The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the establishment of three additional federal universities in the country.
The approval was given at the council’s first meeting of the year presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting alongside his counterparts- Mr. Edem Duke (Tourism and Culture); Prof. Ruqqayatu Rufai (Education); and Dr. Yerima Ngama (State, Finance).
The three newly-approved universities, according to Rufai, are the Federal University of Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State; Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, and Federal University of Gashua, Yobe State.
The minister said the new universities would take off during the 2014/2015 academic session.
She said, “We have been battling with the problem of access to education every year, cutting across primary, secondary and tertiary. We record between 1.3million and 1.5million applicants through JAMB every year.”
Rufai said having approved the establishment of three additional universities, every state in the country now has federal university.
Via Punch
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