The Chairman of the task team on the accreditation of the College of Medicine and Visiting Professor to Nigerian University Commision, Eugene Okpere, made this known when the team for the accreditation of the four courses that were suspended did a tour of facilities at the university. Mr. Okpere said that with the full accreditation for medical and agricultural courses and interim accreditation for veterinary medicine, all was now set for the take-off of the programme.
Explaining the status of engineering, he further added that even though the programme had been in existence for several years, it had only just been approved by the NUC and should now start the process of gaining accreditation. He said NUC was now convinced that the university had the capacity to run the courses. In his own words;
"We are happy to say that University of Abuja is more than ready to run these courses and the facilities we see here are even superior to those in other teaching hospitals,". It should be remembered that the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa'i, had earlier in April 2012 announced the suspension of the four courses after the Needs Assessment (the panel set up to assess needs of universities) visited the university.