{"id":165634,"date":"2025-06-04T23:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nuc-urges-nigerian-varsities-to-prioritize-sustainability"},"modified":"2025-06-05T00:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T23:36:42","slug":"nuc-urges-nigerian-varsities-to-prioritize-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nuc-urges-nigerian-varsities-to-prioritize-sustainability","title":{"rendered":"NUC Urges Nigerian Varsities to Prioritize Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Africa Centres of Excellence, ACE, project in Nigeria, aimed at enhancing postgraduate education and research in critical sectors, is set to officially conclude its current phase of funding by June 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu hailed the ACE-Impact initiative, noting that it had elevated Nigeria\u2019s academic institutions into globally competitive hubs of knowledge generation, innovation, and development.<\/p>\n<p>At the pre-closure retreat for the ACE Impact Project in Abuja on Wednesday, Ribadu urged beneficiary institutions to look beyond donor support but focus on its sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the Centres must transition from temporary project status into \u201cpermanent institutional assets\u201d, while urging vice-chancellors and centre leaders to solidify their sustainability strategies.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged them to secure diversified funding sources, and entrench governance frameworks that attract both public and private investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project has empowered our universities and contributed significantly to regional integration and internationalisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cACE Centres have produced high-quality master\u2019s and PhD graduates, secured international accreditations, attracted major external funding, and driven innovation across key sectors such as health, agriculture, STEM, and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the end, but the beginning of a new phase of responsibility. We must scale up the gains of the past decade and ensure these Centres remain engines of growth and regional leadership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The National Coordinator of the ACE Project, Joshua Attah, said the project, which spanned 17 centres housed within 14 Nigerian universities, had made significant strides in research output, postgraduate training, and regional academic integration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese projects are not going away, what\u2019s ending is the funding, but the infrastructure, the capacity, and the benefits to students and researchers remain firmly in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the ACE centres have been pivotal in training master\u2019s and PhD students, including a growing number of foreign scholars, marking a revival in Nigeria\u2019s regional academic leadership.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the ACE impact had expanded the initiative to 53 centres across 11 countries, with Nigeria hosting the highest number, having 17 Centres of Excellence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Africa Centres of Excellence, ACE, project in Nigeria, aimed at enhancing postgraduate education and research in critical sectors, is set to officially conclude its current phase of funding by June 30. 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