboration with the University of Uyo, wishes to invite all Nigerian Universities, Research Institutes, the Private Sector, all Productive Enterprises and the general public to the 6th Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair (NURESDEF) scheduled to hold as follows:
Date: 30 March – 3 April 2015.
Time: 9:00am daily
Venue: University of Uyo, Main Campus, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
PURPOSE OF THE FAIR
The National Universities Commission, in its continued efforts at encouraging research and development activities in
Nigerian Universities, is organizing the 6th Nigerian Universities Research and Development Fair (NURESDEF) in collaboration with the University of Uyo, Uyo. The main purpose of the Fair is to provide a platform for Nigerian Universities
to showcase their research and innovation projects and to interact with industry. This Fair hopes to build on the achievements of the previous fairs.
OBJECTIVES OF THE FAIR
The objectives of NURESDEF are to:
•
Exhibit innovative and creative research projects from Nigerian Universities
•
Provide a platform for Nigerian Universities to interact with industry and the productive sector and create the op
portunity for the industry to identify/select research outputs ready for the market.
•
Facilitate the diffusion of research and development output into the national economy.
•
Provide opportunities for networking and collaboration among researchers/institutions and between them and industry as well as institutions abroad
•
Provide opportunities for researchers to share their knowledge and expertise and propose new projects and fu-
ture collaboration
•
Provide an opportunity for Universities to demonstrate their research capabilities to industry and potential inter
national partners and donor agencies;
•
Provide a forum for industry and the productive sector to identify capacities within the Universities for research that would address relevant/specific needs of industry.
•
Provide avenues for attracting support from the organized Private Sector and International Agencies for on-go-
ing development-oriented researches.
SUB-THEMES
•
Promoting Local content in the Industrial and Technological Development of Nigeria
•
Green Technology for a Sustainable Future
•
Entrepreneurship, Society and Sustainable Development
•
Communicating Technological Development and Innovation in Nigeria
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REGISTRATION
Participation is open to all Nigerian Universities, Research Institutes and the organised Private Sector.
Registration fee is N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) for exhibitors requiring exhibition spaces. This
should be made payable at WEMA Bank Plc. Account Name: University of Uyo Account Number: 0121476805 by 16
February 2015. Details of payment should be forwarded by email to: [email protected] and [email protected]
and copy [email protected] and [email protected]
Abstract of not more than 300 words should be forwarded electronically to our e-mail addresses by 16 February 2015.
PRESENTATION FORMAT
Presentations at the Fair will include Lectures, Discussions, Poster Displays and Exhibition of Prototypes.
For further information, contact:
Local Organising Committee (LOC)
Prof. Paul D. Ekwere, FRCS, Chairman, LOC, University of Uyo
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Website: www.uniuyo.edu.ng
Mobile: Chairman, LOC – 08077293468, Secretary, LOC – 08077293469,
Chairman, Protocol sub-Committee – 08077293493
National Universities Commission
No. 26, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama District
P.M.B. 237 Garki GPO, Abuja
Website: www.nuc.edu.ng
Mobile:08127455412-13
Contacts: Dr. S.B. Ramon-Yusuf, [email protected]
Director, Research and Innovation
Malam L. M. Faruk, [email protected]
Deputy Director, Innovation and University-Industry Linkages
Signed
Professor Julius A. Okojie, OON
Executive Secretary
National Universities Commission
NOTIFICATION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2015 NNOM CALL FOR
NOMINATION/APPLICATION
This is to notify the public that the call for nomination/application for the Nigerian National Merit Order of
Merit (NNOM) Award 2015 has been opened.
All who wish to apply for the NNOM Award should please forward their applications to the NNMA Secretariat on or before the 26th March, 2015.
Signed:
Secretary, NNMA
Nigerian National Merit Award,
Merit House Complex,
Maitama, Abuja.
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
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RE: MORATORIUM ON PART-TIME PROGRAMMES
he National Universities Commission,
cognizant of the need to streamline the
operations of Part Time and Sandwich programmes
in Nigerian universities, had through a publication
in the print media, including the Guardian and
Sun Newspapers of Monday, 19th March, 2012,
placed a moratorium on admission into parttime programmes in Nigerian universities. In the
publication, the universities were requested to fully
disclose all Part-Time and Sandwich programmes,
with respect to enrolment and staffing profile,
within four weeks of the publication, and to
conduct in-house staff and student audit and
forward same to the Commission. As a follow up to
this, the Commission vide a letter dated 14 January,
2013, sent a reminder to the universities requesting
those that were yet to provide information on their
Part-Time and Sandwich programmes as well as
affiliation arrangements to do so on or before15
February, 2013.
