Nigeria gets seven additional universities

These unserious crooks. What rigorous screening are you talking about,when the existing ones are simply glorified hostels? This government is unserious in every ramification,rudderless and clearly inept. the number of universities is not the issue.the issue is the quality and the framework that underpins such institutions. You just do not build universities to match your population when the existing products are of such poor standards that they are almost useless. Everyone must not be a graduate, that is what is breeding cultism in the universities.People who have no business being there in the first place. develop a proper and viable framework for polytechnics and trade centers. all these licenses being dished out left, right and center for people to establish Adult daycare centres in the name of universities is myopic, self serving and counter productive. Sometimes you wonder i those in position in this country are either inept,lazy or wicked. I think they are a combination of all three.

"She also said contrary to popular opinion that private universities are concentrated in one part of the country, the seven approved private universities are evenly distributed. Two of them are situated in each of the three zones in the South, while one is in the Federal Capital Territory." Let anyone who has the means and is smart with his/her money go and establish a private university in JIGAWA!

I hope these universities come with world class infrastructure. This would defintely make the govt universities sit up.

From what I have seen of Afe Babalola University, the infrastructure competes with most top schools around the world. I sincerely hope the QUALITY OF ADMISSIONS AND THAT OF STUDENTS ADMITTED will equally be world standard. If we can start the new Universities in the right track others will follow. I agree that NOT everyone belongs in the university, we need the technical schools and the training schools as well; all of these institutions are critical to the economic growth and should be respected for their unique contribution and not look down upon, this is why our universities have fallen to the lowest common denominator. It was a rude awakening for me to hear a university student that can not speak a correct sentence both in English and Yoruba. More chocking to me was my cousin a computer Science graduate who does not own a PC and couldn't tell me what an operating system is. We need to mandate a higher level of performance on ALL new Universities God Help our country.

These are mainly profit making vehicles. They are therefore not in any position to make any institution, government or private, sit up or stand down. This commentator does not know of one for-profit, world class university. If there any, he would like to be corrected. He does also does not believe that his beloved country is so exceptional as to alter that reality. Solid universities are very, very expensive propositions. We need to stop chasing shadows.

Hopefully, the concern for quantity would also be matched by a concern for QUALITY. But @ KK, the private universities (particularly AUN, Covenant, Bell, LBS-Pan African) are among the best universities in Nigeria (and probably West Africa).

OMO JEESU, start from Harvard and work your way through the Ivy League to places like Stanford et al, for world-class for- profit universities.

God bless Omo Jeesu for this comment. I am not sure any of the seven investors is looking for an avenue to contribute to humanity. Having destroyed the fabrics od educational advancement in the country, successive governments owe their lackeys the duty of helping them invest in this glodmine. Our youth can go to hell, government does not care.

@Kase, while I do not think that the motives of the promoters of private universities in Nigeria are entirely (or even primarily) altruistic -- except for perhaps the church groups (Crescent U, Madonna U, Ajayi Crowther U, Wesley U, Caritas U, Babcock U, Bowen U, etc), I seriously doubt that any rational person looking for a "goldmine" (or to otherwise make a financial killing) would bother to invest in building a Nigerian university.

Nigerians have become way too cynical albeit with some justification. Let us give a little credit where it is due. The truth is that most of the newly licenced and existing private universities are owned by churches and public spirited individuals. Anybody who has an inkling of the economics of university education would understand that you cannot make quick money from University education which is why credible universities are invariably operated as non profit making organizations globally. Meanwhile, before we start sounding off with some of our half baked opinions, we should visit some of the existing private universities such as Pan African University(Lagos Business School), Convenant et al to appreciate the transformation that is quioetly going on in our university system.

