The National University Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of University of Africa as the 43rd state university in the country.
The university which is an initiative of the Bayelsa State Government will run as a Public Private Partnership. This implies that the government will provide the enabling environment for it while the private sector finds it.
According to the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Julius Okojie,in a letter, the establishment of the university took effect from the 28th of July as it has meet the basic requirements for its establishment.
He equally disclosed that the university is the 143rd in the Nigerian university system.
