{"id":353436,"date":"2025-01-23T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=353436"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:39:11","slug":"nuc-approves-new-varsity-for-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/23\/nuc-approves-new-varsity-for-ebonyi\/","title":{"rendered":"NUC approves new varsity for Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Number of varsities now 278<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology, Oferekpe.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting a letter of recognition of the new university to the Governor, Francis Nwifuru, on Thursday, the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, said the institution is now recognised as the 66th state university in Nigeria and the 278th in the Nigerian university system.<\/p>\n<p>He said a copy of the recognition letter would be forwarded to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).<\/p>\n<p>The NUC boss however revealed that the university will only commence academic activities after the necessary resource verification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to say on the part of the commission, we are ready and willing to support this young university. However, we need to indicate that giving a recognition letter is not equated with starting or commencement of academic activities. We will still have to undertake what is called resource verification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/02\/16\/why-well-continue-to-approve-more-universities-nuc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commission<\/a> will visit when the university is ready. It will invite the commission to go and look at the state of affairs, to look at the infrastructure, to look at the classrooms, look at the library, look at the staffing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, the commission will give the go-ahead for commencement of academic activities. It is pertinent to note that this university becomes the 66th state university,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Ebonyi State Governor said the university was proclaimed in 2021, adding that the reason for its establishment is to increase access to higher education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason for the establishment of this university is to ramp up the access to quality and affordable tertiary education particularly for the state indigenes and grant everyone the opportunity to tertiary education in order to address the needed technological manpower requirements of the state in particular, and the nation in general, especially now that the world is fast changing because of the tech-driven phenomenon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Nwifuru also assured the commission of adequate funding of the university, saying: \u201cThe need for adequate funding for sustainability of the institution of this magnitude is never lost on us as a government. And I want to assure you that Ebonyi State, under my leadership, will ensure that adequate budgetary provisions, in both capital and recurrent expenditures are made available on sustainable basis in order to guarantee the academic growth, relevance and quality assurance of this nascent institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the gradual take-off of this university, I want to further inform the executive secretary that the state government has already injected critical mass of funds towards the construction of some strategic buildings on the university campus at Oferekpe, Agbaja, Izzi LGA. As at today, the following structures like the Senate Building, the staff quarters, the students\u2019 hostels, the faculty buildings, the university library, etc are at various stages of completion. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>On the critical manpower needed to drive the developmental strides of the university, the governor said: \u201cI am happy to inform the executive secretary that the \u2026 have since been appointed by my government. And just last Saturday, I had the honour and privilege to flag off the Ebonyi State scholarship programme, where about 1,000 students are already being trained for Master\u2019s degrees and Doctorate in both local and foreign universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is intended that on graduation, these trained officers shall be injected into the various tertiary institutions in Ebonyi State in order to contribute in building the needed human capital development in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Number of varsities now 278 The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology, Oferekpe. 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