Olu I agree with you. Either for profit or not, let's look at the volume of Nigerian students going abroad for quality education - quite High given the absolute figures. This is an opportunity loss for profit oriented Nigerian university owners. So if we are saying this is their motive, Nigerians are smart enough to focus and capture this lost opportunty. Government needs to play its part by ensuring there are worlds standard conditions of learning in the institutions ranging from lecturers' salaries, student conditions, availability of infrastructure (Power being the dominant failure) having needed books electrinically or otherwise etc If nigeria can have world class books, and produce world class students 30 years ago there is no reason why we can not do it again with dedication and tenacity of purpose. God help us all

How can this be, Universities when the ones we have are running slower than a milliped

Ms Duku must be daft. does she understand what even spread means?

I agree with Emeka. Remember these are private universities. They are not in the same category with the poorly governed public universities, whose students suffer inside and outside of strike periods. I have a certain level of optimism for the success of these new private schools. However I would like to appeal to Nigerians to step away from this culture of futile competition. I cannot understand why whenever there is a little bit of encouraging news or a new minor development, ignorant Nigerians start categorizing them as 'world-class' or as much better than whatever one could find in America or Europe. Let's stop fooling ourselves. I do believe our potential is higher in many areas than that of other parts of world. But we won't make any strides until we take stock of where are today in relation to our ultimate goals. When they built MMA2, I heard people comparing it to Heathrow and JFK. Now I hear people comparing new Nigerian universities to Ivy League and Oxbridge institutions. Stop deluding yourselves. We are nowhere near that level. Can we get there with hard work and collective effort? Absolutely!! We can build a Harvard or an Oxford in less time than the centuries it took for them to be developed into what you see today. But come now, we are not there yet!

They should be compel to meet international standards.The private institutions should lead the way in quality education as the Federal and State universities have really let us down. Is OSU (Ogun-state University) still an institution of learning? I really don't think so as i have lost count of ladies roam around Lagos and Abuja looking for BIG DADDYs all in the quest to pay tuition fees.

could someone spare a thought to where the graduands would be absorbed after schooling.....

Show me a functional websites of these new universities and the old ones. These should be a yardstick for measuring the qualities of education on offer at these universities. After all, they offer courses such as IT, Business Admin. If these unis are incapable of harnessing IT to market their unis, such unis are mushrooms. Recently, I spoke to some final year students and peruse the recommended books (handouts) supposedly written by their lecturers. The latest cited references is 1995 and the books are published in 2007. If any of these unis need free consultancy in achieving world standard, please indicate so, I will offer my service for free.

It is not a matter of opening universities but the quality of education that is being churned out. So far it is these private universities that are observing some form of sanity by not going on strike every time .But who is sure of the stuff they are dishing out. Again their fees are too exorbitant that no ordinary Nigerian can afford. Let the government look into our university system and equip it for optimal performance. If we have about 30 federal universities now, nothing debars the government from building at least 3 qualitative hostels for each of them, the resources to do that is there. It’s not up to the amount of money being embezzled annually. For God's sake let Nigeria work!

Frankly, i think some Nigerian universities have the potentials to become worldclass. I was at Covenant University in Otta and I saw world class infrastructure. The university won three out of the fullbright fellowships alloted to Nigeria by American givernment. Unilag also has a big potential to be a world class. This is a university that has graduated more than 200,000 people in the last 25 years. Im also told of the new Osun State University. UNN also has the potential. With the new ASSU agreement, I think things will get better.

If they are sincere about this, let the tuition fee for those universities be affordable for the common Nigerian. This may just be the only way to get able Nigerians admitted to study in any higher institution...

NEW SPHERES OF EXPLOITATION HAVE OPENED. NEW BURIAL GROUNDS FOR STANDARDS CELEBRATED. I WISH WE HAD A GOVERNMENT.

unrealistic!!!! we are approving more universities when the government have not provided adequate funds and supervision to manage the present universities. i feel the government should put machinery in place to take care of the present universities before thinking about approving and creating new ones. else the aim of creating more universities will be defeated.

