The Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC), has authorized the institution of Ebonyi State College of ICT, Science and Know-how, Oferekpe.
The Govt Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, on Thursday, offered the letter of recognition to Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi in Abuja.
Ribadu stated that the college was recognised because the 66th state college within the nation and the 278th college within the Nigerian College System.
He stated a duplicate of the letter of recognition can be forwarded to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the Tertiary Training Belief Fund.
He added that the letter would even be despatched to the Nationwide Youth Service Corps and the Nigerian Training Mortgage Fund.
The NUC boss, nonetheless, stated that the college would start tutorial actions after the required useful resource verification has been carried out.
He expressed the readiness of the Fee to help the younger college, including nonetheless, that giving a recognition letter was the identical as permission to start tutorial actions.
“We are going to nonetheless need to undertake what is known as useful resource verification and the Fee will go to when the college is prepared.
“The Fee want to have a look at the state of affairs, take a look at the infrastructure, take a look at the lecture rooms, take a look at the library, and take a look at the staffing.
“After that, the Fee will give the go-ahead for the graduation of educational actions because the 66th state college within the nation, ” he stated.
Responding, Nwifuru stated that the institution of the college was conceived in 2021, to extend entry to high quality and inexpensive tertiary training within the state.
This, he stated, would afford each resident the chance to entry tertiary training and in the long term, tackle the technical manpower hole within the state.
The governor assured of ample funding of the college.
“On the gradual take-off of the college, the State Authorities has already injected funds in the direction of the development of some strategic buildings.
“As at at present, buildings just like the Senate constructing, the workers quarters, the scholars’ hostels, the college buildings, and the college library amongst others, are at numerous levels of completion, ” he stated.
Talking on the crucial manpower wanted to drive the developmental strides of the establishment, Nwifuru stated principal officers had since been appointed
