The National Universities Commission (NUC) has received a €38 million credit facility from the French Government to drive digital transformation across 10 federal universities in Nigeria. The initiative, known as the Blueprint-ICT-Dev Project, was formally launched in Abuja on Tuesday. Funded through the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the project aims to upgrade digital infrastructure and strengthen ICT capabilities in selected institutions spread across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones.
The benefiting universities include the University of Calabar (South-South), the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (South-East), the University of Ibadan (South-West), the Federal University of Technology, Minna (North-Central), and the University of Maiduguri (North-East). Others are Bayero University, Kano (North West), Modibbo Adama University, Yola (North East), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (South West), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (South East), and the University of Jos (North Central).
At the official launch of the project on Tuesday, Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa described the effort as a transformative leap for the country’s tertiary education sector. The minister hailed the French Government and the AFD for their commitment, calling the investment “visionary” and aligning it with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which focuses on innovation, educational reform, and human capital development.
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