NUC SELECTS BEST COUNSELLING CENTRES ACROSS GEO-POLITICAL ZONES IN NIGERIA

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In a forum held on 15^th January 2015, organized by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the minister for education who chaired the occasion, together with the director, Student Support Services at the National Universities Commission, Mrs. Uwani Yahya, said objective assessment processes were employed to determine the best counseling centres in Nigerian universities across the six-geopolitical zones in Nigeria.

The forum themed “Guidelines for the Establishment of Counselling and Human Development Centres and Bench Statements on Student Support Services and Facilities in Nigerian Universities.” was attended by several Vice-Chancellors, Directors of Counseling Centres, Deans of Students’ Affairs Division of Federal, States and Private Universities in Nigeria.

Desktop computers among other prizes were awarded to emerged winners (each) of the geo-political zones. These winners and their political zones are written below:

• South-West

University of Lagos

• South-South

University of Benin

• North-Central

University of Ilorin

• North-East

University of Maiduguri

• South-East

Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka

• North-West

Bayero University, Kano