NUC has sealed two illegal Universities
in Lagos State, Nigeria. The names of the Universities are Evangel
University of America, Egan,Igando, and Clinton University Study Centre,
in Ojokoro. One of the Universities uses a 4-bedroom flat for academic
activities.
NUC Shuts Down 2 Illegal Universities In Lagos – Full details as reported by The Nation Online NG:
Two illegal universities have been sealed in Lagos by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC).
The institutions, Evangel University of
America, Egan,Igando, and Clinton University Study Centre, in Ojokoro,
an outskirt of Lagos Statewere shut last Tuesday.
According to the team of the NUC officials that led the operation, the ‘schools’ are unapproved private universities.
Unsuspecting students were already
seated for the day’s class sessions when the team of the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), the
operators of the State Security Service (SSS), and NUC, got to the
‘colleges’.
The proprietor and a bursar of one of the schools were arrested.
At the Evangel Christian University of
America, a four-bedroom flat on 2, Akinola Street, Olufemi Estate, Egan,
Igando, the enforcement team arrested Dr. Philip Nnaji, the school
bursar, a middle-aged man.
Nnaji however feigned ignorance saying
he was not aware that the institution was operating illegally. He told
the officials that to the best of his knowledge, the institution runs as
an affiliate campus of the parent university sited in Illinois, United
States of America(USA). He said the Nigerian campus only awards diploma,
degrees and post graduate degrees in Theology.
Many of the students, who were shocked at the operations on their college, looked on in amazement. Some of them told The Nation that
they were told the school is approved by the NUC, and that was why they
enrolled their because regular universities continually denied them
admission opportunities.