8 private university approved by FG

Federal Government, on Wednesday approved the
take-off of eight new private universities across
the country.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by
President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.

The decision was announced by the Minister of
State for Education, Professor Anthony Anwuka
at the end of the FEC meeting
Anwuka listed the new Universities to include:

Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos owned by

Deeper Christian Life Ministry; Arthur Jarvis
University, Akpabuyo, Cross River engineered by
the Clitter House Nigeria Limited; Clifford
University, Owerrinta, Abia owned by Seventh Day
Adventist Church; Coal City University, Enugu
operated by African Thinkers Community of
Inquiry College of Education, Enugu.
Others are: Crown-Hill University, Eiyenkorin,

Kwara floated by Modern Morgy and Sons
Limited; Dominican University, Ibadan, the
brainchild of Order of Preachers, Nigerian
Dominican Community; Kola Daisi University,
Ibadan came from Kola Daisi Foundation; Legacy
University, Okija, an idea of The Good Idea
Education Foundation
Details later…