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How founder of Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria is bailing the North in education
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By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano
The founder of the Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria (MAAUN) Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has instituted a benchmark in the operations and running of a private university in Nigeria and in the North in particular.
Since the establishment of the university in Maradi, the Niger Republic in 2013, the first English speaking university in the Republic of Niger and also the first bilingual university in Sub-Saharan Africa, named after Maryam Abacha, the wife of former Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, for her effort in mobilising and supporting African countries, a lot have been achieved in the sector in Nigeria.
By Joseph Erunke
THE federal government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
Recall that FEC had on Wednesday, February 3, 2021,during its weekly meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities, bringing the total number of private universities in the country to 99.
The approved universities are,Topfaith University Mkpatak, Akwa Ibom State; Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, Kwara State; Maranatha University, Mgbidi, Imo State;Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State; Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila, Kano State; Mudiame University, Irrua, Edo State;Havilla University, Nde-Ikom, Cross River State; Claretian University of Nigeria, Nekede, Imo State.
• NUC presents licenses to 20 new private varsities
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that the number of universities in the country is too small, given the nation’s population.
He made the comment, yesterday, at the presentation of provisional licences to 20 newly approved private universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja.
With the approval, Nigeria now has 99 private universities, and a total of 197 universities, private and public.
The minister underscored the need to increase the number of universities in the country, taking into consideration the country’s 200 million population. x
Adamu, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, noted that private universities have contributed to the opening up of admission space for the swelling population of candidates seeking university education in the country.
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