<P> The National Open University of Nigeria is a Federal Open and Distance Learning (ODL) institution, the first of its kind in the West African sub-region . It is Nigeria's largest tertiary institution in terms of student numbers and is popularly referred to as' NOUN' . </P> <P> The National Open University was initially established on 22 July 1983 as springboard for open and distance learning in Nigeria . It was suspended by the government on 25 April 1984 . However, its resuscitation was begun on the 12th of April 2001 by the former President of Nigeria, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo . At take off of the university, pioneer student enrollment stood at 32,400 . </P> <P> In 2011, NOUN had about 57,759 students . The Vice Chancellor at the time was Prof. Vincent Tenebe . The university was for years operating from its Administrative Headquarters in Victoria Island, Lagos, before its current VC, Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu, moved it to its permanent headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, in 2016 . It has over 75 Study Centres throughout the country . It offers over 50 programmes and 750 courses . </P> <P> By its nature as an ODL institution, NOUN does not provide lectures to students in normal classrooms except some certain study centres . The study centre in Lagos for instance provides lectures to all its Law undergraduates and supplies necessary course materials to all students after the payment of tuition fees . All the courses being offered by the university have been accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC). </P>

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