The Federal Executive Council (FEC) led by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, February 3, approved the establishment of 20 new private universities across Nigeria.

The council approved the request for the establishment which was contained in a memo sent from the Ministry of Education. According to FEC, the universities will be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates their growth.

This would bring the total number of private universities in the country up to 99.