NUC Approves 15 More Courses For Kwara Varsity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 15 more courses for the AbdulRasaq Abubakar Toyin University (AATU), Oke-Ogba, Ganmo, Kwara State.

The approved  courses are LL.B. Common Law; LL.B. Common and Islamic Law; B.Sc. Nursing Science; B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Science; B.Sc. Chemistry; B.Sc. Medical Physics; B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry; B.Sc. Public Health; B.Sc. Political Science; and B.Sc. Public Administration.

Others are B.Sc. Artificial Intelligence; B.CHS. Community Health; B.Sc. Intelligence and Security Studies; B.Sc Microbiology and B.Sc. Mass Communication.

A statement signed by the director of Academic Planning of the NUC, Abubakar M. Girei, on behalf of the executive secretary said the commission had considered and approved the establishment of the full-time mode of the approved courses with effect from the 2026/2027 academic session.

The panel of experts from the NUC had carried out a resource verification visit to some proposed undergraduate academic programmes of AATU  with a view to assessing the human and material resources available.

Reacting, the acting vice chancellor of the university, Prof. Olugbenga Olatunji, praised the commission for the approval, assuring that the university was well-equipped with world-class facilities and would not relent in ensuring that the graduates were world-class.