FEC approves 7 years moratorium for establishment of federal tertiary institutions

The Federal Executive Council FEC approved a seven year moratorium for the establishment of new tertiary institutions.

Tunji Alausa, the minister of education announced the approval, while briefing State House Journalists, after the Federal Executive Council FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.

The Minister however announced that the Council approved 9 new private universities out of the 79 active requests made by their promoters.

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Alausa attributed the moratorium to none patronage of some of the previously approved institutions.

” We doing this to further halt decays in tertiary institutions which may in future affect the quality of education and consequently cause unemployment of graduates from some of these institutions,” he said.

The Minister said 551 establishment of were inherited by the current administration, but had to prune the number to 79, following the introduction of new stringent policies for the establishment of such institutions.

Out of the 79, nine were approved today.

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