FG To Shut Down 66 Illegal Universities, Polytechnics

Nigerian Government has announced plans to crackdown on dozens of illegal higher institutions, including 66 universities and 68 polytechnics.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the remarks at a media conference at the weekend in Abuja, where he provided the list of 66 illegal universities and 68 polytechnics, monotechnics and specialised technical and vocational institutions.
Adamu said the proliferation of illegal higher institutions especially, universities, has become a source of embarrassment to the government.
According to him, some of the major factors responsible for the recent upsurge in the number of illegal institutions were greed and endemic corruption
He also cited insufficient access for the large pool of qualified candidates that sit for the yearly Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations organised by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board as one of the reasons.