NUC approves three new Delta varsities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved three
new universities established by Delta to begin full academic
session.

Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, gave the
approval when Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led top Delta officials to
present strategic documents of the universities at the commission’s
headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Rasheed said the new universities would increase access to
higher education.

The approved universities are: Delta State University, Agbor;
Denis Osadebe University, Asaba and the Delta State University of
Science and Technology, Ozoro.

The development makes Delta the state with the highest number of
universities with the oil-rich state owning four.

The state also has two federal Nigerian Maritime University,
Okerenkoko and Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, making total
number of universities in the state six.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved three
new universities established by Delta to begin full academic
session.

Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, gave the
approval when Governor Ifeanyi Okowa led top Delta officials to
present strategic documents of the universities at the commission’s
headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Rasheed said the new universities would increase access to
higher education.

The approved universities are: Delta State University, Agbor;
Denis Osadebe University, Asaba and the Delta State University of
Science and Technology, Ozoro.

The development makes Delta the state with the highest number of
universities with the oil-rich state owning four.

The state also has two federal Nigerian Maritime University,
Okerenkoko and Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, making total
number of universities in the state six.