FEC approves 6 new federal universities

FEC approves 6 new federal universities
 

Written by Leon Usigbe, Abuja
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Source: the Nigerian tribune
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of six additional federal universities in the six geopolitical zones of the country.

Similarly, it has approved about N41 billion for the construction and rehabilitation of eight different road projects across the six geopolitcal zones of the country.

The meeting, which was presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday also ratified the over $230million contract for the procurement of Direct Data Capture. (DDC) machines by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

According to the Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, who briefed State House correspondents after the meeting, the six universities would be sited in states which do not currently have federal universities.

She said the move was designed by the present administration to bridge the admission gap for teeming Nigerian students.