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Reps invite council, NUC others over termination of law programme in NOUN

The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General, Council of Legal Education over termination of law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN).

Others invited included heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers and the Vice Chancellor of the NOUN.

This followed a resolution at a meeting between the Vice Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters and some aggrieved final-year law students with the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, in Abuja on Thursday.

The programme was allegedly terminated by NOUN, claiming the university senate’s action was based on the directive of the Council of Legal Education.

The chairman urged the minister of education and heads of other relevant agencies, to work towards eliminating the devastating menace associated with the fall…
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