I believe dyversification would have been the best approach to our Education problem in Nigeria. Everyone opt for a chance of goi to the university but neglects its polytechnic or technical school counterpart, well am not surprised coz the so called Polytechics are glorified primary school. for ages there have been agitation to place poltechnic and university on the same level but where as it led to? even employment wise a uiversity grad. is much more recognised than its polytechnic counterpart hence the discrepancy in their salary structure. more university with class is what we seek but truly time has proved to all that this Forsaken Polytechnic produced succesful graduand who has contributed pratically to the growth of our economy and society at large. Come to think of it this so called private university are established solely for profit making and not becoz of the urge to help the populace, however how many of this schs. tuitionn fee will be less than a 200k a session? Parents must pay through their Nose to get there billiant wards become dullards and frustrated. Hoestly Nigeria is sick,and its physicians are mal-nourished.

Thanks KK. I cant agree with u more. I wonder what sort of rigorous screening they are talking about when we all know it's still business as usual. I was at a popular private university in Ibadan, Oyo State some few weeks ago, what I saw was quite shameful bearing in mind that the school fees 4 some courses is as high as N500,000 per session (believe me, that school does not compare to 1/10th of a LASU not 2 talk of a UI or Great Ife). See what corruption, poor government policies and bad management of public universities and their so called "rigorous screening" will 2 cause us until a true rebirth takes place. By the way, how many average, honest and hardworking nigerian families can afford 2 send their children 2 these new private universities?

I AM NOT AGAINST THE LICENCES OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITY,BUT AGAIINST THE GOVERNMENT POLICIES FOR NOT FUNDING OUR GOVERNMENT ONWED UNIVERSITY,BECAUSE IS NOT A MATTER OF NUMBERS OF UNIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE THAT MATTER BUT HOW MANY ARE OF WORLD STANDARD,AND MOST OF THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY ARE EFFECTING THE STANDARD OF OUR NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY BCOS THE LEATURES ARE ALL GOING TO LEATURE THERE LEAVE THE STUDENT ARE THE MERCY OF THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY,WHICH IS TO OUR DISADVANTAGES AND MORESO THE SCHOOL FEE OF THE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IS NOT A SMALL AMOUNT, FOR GOD SAKE GOVERNMENT SHOUID WAKE UP TO THERE RESPONSIBILTY AND STOP CAUSE OUR EDUCATIONAL SECTOR TO DECAY BECAUES EDUCATION IS THE BEDROCK OF ANY DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION OF ANY ASPRISED GREAT NATION ,I WILL ALSO CALL THE RELIOGS BODIES AND VARIOUS INVESTOR NOT TO SEE EDUCATION AS A MEANS OF EXPLOTEING THE POPULACE BUT A MEDIUM OF TRANFORMATION FOR ANY PROMISING GENERATION,LET ASSISST TO RESTORE THE STANDARD OF OUR EDUCATION BCOS MOST OF THEM DID NOT WENT TO A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THERE TIME SAVE NIGRIAN FUTURE OOOOOOOOOOOO

If I may reply to JB: trust me, Harvard, Stanford (which by the way is not an Ivy League School), etc. are not for-profit. They are just not publicly owned. I repeat: world class universities cannot be for-profit. Mission sponsored universities like Canan, Samuel Crowther, Bowen, etc., can become world class only if they embrace secularism. That move might still come. But now, those schools are in the firm clutches of their founders. Harvard started as a theological institution, for example. But it grew up into something else after some time. I am sure that LBS is not for-profit. In my estimation, it is the best of the private efforts in higher education currently in Nigeria. Physical facilities alone do not make a world class institution of higher learning. Look at who is teaching there, what they are teaching, who they are teaching, what they are producing in terms of new knowledge, how well equipped they are to produce new knowledge, etc. These are the most significant criteria. Ibadan was a world class university, for instance. It invented African History as we know it. That was new knowledge. And I am not even a historian. At this point, I am not sure of its status.

@ KELECHI: I was the one who introduced Harvard into this discussion, and my humble counsel to you would be next time to read and comprehend before comment. And just btw, MMA2 is better than several of the terminals at JFK, so please do not inflict your complex on the rest of us. Thanks.

