The Federal Government (FG) on Wednesday, approved six new private universities at the end of its Federal Executive Council (FEC).
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The six universities include:
1. Admiralty University, Ibusa, Delta State
The Admiralty University of Nigeria was established as a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) through the joint efforts of Nigerian Navy
Holdings (a subsidiary organization of the Nigerian Navy) and Hellenic Education Nigeria – (a private consultancy, with international educators as main partners) to expand the frontiers of knowledge in various academic disciplines, in Nigeria; to use University education as a tool towards development and the enhancement of human welfare; to meet the challenges of nation building in Nigeria; and to address the acute shortage of personnel in various sections of the economy in Nigeria.
For more info, vist adunedu.org
2.Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan
The proposed Precious Cornerstone University(PCU) is sponsored by THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT MINISTRIES (SOTSM).The PCU expects to produce a select and diverse group of youths with technical, innovative, entrepreneurial and leadership skills to become the catalysts of change.
For more info, visit sotsm.org/precious-cornerstone-university/
The vision of the university is to be a world-class institution for the medical and other health professions in terms of learning, research, character building and service to humanity.
For more info, visit http://www.ekounivmed.edu.ng/
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