NUC Approves Borno State University

The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Adamu Rasheed, has announced the commencement ‎of the Borno State University, with approval of academic activities. Governor Shettima was at the NUC on Monday alongside a delegation comprising Senators, members of House of Representatives and professors who hail from Borno State, state lawmakers, elders and other stakeholders with request for formal recognition of the State University by the NUC. The NUC had sent different technical teams for assessment of physical infrastructure at the site of the Borno State University in Maiduguri. One of the teams led by the Director in charge of academic standards at the NUC was in Maiduguri last week for another inspection of infrastructure. At the NUC’s auditorium where the Borno delegation was received, Governor Shettima told the Executive Secretary that the State Government has recorded tremendous progress in physical development of the University as confirmed by assessment teams that visited the University.