Nigeria plans six mega universities

Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the upgrade of six federal universities to mega tertiary institutions with absorptive capacity of 150,000 students to 200,000 students each.
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra state disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents in Abuja on the outcome of the Council’s meeting presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo.
Obi said the Council’s decision was sequel to the recommendations of a Technical Committee on the Needs Assessment of Nigerian Universities (CNANU).
He said NEC endorsed the committee’s recommendation that the six mega universities should be located in each geo-political zone. Read more...