January 03, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has disclosed plans to further extend the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates to Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic.
Following an investigative report by an undercover journalist on how he acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic under two months and in fact, deployed for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), the Government, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo.
A statement signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, said, “Some Nigerians deploy nefarious means and unconscionable methods to get a Degree with the end objective of getting graduate job opportunities for which they are not qualified.”
Speaking on Wednesday, when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said, “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo. We are going to extend the dragnet to countries like Uganda, Kenya, and even Niger here where such institutions have been set up.
Noting that students who patronise such institutions are criminals, Mamman said security agents will go after those with fake certificates from foreign countries already using them to secure opportunities in Nigeria.
“I have no sympathy for such people. Instead, they are part of the criminal chain that should be arrested,” he added.
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