The National Universities Commission (NUC) says it has not abolished the study of Mass Communication in Nigerian universities, but that the course has been unbundled into seven other degree programmes.
NUC spokesman, Ibrahim Yakasai, disclosed this on Friday while clarifying the commission’s position on some online reports claiming that the NUC had phased out Mass Communication.
Yakasai urged universities wishing to run the new programmes to seek permission from the commission before running them.
He also said that universities across the country have authority of the commission to begin the programmes as soon as they meet the necessary requirements.
According to him, the NUC has only unbundled Mass Communication due to increasing demands from students.
“Any university who want to begin the new programmes must first write officially to the commission to carry out accreditation,” he said.
