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Thursday, October 7th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Over 300 applications for private varsities pending at NUC By Tom Chiahemen Senior Correspondent, Abuja   Over 300 applications for the establishment of new private universities are still pending at the National Universities Commission (NUC), according to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Peter Okebukola. The Secretary, who disclosed this in Abuja while receiving the completed application for licence of the Catholic University of Nigeria, Abuja (CUNA), explained that because the Commission intended to finish processing the large number of applications it recently suspended further issuance of new application forms. He however said the Federal Government was desirous of encouraging the private sector to contribute to the development of tertiary education by establishing more private universities to cater for the millions of students seeking admission. Citing recent statistics, the NUC Executive Secretary said over one million eligible candidates apply for admission every year, while the country’s 57 universities, with the exception of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) could only accommodate about 160,000 candidates each annually. Earlier, the delegation of the Provisional Governing Council of the bishops, clergy and eminent Nigerian Catholics submitted the completed application form for the proposed university, with a pledge that the institution would be a model all over the world. Led by the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Archbishop John Onaiyekan, the delegation, which included about 15 other bishops, presented among other documents a duly completed application form, accompanied by the application fee of N200,000 in bank draft, the academic brief, master plan for the take-off of the university, its draft law, as well as the proposed logo and motto. Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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