Names Of Universities Running Expired Engineering Programmes In Nigeria

Names Of Universities Running Expired Engineering Programmes In Nigeria

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has identified several universities, including the University of Abuja, Modibbo Adamawa State University in Yola, and Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma, Edo State, for offering engineering programs without proper accreditation, making them unauthorized and expired.

In specific instances, the University of Abuja is offering expired courses in chemical and civil engineering, with accreditation expiring on March 26, 2020, and electronic and mechanical engineering, which expired on April 20, 2022. At Modibbo Adamawa State University Yola, agricultural engineering has failed accreditation, and civil and elect/elect engineering accreditation expired on October 11, 2020, while chemical and mechanical engineering both expired on March 10, 2021.

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Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma’s mechanical and elect/elect engineering accreditations expired on November 12, 2020.

Engr. Sadiq Zubair Abubakar, the president and chairman of COREN, stated during a press briefing in Abuja that the University of Calabar is currently offering engineering programs up to 300 level, and the Technical University of Ibadan, Oyo State, is offering programs up to 500 level without proper verification by COREN.

The universities in question have been officially notified by COREN about the need to seek accreditation for their programs, as their current offerings are deemed illegal and require correction. However, there has been no positive response from any of them thus far.

Engr. Adisa Ademola Bello, the registrar of the council, representing the COREN president, emphasized that according to Section 12 of the Federal Republic Government Gazette No:113 of 3rd March, 2023, on regulations concerning accreditation of engineering programs in Nigeria, non-compliance may result in the withdrawal of accreditation and non-recognition of graduates from such programs for engineering practitioner registration.

He further warned, “Failure to rectify their non-accreditation status will result in blacklisting them as non-accredited institutions whose graduates of engineering programs will not be recognized for registration as engineering practitioners and will lack the legal backing to practice engineering in Nigeria.”