Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) visited the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof, Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, to solicit the support of the Commission on their call to the federal government to convert the National Hospital into a University of Medical Sciences.
Dr. Suleiman Babatunde Ramon-Yusuf and Dr. Gidado Bello Kumo have been appointed Deputy Executive Secretaries, Academics and Administration respectively by the Board of the National Universities Commission Chaired by Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo,
The President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has directed that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including universities drawing their personnel cost from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) must enroll in the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The NUC represented Nigeria and the African Region, at the Executive Committee meeting of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) held in Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran, on Tuesday, 11th June, 2019. The NUC Deputy Executive Secretary (DES) Dr. Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf, who attended the meeting on behalf of the nation as an executive member
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the World Bank have embarked on a joined project to facilitate the establishment of Centres of Excellence in Procurement and related areas in the Nigerian University System (NUS).
The project is tagged “Sustainable Procurement Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE).”
The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that higher education in Nigeria would only have a better future if Nigerian universities begin to explore ways of diversifying international collaborations.