Five more academic programmes at Salem University Lokoja, Kogi have once again been awarded full accreditation by the National Universities Commission.
Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, the university’s vice-chancellor, revealed this to reporters in Lokoja on Friday.
According to the VC, the university received accreditation through a letter dated June 6 that was signed by Abraham Chindusu, the acting director of accreditation, on behalf of Mr. Chris Maiyaki, the acting executive secretary of the NUC.
According to Johnson-Akubo, the five certified courses followed the full accreditation of seven BSc courses in 2022: computer science, information technology, geology, microbiology, biochemistry, and MSc/MBA business administration.
He included the following five recognized courses: Business Education, Education Computer Science, Education English, Educational Management, and Social Studies. These are all offered by the university’s College of Education.
The VC said: “Only last year we got the NUC’s approval to run PhD programmes for the teaming Nigerian citizens and foreigners alike to boost education globally.
“This accreditation is cheering news to us as a university, which is out to train the youths to be Global Changed Agents that will bring about the needed growth and development in nations.
“Today, virtually all the courses being run by Salem University Lokoja are fully accredited notwithstanding the rush for our courses by candidates desiring to study with us.
“The VC said with the kind of infrastructural development we have in Salem University, we have what it takes to admit more students into our various departments.”
Johnson-Akubo expressed gratitude to God and the Chancellor, Archbishop Sam Amaga, for making it possible that “virtually all our programmes in the seven colleges have been fully accredited by the NUC.”
