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The National Open University of Nigeria says the recent signing of its (Amendment Act, 2018) will place it at par with all recognised universities in Nigeria.
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the university, Prof. Peter Okebukola, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, with the act recently gazetted and published on Dec. 3, 2018, will further strengthen the university to provide Open and Distance Learning opportunities to millions of Nigerians.
“We want to extend our gratitude therefore to the Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the NOUN amendment Act.
“This has recently been gazetted and published on the 3rd of December 2018 as National Open University (Amendment) Act 2018.
“With this recognition, the university is now placed at par with all recognised universities in Nigeria under the various Acts that amended the provision of higher education in Nigerian universities.
“What this means for the students also is that they now have a vista of opportunities that they did not have before.
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“It also will allow those who are eligible to be mobilised for NYSC to go for NYSC but to me, what it means is that it elevates the NOUN to the same level with other universities, in terms of status and provisions as the others.
“So, we can operate as they operate, we have the same general guidelines for our operations and so no one will say NOUN is substandard to the others,” he said.
Okebukola said the council had also approved March 23 and March 23, for the university’s 2019 convocation ceremony, where approximately 18,000 students will be graduating.
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He added that a total of 17,000 students would be officially admitted into the university for the 2018/2019 academic session during its matriculation ceremony scheduled for March 3, in all the study centres across the country.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, reiterated the management’s commitment to producing quality graduates needed to take the country to the next level.
“Our university remains the university to beat in the country and Africa as a whole, going by our programmes, study materials, affordability, and others,” Adamu said.
(NAN)
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