NUC Lifts Ban On Admission IntoThe Programmes Of UniAbuja

The National Universities
Commission (NUC) has lifted the
ban on admission into the
programmes of the University of
Abuja (UniAbuja) Centre for
Distance Learning and Continuing
Education (CDL&CE).
The university’s distance learning
programme failed a revalidation
assessment by the NUC in 2012,
resulting in the ban on admission into
its courses for nearly two years.
The lifting of the ban was in line with
remarkable progress by the centre in
addressing shortcomings that
necessitated the ban. The Executive
Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius
Okojie, in a letter to the Vice-
Chancellor of the University,
Professor Michael Adikwu, dated
October 12, said that the moratorium
placed on admission into the
university’s centre had been lifted.
The development, Okojie explained,
was following a recommendation by a
panel constituted by the commission
for an on-site assessment, which
concluded the exercise between
September 2 and 5, 2015.
A statement yesterday by the
university’s Deputy Registrar
(Information and Publications), Waziri
Garba, said that the commission
approved that: “the moratorium on
admission of students into the five (5)
approved programmes be lifted and
academic work may commence for
2015/2016 academic session.”
The five programmes approved to
commence academic activities include
B.Sc. Economics, Sociology, Political
Science, Business Administration and
Public Administration. The NUC boss
advised the university to address
other deficiencies pointed out in the
technical report comprehensively
before the expiration of the session.
This, he said, will boost the Centre’s
bid to secure full re-validation status
for all the courses.
He added that a desk officer had been
appointed by the NUC to follow up on
the revalidation of outstanding
deficiencies to ensure success.
Commenting on the development, the
Vice Chancellor UniAbuja, Professor
Michael Adikwu, and the Director of
the university’s Centre for Distance
Learning and Continuing Education,
Professor Peter Siyan, said plans were
underway to reinvigorate the distance
learning component of the institution
with a view to regaining the
confidence of critical stakeholders.