By Our correspondent
Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, is among nine Nigerian universities whose law programmes have been suspended by the Council of Legal Education (CLE).
The CLE’s decision, reached during its second quarterly meeting of 2024, chaired by Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, affects universities found to have admitted and graduated law students without obtaining necessary accreditation.
The other affected institutions are Nigerian Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, Taraba State University, Jalingo, Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State, Kwara State University, Malete, Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State and Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In a separate decision, Lead City University in Ibadan, Oyo State, has been placed under a five-year moratorium due to inadequate infrastructure and repeated violations of its admission quota.
However, El-Amin University and Newgate University, both in Minna, Niger State, have been granted provisional accreditation status with an admission quota of 50 students each.
The CLE will revisit the Faculty of Law at Veritas University in Abuja and Kola Daisi University in Ibadan to assess their compliance with accreditation requirements.
Meanwhile, the University of Abuja’s admission quota has been increased from 100 to 160 students due to infrastructure improvements and additional academic staff recruitment.
A legal unit will also be established within the office of the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School to monitor court cases involving the CLE.
