The statement said the approval was conveyed to it in a circular dated June 19, 2026.
Mr Ogundipe’s appointment came less than a year after former chair Olufemi Aina’s resignation.
Amina Salihi-Bayero, vice-chancellor of Northwest University Kano, says the National Universities Commission has granted the institution full accreditation to five programmes.
He explained that beneficiary institutions will be required to submit annual reports.Â
According to the plaintiffs, the university presented the programmes as fully operational in its faculty handbooks and public representations.
The NUC directed that universities and degree-awarding institutions must strictly adhere to the new directive, citing the 2012 Keffi Declaration, signed by all vice-chancellors.
NUC has approved an increase in the student quota from 800 to 2,000 for the 2025/2026 academic session admission into the University of Fortune.
Mr Piwuna explained that all references for implementation by the union would now be made from the new 2025 agreement.
The college provost, Mohammed Dagereji, disclosed this at a news conference in Yola on Wednesday.
Alewo Johnson-Akubo, SUL vice-chancellor, disclosed this in an interview in Lokoja on Monday.
