Ritman is one of the Fastest-Growing Universities, Says Governor Udom Emmanuel

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has described Ritman University as “one of the fastest-growing private universities”.

The Governor, while speaking at the First Matriculation Ceremony of the University, admonished parents to avail their children of quality education in Ritman rather than send them abroad.

Also on that day – Friday 17^th June, 2016 – was the groundbreaking of an ultramodern 700 million Naira-worth Community Centre Complex by Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, while the Governor’s wife, Mrs. Martha Udom Emmanuel, declared open the university’s female hostel.

Nigerian Private Universities Converge on Ritman University

Staggering! That’s how the statistics are.

From Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien’s study, only 15 scientists and engineers per million (of the Nigerian population) is engaged in research and development – Brazil has 168; China, 459; India, 158; USA, 4,103. In the World Intellectual Property Organization annual ranking, Nigeria is perpetually missing…

Ritman University thus convened a first-of-its-kind meeting with proprietors of private universities from the North, South, East and West of Nigeria to brainstorm and find solutions to these and other problems. It was the first Conference of Proprietors of Private Universities in Nigeria.