By Prof. Francisca Oladipo, Chair of Computing and Director, Quality Assurance
The National Universities Commission (NUC) today 13th December 2021 launched the 2021 edition of the Nigerian University Systems (NUS) Ranking.
The event was held at the NAF Conference Centre, Kado, Abuja as part of the Capacity Building Workshop for Public Universities sponsored by TETFund and organized for Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Academic Planning, Directors of Research, Directors of ICT, Librarians, and other stakeholders from public universities in Nigeria.
The theme of the event is “Requirements for Strengthening Nigerian Universities for Higher Global Ranking and Knowledge Economy”.
In the newly published NUS ranking, Federal University Lokoja ranked the best out of all the counterpart Federal Universities established in 2011 by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Additionally, FUL ranked the second-best Federal University in the North-Central geo-political zone and 16th out of the total 113 universities ranked in this edition.
The ranking result is available at http://nusrankings.ng
Also, in attendance at the launch of NUS ranking is the Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, the Executive Secretaries of NUC and TETFund, Professors Abubakar Rasheed and Elias Bogoro, chairman of the Committee of Vice – Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), Professor Samuel Gown Edoumiekumo, former Executive Secretary, NUC, Distinguished Prof. Peter Okebukola, and other stakeholders.
The FUL delegation led by the Vice-Chancellor, comprises of the University Librarian, Dr. Sarah Yani, Director of Academic Planning, Prof. Hadi Suberu, Director of ICT, Prof. Sunday Eric Adewumi, Director of Research, Prof Mohammed Suleiman, Director Quality Assurance, Prof. Francisca Oladipo, Dr. David Lanlege and Mr. Benjamin Atabo Ocholi, the TETFund Desk Officers.