BUHARI SIGNS NOUN BILL, OKAYS NYSC, LAW SCHOOL FOR NOUN STUDENTS

ABUJA, Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari today signed the National Open University Act Cap N6 LFN 1983 (Amendment) Bill 2017’ and in the process giving approval for students of NOUN to participate in the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) and the Nigerian Law School.

Inability to participate in these two schemes, most especially, the Nigerian Law School has often prevented most students eager to study law from attending NOUN.

Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly (Senate), Senator Ita Enang made the announcement while briefing State House reporters in Abuja.

” President Buhari has also assented to National Open University Amendment Act, which allows the National Open University to operate as all other universities, having the same power and functions and the same administrative structures eliminating possible discrimination as some use to want to have on its products and programmes.

” It has also allowed the establishment of some centers to be called study centers and given conditions for the establishment of such study centers,” he said.