The NUC represented Nigeria and the African Region, at the Executive Committee meeting of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) held in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, on Tuesday, 11th June, 2019. The NUC Deputy Executive Secretary (DES) Dr. Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, who attended the meeting on behalf of the nation as an executive member
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the World Bank have embarked on a joined project to facilitate the establishment of Centres of Excellence in Procurement and related areas in the Nigerian University System (NUS).
The project is tagged “Sustainable Procurement Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE).”
The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that higher education in Nigeria would only have a better future if Nigerian universities begin to explore ways of diversifying international collaborations.
The SPESSCE project launches a Call for Proposals to partner with eligible Federal Universities in Nigeria. Eligible higher education institutions (Federal Universities) from Nigeria are encouraged to submit proposals that address training,
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, has said that research and innovation were necessary ingredients to solving the developmental challenges confronting African countries.
The President Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA), Prof. Alex Asigbo sought for collaboration with NUC for development of curriculum for Creative Art and the possibility of making theatre art more lucrative and upgrading it to a faculty of Creative Arts.