2.0.Universities That Made Submission
Based on the submissions received, a total of forty (40)
universities indicated that they would run Part-Time
and Sandwich programmes as detailed below:
A. Federal Universities
1. Federal University of Technology, Owerri
2. University of Benin, Benin
3. University of Calabar, Calabar
4. University of Lagos
5. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
6. University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
7. University of Uyo, Uyo
8. University of Abuja, Abuja
9. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
10. Michael Okpara University, Umudike
11. Moddibbo Adamawa University of Technology, Yola
12. University of Agriculture, Markurdi
13. Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto
14. University of Jos, Jos
B. State Universities
1. Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State
2. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye, Ogun State
3. Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
4. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, Ondo
State
5. Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State
6. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun
State
7. Rivers State University of Science and Technology,
Port Harcourt
8. Enugu State University of Science and Technology,
Enugu State
9. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Education,
Port Harcourt
10. Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State
11. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
12. Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State
13. Niger Delta University, Amasoma, Bayelsa State
14. Anambra State University, Uli, Anambra State
15. Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Eboyi State
16. Cross River State University of Technology, Calabar
17. Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State
18. Osun State University, Osun State
C. Private Universities:
1. Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
2. Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State
3. Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State
4. Lead City university, Ibadan, Oyo State
5. Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State
6. Benson Idahosa University, Benin – City, Edo State
7. Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State
8. Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo,
Ondo State
3.0. APPROVALS GRANTED TO UNIVERSITIES
TO
RUN
PART–TIME/
SANDWICH
PROGRAMMES•
Up to date, a total of thirty six (36) universities
forwarded their completed documents, based on
the approved format. Following the analysis of
the submissions by the Department of Academic
Standards and having satisfied the laid down
guidelines for running Part – Time programme and
Sandwich courses in Nigerian universities, all the
thirty six (36) institutions were recommended to
the Executive Secretary for approval. Consequent
upon Executive Secretary’s approval, letters were
communicated to the universities accordingly. The
universities are:
A. Federal Universities
1. University of Lagos
2. University of Port Harcourt
3. University of Calabar
4. University of Benin
5. University of Abuja
6. University of Uyo
7. University of Jos
8. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife
9. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
10. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
11. Federal University of Technology, Owerri
12. Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
13. Bayero University, Kano
B. State Universities
1. Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti, Ekiti State
2. Cross River State University, Calabar, Cross River State
3. Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State
4. Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State
5. Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
6. Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State
7. Enugu State University of Science & Technology,
Enugu State
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8. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun,
Ogun State
9. Rivers State University of Science &
Technology, Port Harcourt
10. Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Eboyi
State
11. Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue
State
12. Niger Delta University, Yenagoa, Bayelsa
State
13. Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State
14. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba –
Akoko, Ondo State
15. Anambra State University, Uli, Anambra
State
16. Osun State University, Osogbo, Osun
State
17. Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State
C. Private Universities
1. Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun
State
2. Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State
3. Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State
4. Lead City university, Ibadan, Oyo State
5. Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State
6. Benson Idahosa University, Benin –
City, Edo State
7. Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo, Ondo State
8. Fountain University, Osogbo
Dr. Gidado Kumo
Director, Academic Standards
For: Executive Secretary
GUIDELINES ON PART-TIME AND SANDWICH
PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Below are guidelines for conducting Part-time and Sandwich
programmes in Nigerian universities. All universities currently
operating Part-time programmes are expected to comply with the
guidelines on programme by programme basis.
Consequently, universities still interested in running Part-time
programmes are advised to forward fresh applications to the
NUC on programme by programme basis.
