Universities in Nigeria can now admit over 1 Million students as they now have that capacity. These are the words of the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike. He also said despite criticisms that the federal government did not inject adequate funds into the sector, the sum of N53,617,254,621.53 has been lying fallow unaccessed by the federating states.
Nigerian Universities have over 1 Million admission capacity
Supervising minister of education, Nyesom Wike has said that the federal government’s intervention in tertiary education has greatly improved access such that universities in the country can now admit over 1million candidates.
He said prior to the establishment of 12 new federal universities in each of the nation’s geo-political zones,the existing universities could only admit a paltry 400,000 candidates, leaving almost 2million candidates who might have emerged successful in their entry level examination to their fate.
Speaking at a forum to present the ministerial scorecard of the education sector under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Wike also lamented the inability of some states to access the Universal Basic Education (UBE) grants for intervention in the basic education sector.
The highest defaulting states include Adamawa, Abia, Benue, Cross River, Oyo, Plateau, Nasarawa and a few others. (Source: All Africa)