An
unregistered university in Delta state has been sealed off by the
Nigeria University Commission (NUC) for illegal operation. Nigerian
Tribune reports that this recent act was carried out by the NUC in
collaboration with officers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and
Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, June 23. The coordinator
of the institution, World Mission University, as well as the support
staff were also arrested by the agency during the operation on the
institution which is located along the Old Sapele road Abraka, just a
distance from the Delta State University (DELSU). Courses such as
Nursing, Public health, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,
Management Administration, Mass Communication, Political Science, among
many others are being studied in the university which is a satellite
campus of a United States-based institution.
The
unnamed American university which has its African Zonal headquarters in
South Africa, runs scholarship admission for a 2-year degree and 6-month
Diploma courses in various disciplines with 84 students already
attending and the first graduation earlier scheduled for August,
2016. Moses Awe, head of NUC legal department, informed that they had
monitored activities of the institution for the past six months after a
student had inquired about the university’s genuineness.
The legal
practitioner informed further, that the institution was neither
affiliated to a foreign institution, nor was it offering genuine
empowerment and scholarship programmes, as they were mere cover ups.
While owners of ten unregistered universities are being prosecuted by
the commission, it also informed that six unregistered schools have been
closed down in the past one year. Mrs Lucky, the school’s coordinator,
before her arrest, insisted that university started operations in 2010,
having being registered by Corporate Affairs Commission. She said: “Our
objective is to provide scholarship and run international degree
programme as well as create employment,” adding that the school
management was working out details to enable it register with NUC.
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