The federal government has ordered the immediate crackdown on illegal universities, polytechnics in the country.
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, said at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday that the move was necessary to make the job of regulatory agencies easier and protect students.
“It is crucial to state that while some of the illegal providers are operating illegal institutions based in Nigeria, some are online in unapproved linkages and affiliations with substandard foreign institutions that have no accreditation or recognition of regulatory bodies either in Nigeria or their home countries.
“The proliferation of these illegal institutions has made the job of regulatory agencies in the sector very difficult. Such institutions also default in taxes. They do not keep to the rules of the game.
“They have no admission quota, they run unaccredited courses with practically no standards, their products are half baked and unemployable.
“The Federal Government is determined to confront this menace frontally.
“The Federal Government will not sit back to allow lawless conduct to overwhelm the sector,” he said.
The minister said that the ban placed on satellite campuses and study centres was still in force, and directed all regulatory agencies in the education sector to work with security agencies to track, close the illegal centres, apprehend and prosecute their owners.
okay reported in 2018 that the National Universities Commission (NUC) released list of 58 illegal universities within and outside Nigeria.
