At present Nigeria has about 124 universities both state and private ones.
These institutions were founded, primarily to provide access to the teeming number of Nigerians seeking higher education.
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Right now this number is growing fast
bringing new challenge to accommodate all students and provide quality
knowledge to all of them. According to the report to the Federal
Executive Council on November 23 2015, over 500 students now get
packed in lecture halls that were meant for less than 100 students in a
number "Students cannot get
accommodation, where they get, they are packed like sardines in tiny
rooms".
Efforts to reach the Executive Secretary
of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie,
proved abortive as questionnaires sent to him through the Public
Affairs department of the commission were not returned even after
several follow-ups.
In this report, Collins Edomaruse
examined several federal universities across the country claiming that
the education sector needs desperate, honest and patriotic action of all
stakeholders to address.
