UniAbuja Courses Finally Receive Accreditation

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Professor James Sunday Adelabu, announced at the 22nd Matriculation of the university, that all its programmes, including the Engineering courses, have now been fully approved accredited.  

“I find it necessary to explain to the fresh students some of the issues they may have heard surrounding the new programmes and to assure them that there is no cause for alarm. Agreed that there were problems with the programmes but the circumstances of their coming into existence were beyond the control of the present administration," he told the 2,500 matriculating students of the university. 

 

The National Universities Commission (NUC) had last week announced the accreditation of the Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture courses as well as the approval for Engineering courses for the University. 

He stated that the university will also be building more classrooms and hostels and will also aim to reduce campus transportation fares. 

The Chairman of the Task Team for the NUC, Eugene Okpere, said confirmed that everything was ready for the new programmes. 

“We are happy to say that University of Abuja is more than ready to run these courses and the facilities we see here are even superior to those in other teaching hospitals,” he said. 

The former Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, had suspended the four courses in 2012 after a visit by a panel set up to assess the needs of universities. 

Students of the university, led by the Engineering students, had protested the non-accreditation of courses leading to the closure of the institution for several months. When the school was re-opened, the Engineering students were transferred to nearby public universities to complete their courses.