The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a full list of all approved federal, state, and private universities in Nigeria.
The list shows Nigeria currently has 45 federal universities, 54 state universities and 99 private universities, making a total of 198.
In another report, the NUC published on its official website the list of federal, state and private universities that have the approval to operate Masters and PhD degree programmes.
The NUC expressed concern that some universities in the country are running unapproved postgraduate programmes.
Similarly, the NUC released the list of Nigerian universities that have the approval to operate distance learning centres.
Recall the commission in a bulletin published on Monday, September 20, had also stated that the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) which had 72 study/resource centres nationwide is currently the only approved Open University in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, since his assumption of office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has approved the establishment of 30 new tertiary institutions.
Among the new tertiary institutions established by the Buhari government are 11 universities, 10 polytechnics and nine colleges of education.
Amid the establishment of new tertiary institutions, there are public concerns over poor funding of the existing ones as well inadequate budgetary allocations to the education sector.
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