This is, however, subject to the readiness of the university to comply
with the following extant guidelines on part-time programmes:
1. The admission and graduation requirements, Staffing, Library
and physical facilities requirements must be in line with the
Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) for the
various full-time academic programmes;
2. For a programme to be eligible to run on part-time basis,
the approved full-time equivalent must be available in the
university, must have earned full accreditation and must be
run within approved campuses;
3. The enrolment into part-time programmes must not exceed
20% of total students’ population in the programme;
4. The minimum duration of the part-time programmes must
be 150% of the approved duration of the Full-Time equivalent;
5. Approval shall not be granted for part-time programmes
in Environmental Sciences, Engineering/Technology, Law,
Medicine/Medical Sciences, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Dentistry; and Veterinary Science;
6. All admissions into part-time programmes must be through
the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Parttime programmes must be run within approved campuses of
universities where the human and material resources for the
teaching of the programmes are domiciled, i.e. on the main
campus of the university;
7.Part-time programmes shall be subjected to the NUC
accreditation assessment upon maturity of the programme;
8. For any programme to be eligible for part-time mode, it must
have produced two (2) sets of graduates and satisfied the
Resource Verification Requirements.
9. Commencement of a part-time programme MUST be subject
to NUC’s approval. Approval of commencement of all parttime programmes must be obtained.
The National Universities Commission shall not hesitate to apply
appropriate sanctions on any university which violates any of the
stipulated Guidelines on Part-Time and Sandwich Programmes.
Signed
Management
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List of Approved Universities in Nigeria
Federal
S/N
Institutions
PRIVATE
state
Year
Est.
1
University of Ibadan,
Ibadan
1948
2
University of Nigeria,
Nsukka
1960
3
Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife
1962
4
Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria
5
S/N
Year
Est.
S/N
1
Rivers State
University of Science
& Technology, Port
Harcourt
1979
2
Ambrose Alli University,
Ekpoma
1980
1962
3
Abia State University,
Uturu
1981
University of Lagos,
Lagos
1962
4
1982
6
University of Benin,
Benin City
1970
Enugu State University
of Science & Tech,
Enugu
5
1982
8
7
Bayero University,
Kano
1975
Olabisi Onabanjo
University, Ago-Iwoye
6
1982
9
University of Calabar,
Calabar
1975
Ekiti State University,
Ado-Ekiti. (formerly
University of Ado-Ekiti)
9
University of Ilorin,
Ilorin
1975
7
Lagos State University,
Ojo, Lagos
1983
10
University of Jos, Jos
1975
8
1990
11
University of
Maiduguri, Maiduguri
1975
Ladoke Akintola
University of
Technology, Ogbomoso
Usmanu Danfodiyo
University, Sokoto
1975
9
Imo State University,
Owerri
1992
University of PortHarcourt, PortHarcourt
1975
10
Benue State University,
Makurdi
1992
11
1992
15
14
Federal University of
Technology, Owerri
1980
Delta State University,
Abraka
12
1999
16
15
Federal University of
Technology, Akure
1981
Adekunle Ajasin
University, AkungbaAkoko
16
Modibbo Adama
University of
Technology, Yola
1981
13
Kogi State University,
Anyigba
1999
14
2000
17
Federal University of
Technology, Minna
1982
Niger-Delta University,
Yenagoa
15
2000
18
Nigerian Defence
Academy, Kaduna
1985
Anambra State
University, Uli
2000
19
University of Abuja,
1988
20
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa University,
Bauchi
1988
Kano University of
Science & Technology,
Wudil
17
Ebonyi State University,
Abakaliki
2000
21
University of
Agriculture, Makurdi
1988
18
Nasarawa State
University, Keffi
2002
22
Federal University of
Agriculture, Abeokuta
1988
19
Adamawa State
University, Mubi
2002
23
Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka
1992
8
12
13
1
Institutions
16
2
3
4
5
6
7
10
11
12
13
14
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
13
Institutions
Babcock University,
Ilishan Remo
Madonna University,
Okija
Igbinedion University,
Okada
Bowen University, Iwo
Covenant University, Ota
Pan-Atlantic University,
Lagos
Benson Idahosa
University, Benin City
American University of
Nigeria, Yola
Redeemers University,
Mowe, Ogun State
Ajayi Crowther
University, Oyo
Al-Hikmah University,
Ilorin
Caritas University,
Amorji-Nke, Enugu
CETEP City University,
Lagos
Bingham University,
Auta-Balefi, Karu,
Nasarawa State
Al-Qalam University,
Katsina
Renaissance University,
Enugu
Bells University of
Technology, Ota, Ogun
State
Lead City University,
Ibadan, Oyo State
Crawford University,
Igbesa, Ogun State
Kwararafa University,
Wukari (formerly Wukari
Jubilee University)
Crescent University,
Abeokuta
Novena University,
Ogume, Delta State
University of Mkar, Mkar
Joseph Ayo Babalola
University, Ikeji-Arakeji
Osun State
Caleb University, Lagos
Year
Est.
