The ES, NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu has charged the staff of the Commission to see Accreditation as a national assignment and selfless venture which cannot be adequately compensated for, urging them to maintain the ethos of integrity and objectivity as the 2025 NUC-wide exercise begins
The ES, NUC, Prof. Yusufu Ribadu, was among the high-profile participants at the recently held conference of the France-Brazil-Africa Dialogue for Higher Education under the framework of the 2025 France-Brazil culture week institutional encounters and students’ fairs.
The attention of the Commission has been drawn to advertisements by some private organisations offering training and consultancy services aimed at supporting universities/affiliate institutions to achieve successful outcomes in NUC accreditation exercises. The Commission wishes to state clearly that such activities are not organised or endorsed by the NUC.
The Federal Government has approved the establishment of nine new private universities across the country, even as it imposed a seven-year moratorium on the establishment of new Federal Universities
In the Press Release titled Moratorium on Establishment of Private Universities in Nigeria issued on 10th February, 2025, the Commission announced the commencement of the review of the Guidelines for the Establishment of Private Universities in Nigeria.