The National Universities Commission, NUC, has granted the approval for Chrisland University, Abeokuta, to commence its Law programme.
News of the approval was conveyed by the commission’s authorities to the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Chinedum Peace Babalola, who also disclosed same to top management echelon of the institution during a meeting.
The approval was said to have been granted on Wedensday.
According to the Vice-Chancellor, the approval was based on adequate resources provided by the university.
She added that the approval came after the authorities of the NUC undertook diligent assessment of its facilities and lecturers for the College of Law.
Babalola noted that in pursuit of the expansion of the number of academic programmes currently being run in the university, it became vital for the institution to contribute its quota to qualitative training of lawyers in Nigeria.
Going down memory lane, the professor said the NUC’s approval remained an icing crowning the painstaking efforts of the university over the past four years to actualise its dreams.
Babalola used the occasion to appreciate the Chancellor of the university, Dr. (Mrs.) Winifred Awosika, the Board of Trustees and the Governing Council for their collective efforts in enhancing qualitative education in Nigeria.
The university which started with just two colleges during its inception in 2015/2016 academic session with College of Arts, Management and Social Sciences, and the College of Natural and Applied Sciences, has grown into three colleges, that of Basic Medical Sciences, as well as the College of Law as the fourth and latest addition.