We thank God for the opportunity to once again counsel our so called leaders. Many of these people went through mission schools and enjoyed federal and states' scholarships. But their thoughts now is to frustrate the poor people from sending their wards to school, thereby, to them they could own Nigeria because they felt that they would be the only people that could sponsor their wards through the stolen money. They had forgotten that God's designs for all downtrodden children shall come to pass. If they care for the poor they should have noted that those missionaries of old cared for people's salvation. They came with almost free education in their mind. If we are now thinking of the profit that will come in, then the motive of establishing universities is defeated. Our heartless leaders should care to read Jeremiah 17:11 in the Bible.Be conscious of the end of this life and they are taking nothing along when the end shall come.

OMO JEESU: I actually wrote "through the Ivy League TO places like Stanford" (emphasis added), but thanks for the unsolicited edification. LOL! Nevertheless, on the SUBSTANTIVE issue under discussion, technically there are NO "for-profit" educational institutions in Nigeria, which is why they are exempted from taxation. However, private universities in Nigeria (just as in the US) strive to generate enough income to cover operating expenses and maintain a reserve (an endowment), just as most closely-held for-profit corporations would -- though I doubt that any private Nigerian university has thus far become entirely self-sustaining (with perhaps the exception of LBS). As for quality, please look at the quality of academic staff of the likes of AUN Yola or LBS Lagos, or the research-based publications that has already come out of the very young Covenant. Nigeria has a ton of work to do in the educational sector, but personally I think that the introduction of private universities have generally been a PLUS and a boost rather than a hindrance.

Licencing private universities is not the issue here, but can these universities meet up to the expectation of world-class standard? You guys are placing so much emphasis on the infrastructures of some of these privates universities, what about the calibre of lecturers employed? What provisions are being made to screen the credentials of these lecturers in discharging their duties? Mrs. Akunyili buttressed their decision to consider giving licences to these universities based on the country's rising population. I am just wondering how many of the FEC members have or will have their kids registered in these so called private universities that are of world-class standard? The problem I forsee here is not the rising population prompting the springing-up of these privately-owned universities but an attempt to compeletly sabotaged the existing non-functional public universities. Let's think of this, can an average Nigerian family be able to afford the tuition fees for these universities when their children get admitted? No one talked about ASUU incessant strike actions and the federal government unresponsive and uncompromising stand on their various concerns. I was a victim of these unproductive battles between both parties that I ended up spending seven years for a five years programme in one of the publicly funded universities. If we want to improve skills and standards of our universities and the graduates they produce, then more emphasis should be placed on funding research and teaching facilities in the existing ones than in money making from these private universities. Most of these world-class institutions we want to compare our standards with are mostly research-focused and their teaching facilities SUPERB!!! They hadly go on strike.

@KK and TATA you spoke my mind. Where are the jobs for the graduands to be? Private universities are now being turned to a federal character thing. We Nigerians always like to brag: world class. Why not African class? Why don't we start from little beginning and move up? Ghana is not shouting world class yet Nigerian wealthy men are sending their kids to their universities. What an irony!

My last word on the matter: American University system is for-profit. Proprietors, like those who own the Yola campus, pay for the franchise license just like those who want to buy a Macdonald's or Tantalizer's joint. This is my way of saying American University is not a world class university and that at least one for-profit university exists in Nigeria. I will ask students to consider Ibadan, Nsukka, Ife, ABU, or LBS first before deciding to go to AU in Yola. There is nothing wrong with for-profit universities. We just shouldn't expect the best from them. They are good for training and for dispensing established knowledge. They are not interested in advancing knowledge. I do not wish that the best universities in my country should only dispense knowledge. Chikena.

Over 100 universities and the country can not make tooth picks. what a shame.

Kai,do we need more universities?What is really needed is more nursery and primary schools at the rural level.Plus,maintainance of higher standards at the lower levels.We are just establishing institutions for the training of mediocres.

Over 100 universities and the country can not make tooth picks. what a shame.

