National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved two additional courses, Nursing Science and Medical Laboratory Science, for Benson Idahosa University (BIU). The approval was contained in a letter from NUC dated July 22, 2019 and addressed to the Vice Chancellor of BIU, Prof. Sam Guobadia.

Commenting on the approval of the courses, Guobadia hailed NUC for approving the courses, saying it would expand the university’s academic space and encourage production of quality manpower. Thanking the staff for their contributions to the school’s growth, he said that admission into the new programmes would commence immediately.