UniAbuja, Modibbo Adama University, Ambrose Alli varsities have expired engineering accreditation, says COREN
UniAbuja, Modibbo Adama, Ambrose Alli varsities have expired engineering accreditation, says COREN
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The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has listed the University of Abuja, Modibbo Adama University in Yola, Adamawa, and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, as institutions running engineering programmes with expired accreditation status.
President of COREN, Sadiq Abubakar, made this known in Abuja on Friday at a news conference to intimate the general public on there solutions reached at its 179th Ordinary Council Meeting held on September 7.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that COREN is the statutory body of the Federal Government with the mandate to regulate and control the education, training and practice of engineering in all its aspects and ramifications.
According to Mr Abubakar, the public has to know that the universities are operating with expired accreditation and be guided when making choices, as well as notify the institutions to do the needful.
“COREN in its commitment towards ensuring that engineering is regulated in Nigeria in line with global best practice to improve the quality of life and promote sustainable development, has to bring this to public notice.
“In Modibbo Adama University, Adamawa State, Agricultural Engineering failed accreditation; Civil Engineering accreditation expired on Oct. 11, 2020 and Electrical Electronics Engineering expired on March 10, 2021.
“Chemical Engineering expired on March 10, 2021 and Mechanical Engineering expired on March 10, 2021.
“For the University of Abuja, Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering accreditation expired on March 26, 2020, while Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering expired on April 20, 2022.
“In Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Electronics Engineering accreditation expired Nov.12, 2020,” he said.
The COREN president further said that the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers and Technical University Ibadan, Oyo State were also running engineering programmes without approval.
