The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said it had granted approval for the establishment of 12 new private universities.

The new universities, it explained, would be mentored by federal universities close to their locations to provide recruitment of principal officers, academic, and administrative staff, availability of human and material resources for the commencement of any academic programme, among others.

 

The proposed private universities are:

 PEN Resource University, Gombe, Gombe State, to be mentored by Modibbo Adamawa University of Technology, Yola;

Al-Ansar University, Maiduguri, Borno State, to be mentored by University of Maidugur

i;Margaret Lawrence University, Calilee, Delta State, to be mentored by Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka,

Anambra State; Khalifa Isiyaku Rabiu University, Kano, Kano State, to be mentored by Bayero University Kano, Kano State.

Others are,

Sports University, Idumuje, Ugboko, Delta State, to be mentored by University of Benin, Edo State;

 Baba Ahmed University, Kano, Kano State, Bayero University Kano; SAISA University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sokoto, Usmanu Danfodio Sokoto,

and Nigerian British University, Asa, Abia State, to be mentored by University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Also given approval are the Peter University, Achina-Onneh, Anambra State, to be mentored by Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka;

Newgate University, Minna, Niger State, Federal University Minna, Niger State;

European University of Nigerian, Duboyi, Abuja, FCT, to be mentored by University of Abuja, FCT,

and Northwest University, Sokoto, Sokoto State, to be mentored by Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto.