NUC ISSUES ENUGU STATE GOVT LICENCE TO RUN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

REPORTER: CHINWE MAMA

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted licence to Enugu State Government to run the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS), Igbo-Eno.

The license issued to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, at NUC headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday, was sequel to the enactment of the State University of Medical and Applied Sciences (SUMAS), Law, Igbo-Eno, Enugu State, on April 13, 2022.

Presenting the licence, the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, congratulated Gov. Ugwuanyi and the people of the state on the establishment of the University.

The Law establishing SUMAS was presented to NUC by Enugu State Government alongside the Academic brief and Master Plan of the new University.

The Licence recognized SUMAS as the second Enugu State owned University.

SUMAS, Igbo-Eno has become the 59th State University in Nigeria.

Enugu State with two State-owned Universities has now joined the league of states with more than one state University.

Reacting, the Deputy Chief of Staff, Government House, Enugu, Prof. Malachy Okwueze, who witnessed the presentation of the license at the NUC headquarters, Abuja, said: “We can’t thank the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State enough for achieving this goal of providing the platform for increased access to quality university education for our teeming youths who struggle year after year to gain admission into the university without fulfilling their desires and dreams for university education.”