1999
1999
1999
2001
2002
2002
2002
2003
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2006
2007
List of Approved Universities in Nigeria
state
Federal
26
Fountain University,
Osogbo
Obong University,
Obong Ntak
Salem University, Lokoja
Tansian University,
Umunya, Anambra State
Veritas University, Abuja
Wesley University of
Science & Technology,
Ondo
Western Delta University,
Oghara, Delta State
The Achievers University,
Owo
African University of
Science & Technology,
Abuja
Afe Babalola University,
Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Godfrey Okoye
University, UgwuomuNike, Enugu State
Nigerian Turkish Nile,
University, Abuja
Oduduwa University,
Ipetumodu, Osun State
Paul University, Awka,
Anambra State
Rhema University,
Obeama-Asa, Rivers
State
Wellspring University,
Evbuobanosa, Edo State
Adeleke University, Ede,
Osun State
Baze University, Abuja
Landmark University,
Omu-Aran, Kwara State
Samuel Adegboyega
University, Ogwa, Edo
State
Elizade University, IlaraMokin, Ondo State
Evangel University,
Akaeze, Ebonyi State
Gregory University,
Uturu, Abia State
McPherson University,
Seriki Sotayo, Ajebo,
Ogun State
Southwestern University,
Okun Owa, Ogun State
20
Gombe State
University, Gombe
2004
21
Kaduna State
University, Kaduna
2004
22
Cross River University
of Technology, Calabar
2004
23
Plateau State
University, Bokkos
2005
24
Ondo State University
of Technology, Okiti
Pupa.
2008
25
Ibrahim Babangida
University, Lapai, Niger
State
2005
26
Tai Solarin University
of Education, Ijagun
2005
27
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua
University, Katsina
2006
35
28
Bukar Abba Ibrahim
University, Damaturu
Yobe State
2006
36
29
Kebbi State University
of Science and
Technology, Aliero
2006
37
30
Osun State University,
Osogbo
2006
31
Taraba State University,
Jalingo
2008
32
Kwara State University,
Ilorin
2009
33
Sokoto State University,
Sokoto
2009
34
Akwa Ibom State
University, Ikot Ikpaden
2010
35
Ignatius Ajuru
University of Education,
Rumuolumeni
2010
Bauchi State University,
Gadau
2011
37
Northwest University,
Kano
2012
38
The Technical
University, Ibadan.
2012
39
Jigawa State University,
Kafin Hausa
2013
S/N
24
University of Uyo,
Uyo
1991
25
Michael Okpara
University of
Agriculture, Umudike
1992
National Open
University of Nigeria,
Lagos
2002
Fed. Univ. of
Petroleum
Resources, Effurun
2007
28
Federal University,
Lokoja, Kogi State
2011
29
Federal University,
Lafia, Nasarawa
State
2011
30
Federal University,
Kashere, Gombe
State
2011
31
Federal University,
Wukari, Taraba State
2011
32
Federal University,
Dutsin-Ma, Katsina
State
2011
33
Federal University,
Dutse, Jigawa State
2011
34
Federal University,
Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi
State
2011
35
Federal University,
Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
2011
36
Federal University,
Otuoke, Bayelsa
2011
37
The Nigeria Police
Academy, Wudil,
Kano State
2012
38
Federal University,
Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi
2013
39
Federal University,
Gusau, Zamfara
2013
40
Federal University,
Gashua, Yobe
2013
27
Institution
Year
Est
Year
Est
26
S/N
Institution
Institutions
S/N
PRIVATE
36
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
14
Year
Est
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
List of Universities with Approved Postgraduate Programmes
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has observed
with great concern that some Nigerian universities are
running unapproved postgraduate programmes, leading to
the award of Masters and PhD degrees. The Commission
has also observed that some Parastatals and Institutes are
awarding these same Postgraduate degrees, either on their
own or through unapproved affiliations with Nigerian and
foreign Universities. Such practices are not only unethical,
but also antithetical to time-tested quality assurance best
practices. The qualifications/awards resulting therefrom
are not recognized. The Commission hereby notifies the
general public that only the following universities have
approval to offer postgraduate programmes at the Masters’
and Ph.D levels in Nigeria, as of 30th July, 2012:
Federal Universities:
1. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi
2. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
3. Bayero University, Kano
4. Federal University of Technology, Akure
5. Federal University of Technology, Minna
6. Federal University of Technology, Owerri
7. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
8. Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola
9. National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos.
10. Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna
11. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
12. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
13. University of Abuja, Gwagwalada
14. University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
15. University of Agriculture, Makurdi
16. University of Benin, Benin City
17. University of Calabar, Calabar
18. University of Ibadan, Ibadan
19. University of llorin, llorin
20. University of Jos, Jos
21. University of Lagos, Akoka
22. University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri
23. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
24. University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
25. University of Uyo, Uyo
26. Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
State Universities:
1. Abia State University, Uturu
2. Adamawa State University, Mubi
3. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko
4. Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22. Anambra State University, Uli
Benue State University, Makurdi
Cross River University of Technology, Calabar
Delta State University, Abraka
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti
Enugu State University of Science and Technology,
Enugu
Imo State University, Owerri
Kogi State University, Anyigba
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
Lagos State University, Ojo.
Nasarawa State University, Keffi
Niger-Delta University, Wilberforce Island
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port
Harcourt
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina
Gombe State University, Gombe
Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai
Private Universities:
1. African University of Science and Technology, Abuja
2. American University of Nigeria, Yola
3. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo
4. Benson Idahosa University, Benin City
5. Bowen University, Iwo
6. Covenant University, Ota
7. Igbinedion University, Okada
8. Pan-African University, Lekki
9. Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Ogun State
10. Caleb University, Lagos
11. Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun
State
Employers of labour, educational institutions and other
stakeholders are to note that only certificates issued by these
universities, for their approved programmes, are valid for
employment, further studies and other purposes. When
in doubt about the status of any programme or certificate,
the National Universities Commission should be contacted
through [email protected] and the following telephone
numbers: 08027455412, 07054407741, 08067787753,
07039254081 and 07082024412 (FAX). Further information
can also be obtained from the Commission’s website: www.
nuc.edu.ng
Signed
Management
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
List of Illegal Degree Awarding Institutions
(Degree Mills) Operating in Nigeria*
The National Universities Commission (NUC) wishes to announce to the
general public, especially parents and prospective undergraduates, that the
under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government
and have, therefore, been closed down for violating the Education (National
Minimum Standards etc.) Act CAP E3 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
The “Universities” are:
1) University of Accountancy and Management Studies, operating anywhere in
Nigeria.
2) Christians of Charity American University of Science & Technology, Nkpor,
Anambra State or any of its other campuses
3) University of Industry, Yaba, Lagos or any of its other campuses
4) University of Applied Sciences & Management, Port Novo, Republic of
Benin or any of its other campuses in Nigeria
5) Blacksmith University, Awka or any of its other campuses
6) Volta University College, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana or any of its other campuses
in Nigeria
7) Royal University Izhia, P.O. Box 800, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State or any of its other
campuses
8) Atlanta University, Anyigba, Kogi State or any of its other campuses
9) Sunday Adokpela University, Otada Adoka, Otukpo, Benue State or any of its
other campuses.
10) United Christian University, Macotis Campus, Imo State or any of its other
campuses.
11) United Nigeria University College, Okija, Anambra State or any of its other
campuses.
12) Samuel Ahmadu University, Makurdi, Benue State or any of its other campuses.
13) UNESCO University, Ndoni, Rivers State or any of its other campuses.
14) Saint Augustine’s University of Technology, Jos, Plateau State or any of its other
campuses
15) The International University, Missouri, USA, Kano and Lagos Study Centres,
or any of its campuses in Nigeria
16) Collumbus University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
17) Tiu International University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria
18) Pebbles University, UK operating anywhere in Nigeria`
19) London External Studies UK operating anywhere in Nigeria.
20) Pilgrims University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
21) Lobi Business School Makurdi, Benue State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
22) West African Christian University operating anywhere in Nigeria.
23) Bolta University College Aba or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
24) JBC Seminary Inc. (Wukari Jubilee University) Kaduna Illegal Campus
25) Westlan University, Esie, Kwara State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
26) St. Andrews University College, Abuja or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
27) EC-Council University, USA, Ikeja Lagos Study Centre.
28) Atlas University, Ikot Udoso Uko, Uyo Akwa Ibom State or any of its campuses
in Nigeria
29) Concept College/Universities (London) Ilorin or any of its campuses in Nigeria
30) Halifax Gateway University, Ikeja or any of its campuses in Nigeria
31) Kingdom of Christ University, Abuja or any of its campuses in Nigeria
32) Acada University, Akinlalu, Oyo State or any of its campuses in Nigeria.
