The
National Universities Commission has suspended the operational licences of
seven private universities for allegedly violating its guidelines in physical
facilities and academic programmes.
The affected universities are Lead City, Caritas, Joseph Ayo
Babalola, Tansian, Madonna, Achievers and Obong.
The Director of Press and Public Relations of NUC, Mallam
Ibrahim Yakassai, confirmed this in a telephone interview with one of our
correspondents on Wednesday night.
A top source, who pleaded anonymity, said the decision to
suspend the operational licences of the affected universities was due to their
non-compliance with the regulations guiding the operations of universities in
the country as stipulated by the NUC.
“The operators of the universities affected know their offences
because so many times, we have informed them about their failings but they did
not take necessary steps to address their shortcomings. Anyway, It’s just a
suspension and it will be lifted as soon as they do the correct things,” the
sourced said.