The Sokoto State University (SSU) has got 18 of its undergraduate degree programmes accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Zayyanu Shehu, the varsity’s public relations officer, in a statement on Friday, said the accreditation status covered all of the 18 courses undertaken by the university after an intensive exercise conducted by NUC.
He said the summary of results letter was signed by Abraham Chundusu, NUC acting director of accreditation, on behalf of the Commission’s executive secretary and presented to Bashir Garba, the SSU vice-chancellor.
Read the statement in part: “The programmes that obtained full accreditation status comprised Computer Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Microbiology.
“Others are Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Arabic, Hausa, History, and Islamic Studies, Education Computer Science, Education Mathematics, Education Physics, Education Biology, and Education Chemistry”.
On his part, Garba expressed the institution’s appreciation to the Commission for the outcome of the exercise.
He assured that the varsity would remain committed to attaining academic standards to continue meeting all the NUC requirements for global ranking.
Said he: “Indeed, this achievement underscores the University’s commitment to academic excellence and its dedication to meeting the highest standards set by the NUC.
“Scoring full accreditation status for all the programmes presented to the NUC required commitment and dedication”.
