The Federal Government on Wednesday granted provisional licences to 20 new private universities in the country.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said the universities would get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC), adding that they would operate with the licenses for three years.
According to him, nine of the universities are from North-Central, three in South-South, two in South- East, five in North-West and one in South-West.
The development brings the number of private universities operating in Nigeria to 99.
Some of the new universities are – James Hope University, Lagos; Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria, Kano; Capital City University, Kano; Ahman Pategi University, Pategi, Kwara State; and University of Offa, Kwara State.
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