The 222 Universities in Nigeria are not enough to address the growing population and the eligible candidates who applied for University education on yearly basis but could not get admission due to space in the country.
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed who said this added that the country needs an influx of universities in order for it to measure up to the population and the eligible candidates who applied for university education on yearly basis but could not get the admission due to space.
Rasheed stated this when a high-powered delegation from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) led by the Chairman of the Governing Council, Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, OFR, last Friday, 24th March, 2023, visited the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, in his office.
The NUC scribe said Nigeria currently, Nigeria has 222 universities comprising of 50 federal, 61 states and 111 privately-owned universities, adding that, however, the total enrolment of all of them accounted for only 2.5% of the 200 million populations.
