National Universities Commission
The National Universities Commission (NUC) is a Nigerian government agency set up to regulate higher education in Nigeria.[3] The commission has a governing council, currently headed by professor Shehu Galadanchi and its executive secretary is Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, who assumed office on 3 August 2016.[7][8] During the early period of operation, performing the objectives of the organization was hampered by the legal structure of its foundation, as NUC was a non-statutory body within the Cabinet's Office while university education during the First Republic was within the concurrent list.[6] After the military came to power in 1966, NUC was empowered to conduct coordination activities within the federal university system.In 1985, it was saddled with additional responsibilities to set minimum academic standards and inspect and vet course offerings in universities.