33) Fifom University, Mbaise, Imo State or any of its campuses in Nigeria
34) Houdegbe North American University campuses in Nigeria.
35) Atlantic Intercontinental University, Okija, Anambra State
36) Open International University, Akure
37)
38)
39)
40)
41)
42)
43)
44)
45)
46)
47)
48)
49)
50)
51)
52)
53
54)
55)
56)
57)
Middle Belt University (North Central University), Otukpo
Leadway University, Ughelli, Delta State
Metro University, Dutse/Bwari, Abuja
Southend University, Ngwuro Egeru (Afam) Ndoki, Rivers State
Olympic University, Nsukka, Enugu State
Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Abuja.
Temple University, Abuja
Irish University Business School London, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
National University of Technology, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
University of Accountancy and Management Studies, Mowe, Lagos - Ibadan
Expressway and its Annex at 41, Ikorodu Road, Lagos.
University of Education, Winneba Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
Cape Coast University, Ghana, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
African University Cooperative Development (AUCD), Cotonou, Benin
Republic, operating anywhere in Nigeria.
Pacific Western University, Denver, Colorado, Owerri Study Centre.
Evangel University of America & Chudick Management Academic, Lagos
Enugu State University of Science and Technology (Gboko Campus)
career Light Resources Centre, Jos
University of West Africa, Kwali-Abuja, FCT
Coastal Univversity, Iba-Oku, Akwa-Ibom State
Kaduna Bussiness School, Kaduna
Royal University of Theology, Minna, Niger Delta
In addition to the closure, the following Degree Mills are currently undergoing
further investigations and/or ongoing court actions. The purpose of these actions
is to prosecute the proprietors and recover illegal fees and charges on subscribers.
1)
National University of Nigeria, Keffi, Nasarawa State
2)
North Central University, Otukpo, Benue State
3)
Christ Alive Christian Seminary and University, Enugu
4)
Richmond Open University, Arochukwu, Abia State.
5)
West Coast University, Umuahia.
6)
Saint Clements University, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State
7)
Volta University College, Aba, Abia State.
8)
Illegal Satellite Campuses of Ambrose Alli University.
For the avoidance of doubt, anybody who patronises or obtains any certificate from
any of these illegal institutions does so at his or her own risk. Certificates obtained
from these sources will not be recognised for the purposes of NYSC, employment,
and further studies.
The relevant Law enforcement agencies have also been informed for their further
necessary action.
* This list of illegal institutions is not exhaustive.
PROFESSOR JULIUS A.OKOJIE
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY,
NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION,
ANNOUNCER
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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
PUBLIC NOTICE: ILLEGAL STUDY CENTRES
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) wishes to bring to the attention of our valued student and stakeholders the activities of some unscrupulous elements, who have illegally proliferated NOUN Study Centres across
the country. These fraudsters are using several means to extortmoney from undiscerning students while projecting a
negative image of the National Open University of Nigeria.The Management of the University wishes to bring to the
attention of the public the underlisted approved Study Centres.
GEOPOLITICAL
ZONE
North
East
STUDY CENTRE
BAUCHI STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, Former NRC Building Federal Low Cost Housing
Estate. Bauchi Bauchi State. [email protected]
YOLA STUDY CENTRE
MAIDUGURI STUDY
CENTRE
DAMATURU STUDY
CENTRE
JALINGO STUDY CENTRE
GOMBE STUDY CENTRE
North
West
COMMUNITY STUDY
CENTRE, GULAK
KANO STUDY CENTRE,
DUTSE STUDY CENTRE
GUSAU STUDY CENTRE
KADUNA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Special Study
Centre,Nigerian Air force
SOKOTO STUDY CENTRE
KEBBI STUDY CENTRE
North
Central
FULL ADDRESS
KATSINA STUDY CENTRE
JOS STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Army Barracks Road, Yola. yolastudycentre@noun.
edu.ng
NOUN Study Centre, Baga Road, P. O. Box 548, Maiduguri, Borno State.
