▁ill iter acy . ▁▁▁▁ ▁In ▁its ▁Education ▁S ector ▁reform ▁and ▁development , ▁the ▁Federal ▁Government ▁of ▁Niger ia , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁approved ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁twelve ▁( 1 2 ) ▁univers ities ▁in ▁the ▁six ▁ge opol it ical ▁zones ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁This ▁was ▁to ▁expand ▁access ▁to ▁t ert i ary ▁education ▁for ▁Niger ians . ▁For ▁effective ▁take ▁off ▁of ▁the ▁univers ities , ▁an ▁Im plementation ▁Committee ▁which ▁includes ▁National ▁Univers ities ▁Commission ▁( NU C ), ▁the ▁T ert i ary ▁Education ▁Trust ▁Fund ▁( T ET F UND ) ▁and ▁other ▁relevant ▁st ake hold ers ▁was ▁constit uted . ▁The ▁Committee ▁held ▁consult ations ▁with ▁govern ors ▁of ▁the ▁states ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁univers ities ▁and ▁ins pected ▁the ▁proposed ▁sites ▁before ▁subm itting ▁its ▁report ▁on ▁ 1 5 th ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁committee ' s ▁report ▁was ▁in ▁phases . ▁The ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁phase ▁started ▁with ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁nine ▁Univers ities , ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁The ▁implementation ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁phase ▁involved ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁three ▁Univers ities ▁including ▁the ▁F UG ash ua ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁On ▁ 1 8 th ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Professor ▁She hu ▁Abd ul ▁Rah aman ▁was ▁appointed ▁Vice - Ch an cell or , ▁and ▁Sul u ▁Da uda , ▁Reg istr ar ▁(