See List of Substandard Universities In Nigeria - NUC

The National Universities Commission, NUC exposed Substandard Universities in Nigeria, denying them of full operational licenses for their inability to meet set standards three years after they were issued provisional licenses.

These 11 Substandard Universities in Nigeria are:-

• Wesley University of Science and Technology


• Landmark University


• Rhema University


• Samuel Adegboyega University


• Paul University


• Oduduwa University


• Tansian University


• Baze University


• Obong University


• Achievers University


• Wellspring University

The NUC Executive Secretary, Julius Okojie, who made the revelation also presented the full operational license to nine universities who qualified.

The nine universities that received full operational licenses are Veritas University, Caleb University, Godfrey Okoye University, Fountain University, Adeleke University, Western Delta University, Afe Babalola University, Salem University and Nigerian Turkish Nile University.

Mr. Okojie, who did not mention any punitive measure for the affected universities, explained that the provisional license was intended to create room for effective mentoring and qualitative growth within the first three years of operation of a new private university.

He noted that the universities were also to be monitored by NUC to ensure that they comply with the original purpose of establishment.

“That was also part of NUC’s initiative for early warning signals to detect compromises in quality for the application of corrective and remedial measures to redress such situations,” he said.
He added that the commission monitors the activities of universities in the country, and inspects and penalises them through the accreditation process.

“If we don’t monitor them now they will have problems. So they will slow down on programmes, (we) look at their staff strength and look at their programmes,” he said.

Also speaking, the Vice chancellor of Caleb University, Ayodeji Olukoju, said private universities are the way forward for tertiary education in the country.