[email protected] [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Former Amusement Park, Maiduguri Road, Damaturu, Yobe [email protected] [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Education Resource Centre, Former T/C Staff
Quarter Jalingo, Taraba State. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, After All Saints College, Gombe Federal Low Cost,
P. M. B 0163, Gombe. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Former SDP Party Secretariat,
Maiduguri - Mubi Express Way. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Independence Road, Sauna-Dakata, Kano [email protected] [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, 3rd Floor Federal Government
Secretariat. Kiyawa Road, Dutse [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre Federal College of Education
(Technical), Zaira Road, Gusau. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Kaduna Campus (old NETC) by Trade Fair Complex, KM 4 Zaria Road, Kaduna. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, 325 Ground Training Group, Nigerian Air Force
Base, Kaduna. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Jega, Birnin - Kebbi Road. [email protected]
[email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, After Katsina State House of Assembly, Kaita Road,
Katsina State, [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Lomay International Hotel Road, P.M.B.0983,
Bukuru, Sabon Barki, Jos. [email protected]
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ILORIN STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Special Study Centre, Nigerian Army.
ABUJA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Special Study Centre, Nigerian Public Service
Institute
NOUN Special Study
Centre,Nigerian Immigrations Services
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian Prisons
Services - Enugu Maximum
Prisons - Portharcourt
Maximum Prisons - Kirikiri
Maximum Prisons
NOUN Special Study
Centre, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense
Corps(NSCDC)
NOUN Special Study
Centre, National Union of
Road Transport Workers
(NURTW
NOUN Special Study
Centre,Nigerian Police
South
East
South
South
NOUN Study Centre, Kulende Housing Estate, Ilorin. ilorinstudycentre@
nou.edu.ng
NOUN Special Study Centre for the Nigerian Army, (Army School of
Education) Sobi Cantonment, P.M.B 1514, Ilorin. sobistudycentre@noun.
edu.ng, [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, 5 Dar-E-Salaam, (Off Amino Kano Crescent)
Wuse II Abuja. [email protected],
NOUN Special Study Centre, Public Service Institute of Nigeria
(PSIN) Study Centre, Kubwa Express Way, Dutsen Alhaji Abuja.
NOUN Study Centre,Pension Board Office, (immediately after Atlas
Hotel) Secretariat Road Gwagwalada, Abuja. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Bill Clinton Avenue, Sauka, Abuja [email protected]
NOUN Special Study Centre, Civil Defense Academy, Sauka-Abuja [email protected]
NOUN Special Study Centre, Plot 1236, Sepele Street, Garki II, Abuja.
[email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, Directorate of Police Education Complex (Beside
Mopol Barracks) Suleja Express Way Dei dei, Kubwa, Abuja. [email protected]
MINNA STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, NRC Secretariat, Opp Mariam Babangida Girls
Science College, Bosso, Minna, Niger State. minnastudycentre@noun.
edu.ng
MAKURDI STUDY CEN- NOUN Study Centre, (Former NDE Office) Opposite Mechanic Village,
TRE
Kanshio, Makurdi, Benue State [email protected]
OTUKPO STUDY CENNOUN Study Centre, 59/ 60 Upu Road Otukpo, Benue State.
TRE
[email protected]
COMMUNITY STUDY
NOUN Study Centre, Aiyeromi along Ogori-Ekpe Road, before General
CENTRE, OGORI
Hospital Ogori. [email protected]
LOKOJA STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, Defunct NRC Secretariat, Opposite Bishop Dennis
College, Lokoja, Kogi State. [email protected]
COMMUNITY STUDY
NOUN Study Centre, (Defunct Party Building Secretariat) Iyara – Kabba
CENTRE, IYARA
Road. [email protected] [email protected]
LAFIA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Bukan – Sidi, Jos Road, Lafia. lafiastudycentre@
noun.edu.ng
OWERRI STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, c/o Federal Polytechnic, Nekedi, Owerri/Aba Road,
P.M.B 1036, Nekede, Owerri. [email protected] [email protected]
UMUDIKE STUDY CEN- NOUN Study Centre, National Root Crop Institute P M B 7296 Umuahia,
TRE
Abia State [email protected]
ENUGU STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, Nike-Lake Road, Enugu, Enugu State.
