The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the provisional licence for the take-off of the Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS), located in Igbo-Eno community of the state.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, while handing over the licence to the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, in Abuja said it would make the university the 219th in the country.
Rasheed congratulated the state governor and advised on strict adherence to the laws guiding university operations.
He also urged the state government to take note of the professional and technical advice of the commission as regards the statutory requirements on the establishment, sustainable funding and operation of the university.
He, therefore, said that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) were being notified of the establishment of the university.
The state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwanyi while presenting the instrument establishing the university said the state was one of those with very high number of candidates applying for admissions, with only a very small percentage of them gaining admission.
He, therefore, presented the instrument establishing the university and the necessary documents including academic brief and master-plan which would facilitate the NUC’s consideration of the recognition of the university.
He added that adequate provisions had been made for sustainable funding of the new university.
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