NUC Directs Closure Of Universities Ahead Of General Elections
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission has directed Vice Chancellors of Universities across the country to close the universities to enable students participate in the 2023 general elections.
The NUC in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, said the directive was based on the orders of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
Owing to the fact that the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday February 25, 2023, for the Presidential and National Assembly polls and Saturday March 11, 2023 for Gubernatorial and State Assembly polls, the letter directed that Vice Chancellors shut down their respective institutions from Wednesday 22nd February 2023 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
It will be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission recorded that over 26 million students are currently registered in its register.