[email protected]
AWKA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre,Defunct Party Building P. M. B. 2017, Abagana, Anambra State. [email protected] [email protected]
ASABA STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba
[email protected]
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CALABAR STUDY CENTRE
UYO STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Murtala Mohammed Highway, Opposite Zone 6
Police Hqrts (Former Teachers training Collage) Calabar, Cross River
State. [email protected]
NOUN Study Centre, 3 Mbaba Afia Street, Off Aka Road,Uyo., Akwa Ibom
[email protected]
PORTHARCOURT STUDY NOUN Study Centre, St. John Campus (Aba Road, near Garrison),
CENTRE
Rumuolumeni PMB 5047, Port Harcourt. [email protected]
South
West
BENIN STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Ekenwa Road, (Old SDP Secretariat) Benin City, Edo
State. [email protected] [email protected]
YENAGOA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre,Swali Road, Beside UBA Bank Yenagoa. [email protected]
COMMUNITY STUDY
CENTRE EMEVOR
NOUN Study Centre, 72 Emevor-Ughelli Road , Emevor, Isoko North Local GOVT. Area, Delta State [email protected]
IBADAN STUDY CENTRE
COMMUNITY STUDY
CENTRE, AWA-IJEBU
NOUN Study Centre, Former Party Secretariat, Faith Clinic Road Ijokodo
Junction, Sango-Eleyele PMB 5061, Ibadan. [email protected].
ng
NOUN Study Centre, Ijebu Awa, East Local Govt. Area, Ogun State.
[email protected]
ADO-EKITI STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Government Housing Estate, Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti.
[email protected]
ABEOKUTA STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre NNPC Mega Station, Ogun State.
[email protected]
AKURE STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, Old NRC Building Idanre Road, Ondo State
[email protected],
OSOGBO STUDY CENTRE NOUN Study Centre, Beside St. Charles, Okedo, Former SDP Building,
Ilesha Road, Oshogbo, Osun State [email protected]
FCT
LAGOS STUDY CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, NERDC, Agidingbi Beside Fela Shrine, Ikeja.
[email protected]
MACARTHY STUDY
CENTRE
NOUN Study Centre, No. 38/40 McCarthy, Off Obalende Road,
Opp Ghana High Commission, Lagos Island, Lagos.
NOUN Special Study Centre, Nigerian Navy
NOUN Study Centre, Nigerian Navy NNS QUORRA,
Apapa, Lagos [email protected]
Abuja Planning Office
5 Dar-E-Salaam, (Off Amino Kano Crescent) Wuse II Abuja.
[email protected]
North
West
Centre For Educational
Old NETC, By Trade Fair Complex, KM 4 Zaria Road, Kaduna.
Technology and [email protected]
neurial
Development (CETED)
Any other Study Centres, apart from the above, are illegal and members of the public who patronize them,
do so at their own risk.
Signed
Josephine O. Akinyemi (Mrs)
Registrar
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This Week’s Diary
DATE
EVENT
TIME
VENUE
Monday,
9 February, 2015
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Tuesday,
Courtesy Visit by the Governing Council
10 February, 2015 of Obong University.
Wednesday,
11 February, 2015
Thursday,
12 February, 2015
Friday,
13 February, 2015
Saturday,
14 February, 2015
10.00am
Executive Secretary’s
Room, 5th Floor.
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Conference
“VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY”
A Television Documentary Programme
NAME
Mr. Randy Shamaki Adamu
Mrs Lami UgochukwuMegwa
Mr. Akinlabi Oniyide Akinola
Mrs Jummai JosphineAlabi
Mr. Samuel Abah Adikwu
Mrs Chimezie Okpara
Mrs Marian Nwakaego
Ohadiugha
Mrs Njideka Justina Eme
Mr. Chibuike Nwankere
Mr. Musa Ahmed Amin
Mr. Abel Adugba
DATE OF
BIRTH
9 February
11 February
11 February
12 February
13 February
14 February
14 February
DEPT
DMSS
DICT
DP&SD
DMSS
DIM
DMSS
DRI
15 February DIM
15 February DESO
The Voyage of Discovery is an National Universities
Commission (NUC)-sponsored television documentary
programme for Nigerian Universities to celebrate
outstanding researchers, showcase their findings and
promote their linkage with the industry.
The programme is aired every week on:
(a) Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)
on Mondays 1.30-2.00pm
(b) African Independent Television (AIT)
on Tuesdays 4:30 - 5.00 pm
15 February DMSS
15 February DRI
Wishing you many happy returns!
Best wshes for the week.
Dress Well and Earn
Respect.
SHUN CORRUPTION.
It Does Not Pay
Courtesy: Anti-corruption and Transparency Division
Courtesy: Directorate of Management Support Services
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