What will happen eventually is the 'law of fallacy of composition' taking its tole on these private universities one day.It happened with the banks, merchant banks, bureau de change, eatries, water business, etc. Clearly, profit-motive is the overriding factor. So-called 'rigorous screening' or not, it's all falacy. the question is this-why can't the 'ceo/managing director' of the private universities endow chairs in some of the old universities for it's growth and real development, rather than this vainglorious desire to merchandise their private 'universities' and begin to sale 'honorary degrees' like chieftaincy titles, to the highest bidder and funny characters in the society? But, I know one thing for sure- the wild wind will come sonner than later to 'blow away' the do-or-die private universities when a 'Sanusi' comes in place of a 'Soludo', after their 'rationalization' in due course.

What will happen eventually is the 'law of fallacy of composition' taking its tole on these private universities one day.It happened with the banks, merchant banks, bureau de change, eatries, water business, etc. Clearly, profit-motive is the overriding factor. So-called 'rigorous screening' or not, it's all falacy. the question is this-why can't the 'ceo/managing director' of the private universities endow chairs in some of the old universities for it's growth and real development, rather than this vainglorious desire to merchandise their private 'universities' and begin to sale 'honorary degrees' like chieftaincy titles, to the highest bidder and funny characters in the society? But, I know one thing for sure- the wild wind will come sonner than later to 'blow away' the do-or-die private universities when a 'Sanusi' comes in place of a 'Soludo', after their 'rationalization' in due course.

On a more sombre look. What is the purpose of the Nigerian Universities when we can not freely elect our leaders. In an environment were voice of people are in perpetual silence universities and other institutions of learning can not grow being it private or public. What we need than anything is a society of free people and every other things will follows. Also the craze for private schools(Nursery,primary and secondry schools) started like this and what problem has it solve? Same is happening in the colleges and universities and defitely will not solve anything.

That is a great achievemnet in our coutry NIgeria ,because every day our pupolation is increasing ,so for the approval of this 7 private universities in country that will help we student and the up cominf onces to have confident in NIgeria Education .when will admission start taking place this Universities and their location . from Austin.

The products of existing ones are still stranded looking for jobs. Then why more Universities???? Think rightly Nigerians.

It is very interesting reading comments from well meaning Nigerians eager to contribute to public discourse. It is blatantly clear that what we need is quality not quantity. The existing universities situated on large expanses of land still have spare capacity to accommodate more people with proper planning. I noted with dismay one commentator rejoicing with glee at this development. He is a student aspiring to higher institution but unable to sting correct sentences together. His grammatical blunders are a reflection of the quality of education available in Nigeria. People should also have the patience to spell check their comments before posting them....Another sign of good quality education. I want to provide some statistics to illuminate a point on funding. In advanced countries funding is principally from Taxes:Students:Donations with the following ratio applicable in the following countries UK 65%:27%:8%....In Japan 32%:58%:10%....in Germany 85%:0%;15% and in USA 34%:36%:30% (sources CNN)...We need more companies providing donations to universities rather than people just setting up universities as a status symbol. While It is important to have more universities to cope with our large population, the existing ones need to be of world class.

Can someone please help. Went to the NUC website to find Nigerian universities that have current accreditation in Engineering Courses with no luck. All I found was a list of accredited Nigerian Universities. How does one get information on accredited courses? Afterall NUC does conduct accreditation or don't they realise the public needs to know? Imagine your child gaining admission to study medicine in a university only to find the university has no accreditation after 4 years of study yet NUC allows the supposedly accredited universities to admit students for these courses

