The Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC) has elevated the appliance charges for establishing non-public universities by greater than 400 p.c, citing the necessity for higher regulation and alignment with fashionable academic calls for.
In an announcement on Monday, NUC Government Secretary, Abdullahi Ribadu, introduced the revised fees, elevating the price of buying an software kind from ₦1 million to ₦5 million. The processing charge has additionally been elevated from ₦5 million to ₦25 million.
In accordance with the fee, candidates who’ve purchased the shape on the earlier fee of ₦1 million however haven’t but paid the processing charge should now adjust to the brand new ₦25 million cost inside 30 working days or threat forfeiting their purposes.
The NUC additionally declared a one-year moratorium, efficient from February 10, 2025, on inactive purposes and contemporary submissions for personal universities, together with non-public open universities.
“The Fee hereby imposes a moratorium for a interval of 1 yr on inactive purposes for the institution of recent non-public universities to allow a complete assessment of such pending purposes,” Ribadu mentioned.
He mentioned purposes which have remained stagnant for over two years, in addition to people who have solely submitted letters of intent underneath Step 1 of the 14-step approval course of, are affected by the suspension.
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Nevertheless, the NUC official clarified that it will proceed processing lively purposes and make suggestions to the Federal Government Council for approval.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Fee will proceed to course of pending lively purposes and make acceptable suggestions to the Federal Government Council for approval,” Ribadu mentioned.
