NUC suspends licences of Lead City, six varsities
The National Universities Commission has
suspended the operational licences of seven private universities for
allegedly violating its guidelines in physical facilities and academic
programmes.
The affected universities are Lead City, Caritas, Joseph Ayo Babalola, Tansian, Madonna, Achievers and Obong.
The Director of Press and Public Relations
of NUC, Mallam Ibrahim Yakassai, confirmed this in a telephone interview
with one of our correspondents on Wednesday night.
A top source, who pleaded anonymity, said
the decision to suspend the operational licences of the affected
universities was due to their non-compliance with the regulations
guiding the operations of universities in the country as stipulated by
the NUC.
“The operators of the universities affected
know their offences because so many times, we have informed them about
their failings but they did not take necessary steps to address their
shortcomings. Anyway, It’s just a suspension and it will be lifted as
soon as they do the correct things,” the sourced said.
