The National Universities Commission (NUC) grants full accreditation to five (5) postgraduate and 22 undergraduate programs spread across the Faculties/Colleges of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, following the October/November 2025 accreditation exercise.
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Salisu Ogbo Usman, who disclosed the cheering news on Friday, stressed that the University secured full accreditation for some of the undergraduate programmes in the Faculties of Agriculture, Arts and Humanities, Computing, Law, Management Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and College of Health Sciences, while all Postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Management Sciences equally secured full accreditation status.
Usman described the outcome as a reflection of the institution’s steady growth and its commitment to academic excellence and quality assurance.
According to the NUC report signed by the Executive Secretary, Professor Abdullahi Yusuf Ribadu, undergraduate programs in Accounting, Business Administration, and Public Administration, all in the Faculty of Management Sciences, got Full Accreditation, while postgraduate programs such as M.Sc. Accounting, Banking and Finance, Management, and Public Administration, as well as MPA Public Administration, were granted full accreditation status.
He also noted that the Faculty of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture received Full Accreditation status.
“Similarly, Medical Laboratory Science, Nursing Science, and Pharmacology which are in the College of Health Sciences, earned Full Accreditation.
“The Faculty of Arts and Humanities equally recorded impressive outcomes, with Arabic, History and International Studies, Islamic Studies, Philosophy, and English and Literary Studies fully accredited, while Christian Religious Studies received interim accreditation status.
“In Computing, Computer Science was fully accredited, while the Faculty of Law also secured Full Accreditation for its Law programme (Common and Islamic Law).”
According to him, the Faculty of Natural Sciences saw Botany, Industrial Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, and Zoology also attain Full Accreditation.
“In the same vein, Social Sciences programmes such as Economics and Sociology were fully accredited.”
The Vice-Chancellor expressed profound appreciation to the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, for his unwavering support in providing the necessary resources and enabling environment that made the achievement possible.
He noted that the government’s investment in education continues to yield tangible results, even as he paid glowing tributes to the immediate past Vice-Chancellor, Professor Marietu Ohunene Tenuche, under whose leadership the accreditation exercise was conducted.
He described her role as pivotal, citing her foresight, strategic planning, and resourcefulness as critical factors that laid the foundation for the success now being celebrated.
The Vice Chancellor stressed that giving credit to whom it is due is part of the endearing culture of academic integrity.
He also noted that institutional achievements are often the product of collective and continuous efforts, adding that leadership of the University is poised to build on current Accreditation status and take the institution to the next level of global preeminence.
He further recalled that a similar feat was achieved during his tenure as Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, where multiple programmes also secured full accreditation, underscoring his firm commitment to academic excellence and quality assurance.
He assured stakeholders that the University would not rest on its laurels, but would continue to consolidate on the gains, improve on areas with interim status, and sustain high standards in teaching, research, and community service.
The accreditation outcome reaffirms PAAU’s growing reputation as a centre of academic excellence in Nigeria’s higher education landscape.
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