The federal government has set up a committee to investigate the activities of private universities established in the last 15 years.

The Minister of Education, Professor TAHIR MAMMAN who spoke during the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee on degree mills in the country, said this would show if the private institutions under investigation have in place prescribed facilities, adequate management structure, and adequate funding of programmes among others.

He also noted that the inter-ministerial committee set up to investigate the activities of illegal universities will also examine the veracity of the allegations of degree certificate racketeering within both foreign and local private universities in Nigeria.