Federal Executive council has approved Edwin Clark University located in Kiagbodo, Delta State. Minister of Information, Patricia Akwashiki, announced the approval of Edwin Clerk University and other two new private universities yesterday 29th of April, 2015. during the post-FEC press conference in Abuja.
The other two new universities that got approval yesterday was Hezekiah University, located in Umudi, Imo State, as the second private university approved by the council.
Edwin Clerk university belongs to Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw leader and major supporter of the President. Clark was also a former Federal Commissioner of Information in the First Republic.
She said, “The Minister of Education tabled a memorandum to seek the council’s ratification of the President’s anticipatory approval for the issuance of provisional licence for the establishment of Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State.
“The establishment of Edwin Clark University will address the inadequate access to university education and enrolment of students in excess of the carrying capacity of the universities.
“In addition, the establishment of the university will also address the development challenges of the Niger Delta in particular and also the wider global community as a whole.
“After deliberations, the council ratified the President’s anticipatory approval for the issuance of provisional licence for the establishment of Edwin Clark University, Kiagbodo, Delta State.”
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