Candidates
that chose universities whose operational licences were either
suspended by the National Universities Commission may have to make
other plans if they must secure admission to a university this year as
none of the suspended universities would be allowed to admit fresh
students for the 2012/2013 academic session.
The Director of Press and Public
Relations of the NUC, Mallam Ibrahim Yakassai, told one of our
correspondents on the telephone on Thursday that while the universities
would be allowed to graduate their old students, they would not be
allowed to admit new students until they clear the issues in contention
with the
NUC.
Yakassai said as a regulatory agency, it
was appropriate for the NUC to take steps that would ensure practical
development and high standards in Nigerian universities.
He said, “The affected universities
can’t take fresh students. We have communicated their failures to them;
we have our guidelines and before we can go ahead to suspend their
licences, something must be wrong. They have flouted our guidelines .
“This is just the beginning; from now
on, we will deal with any university that flouts our guidelines. We must
maintain standard in our universities.
“For candidates who applied to any of
these universities for the 2012/2013 academic year, the Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board has been requested to assist in distributing
qualified candidates to other universities of their choice.’’
Also, the commission’s Executive
Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, on Thursday debunked insinuations that
the commission acted out of malice in the case of Leads University which
instituted a court case against the NUC.
Okojie said, “We are only performing our
regulatory functions. We withdrew the licence of Obong University
(others were suspended). Are we in court with them?
“Who took us to court before we
suspended part-time programmes in all Nigerian universities? We are
still taking in reactions from all stakeholders. At the appropriate time
after we have all of them, we will respond accordingly.”
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