FEC approves 20 new private universities

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country.

Education minister, Adamu Adamu , disclosed this while briefing state house correspondents at end of the 32nd virtual council meeting presided over by president Muhammadu Buhari, at the council chamber, presidential villa, Abuja.

He said the approved universities would get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission, NUC which they will use for the next three years, while monitoring and evaluation will go on.

Nine of the private universities are located in north central, three in south-south, two in south east, five in north west, and one in south west.