Everywhere you turn across the landscape called Nigeria, universities are springing up like mushrooms reminiscent of banks in the early nineties, during which period every other building was a bank, finance house, community or mortgage bank or outright money-doubling or voodoo bank popularized by one Umanah. Remember him? It was the banking boom, we were told. At the moment in Nigeria, universities are booming. Capitalizing on the thirst of Nigerians for higher education, investors have seen universities as the next gold mine after banks, oil and telecommunication. The liberalization of licenses to own and operate universities, as everything Nigerian, has become something of showmanship. Establishment of schools by missions in the past was informed by an uncompromised desire to have an educated citizenry. At the moment, it is not the love to educate Nigerians that is the driving force for the establishment of private universities. It is personal aggrandizement and pecuniary interests. All manners of private universities with high sounding and occasionally laughable names have been registered and licensed to operate, some from town halls, church premises, two block apartments, etc. Like the banking boom of the nineties when owning a bank, a finance house, community or mortgage bank became the yardstick for determining how rich, influential and accomplished one was, it is the turn of universities. Today, owning a university is the vogue. You are of inconsequential stature or unaccomplished; whether you are a retired general, businessman, politician, top civil servant, lawyer, banker, doctor, accountant, engineer, etc, if you do not own and operate a university or one is named in your honor. Pastors and churches, old and new generations, orthodox and unorthodox, are not left out. They have joined in the rat race. Any “successful” pastor or church has an education arm with a university in the kitty. Indeed the supervising civil servants at the Ministry of Education and NUC are sure continually blessing the day they got into the civil service! More worrisome is the news that polytechnics are now degree-awarding institutions. In places where things work, the pyramid of human capacity development has the peak occupied by professionals and university graduates; the mid-section by middle level manpower –technologists, artisans, technicians, nurses, etc and the base is made up of others. In Nigeria the pyramid is inverted God Bless Nigeria

George, one thing i know for sure in Nigeria is that we have a problem with documentation. If this is a purposeful act, it beats my imagination in this age we live in. Getting well needed information about our university system using technology is frustrating and time wasting. Please can anyone tell me a Nigerian university where you can apply for studies online? I think we all know the answer. True Data, Information, Knowledge if and when properly documented can make our life a whole better place to live in; without it our leaders keep getting away with doing and saying anything they like without accounting for them.

@ OMO JEESU: AUN Yola is neither a for-profit institution nor a franchise. Rather, it is the university arm of the ABTI Academy (primary and secondary schools) and is affiliated to the Washington DC-based AU. And frankly, it has some of the best academics in Nigeria (and probably Africa). @ AUSTIN: Co-sign. So long as there is an emphasis on quality, more universities for a population in which almost 1 million JAMB applicants are denied admission yearly is generally a GOOD thing.

Nigerian graduates are caddies (carrying golf bags for Oyibo golfers) at Ikoyi Golf Club. Where are the jobs for the additional graduates these new universities will produce in a climate where lack of security, poor basic infrastructure (no roads, power, credit)and lack of investment incentives are preventing economic growth and job creation in the country. Should the priority not be on job creation now with 96 universities already there? I wonder!

All of you theory and sofa experts why dont you go back to Nigeria and help out. You sit on your comfortable chairs mostly in the US nad the UK and abuse Nigeria. Martin Luther King, Mandela, Ghandhi and all similar leaders got involved directly to change the lives of their people, Na so so mouth and theory you all dey spit. Come back home and help us rebuild Nigeria. Stop working as slaves for the Oyinbo man. Naija no good who go fix am, bloggers come home, come and die for Nigeria. Naija for life

Don't swallow the so call non-for-profit concept marketed by western universities.Show me one that does not collect tuition and I will show you the gates of heaven. They are all business oriented and any privately owned university i Nigeria is going to charge tuition and operate some its institutions such as bookstoreson a profit basis. We have had subsidized education in Africa long enough. Its about time the public universities get a run for their money.

WOW, ALL THESE OPINION, SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, AND SOME UGLY. I REALLY THINK WE NIGERIANS ARE SMART PEOPLE, BUT CAN WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND FORMULATE THE FUTURE OF THIS MIGHTY CONTRY!!!

My beloved country continues to creat laughable situations. I wonder if the decision makers actually realize the damage been done to the youths in that country? Do they know how many, among them, send their kids to Universities in Ghana not because of lack of schools but because the quality of university education has dropped significantly.Instead of building more universities it is better to put all the resourses togater and improve the existing institutions.

Misplaced priorities. What is the government doing about vocational education. The pursuit of SME is meaningless when the technical institutions have become venues for theories. Wrong people are manning our affairs! What do they teach in the new universities, Banking and finance, Business admin, History physics, biology, edu as usual.

The Universities we already have are in Nigeria are poorly funded, equipped and most of all staffed. These group of individuals who have money to set up private Universities what stops them from picking any university of their choice in the country and sponsor a faculty, school or department by funding them to the point were they can be classified as centre of excellence in which ever field of humanity. These money bags who have looted our Treasury and their agents are head bent on destroying whatever is remaining of our terminal ill university educational system. What our universities need is a private/government partnership were companies, banks and big corporate bodies will be encouraged to assist in funding universities as obtained in other countries. At the end of the day the products of these institutions will end up working with these bodies when they complete their studies. Nigeria does not need universities owned by okoro, Babaginda or Adebanjo. That will be dishing out worthless qualification to our young people which may not be able to recognized outside the country. Already most of the qualifications emanating from Nigerian institutions are having a hard time accepted when the few lucky people that find their way to Europe. Majority of our political leaders are poorly educated or used forged certificates so anything to enhance the quality of education in the country will threaten their grip on power. Is only their children that deserves good quality education and the reason all there children are sent to Europe or America to study on tax payers expense or money stolen from the public purse.

Please publish the names of the proprietors of the approved universities for the world to see. Public universities have been closed for more than three months and private universities are being approved by the same government that kept them closed. It is clear that the generation that took over from the great men of our country - Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ahmadu Bello and others in that memorable generation have contributed so much to the underdevelopment of our country and are now skampering all over the place for "bread and butter" for their stomachs. Whatever was not struggled to possess shall not last (come easy, go easy). We need HONOURABLE men and women like Awo, Zik and Ahmadu Bello to lead this nation. Change will surely come.

nigerian government really dont have anything else to but look for ways to make easy money as always. the schools in nation right now is mess why dont they fix the ones the have with that money instead.

It is not more universities that Nigeria needs, but more jobs to absorb the troops of unemployed graduates who daily resort to crimes to survive, and a strengthening of existing (federal) universities to compete with the best in the world. This government is all smoke without fire. When will Mr President wake up from his infamous slumber? More private universities when the existing ones are reeling from underfunding and infrastructural decay. Those rogues are determined to cripple public universities in Naija the same way as they have done to Primary and Secondary education.

Let us begin to pray more than before. Honestly, devil want to use our leaders to frustrate us.

Actually the universities are needed, but the facilities provided is the problem. moerso now that our leaders now realizes that they can make more money from owning a university. that is why the public versities are now being under funded. we need more public versities not private versities that will only enrich the few already very rich.

Complain or not to complain there will be no change except for God's devine Intervention, it is gettin worse by the day, rot by the week waste by the months and so on years...but i tell u (our politicians & our Leaders) you think God is so reluctant to our answer our prayers? Our God Is An Oderly God, He does his things his own way an at the right time-U will allbe putting doun to justice an i wish i will be the one to execute u guys in the nearest future. Am a student and am not going to die a studnt or join u if i cant beet u the pace and difference will set in with God on our side minus the POLITITIANCE and the LEADERS

let their more accredited universities private or federal let the less previleges aquire there own knowledge

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE NEW UNIVERSITIES.

This is a very good idea either for making money or not b'cos this makes everybody have opportunity to go school

CRATE MORE UNIVERSITIES SO THAT THE LESS PREVILEDES[MEKUNU]CHILDREN CAN BE A PARTAKER IF...........

well niageria...u education system is becoming more stable and we thank God...i wish i could attend my university in niageria..am jerry from ghana.

There will not be stability in nigeria education sector until we have stability in governance in nigeria. We should stop deceiving ourselves the curtain is close to been drawn.

right to education at what ever level should be celebreted,i canot fathorm the logic why some people query government decision to grant more licence for new universities just because there are no job vacancies.Having an enlighened citizens is more important than employment oppourtunities.enligthened and well educated citizens can turn things arround while the ignorant majority even while gainfully employed can ruin a nation.