The National University Commission (NUC) has approved eight new courses for Salem University Lokoja, Kogi State.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, disclosed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Friday.
He listed the newly approved courses to include Nursing, Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, Software engineering, Cybersecurity and Data Science.
The Vice Chancellor said the university intends to commence the courses in 2024/2025 academic session.
According to Johnson-Akubo, the approval of the courses was communicated to the management of the university via a letter dated October 2 and signed by the acting NUC Executive Secretary, Mr Chris Maiyaki.
He expressed happiness over the approval, describing it as a welcome development that could lift the university to greater heights.
“Salem University Lokoja is growing and expanding by the day in view of the approval of more courses by NUC.
“It’s our belief that these eight new programmes will open up opportunities for the teeming youths to pursue their desired goals and aspirations.
“This is against the backdrop of the new trend of dearth of health personnel occasioned by the ‘japa’ and other syndromes in the country.
“Only recently, the commission issued us approval to run Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and other postgraduate programmes in
Law, Accounting, Criminology and Security Studies, Business Administration, Public Administration, Microbiology, and Computer Science.
“These approvals to us are timely and very huge encouragement to us as citadel of learning in the north central zone of Nigeria,” he stated.
According to him, the approvals were in line with the mission and vision of the university as a citadel of learning.
He further said that the focus of Salem University is to train and raise change agents who are mentally alert, spiritually alive, and intellectually developed to change their world for better.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
