FULL LIST: FG names recognised Togo, Benin Republic universities

FULL LIST: FG names recognised Togo, Benin Republic universities

The Federal Government has stated that only eight
universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and
Benin Republic.

 

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on
Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme.

 

Mamman, during a press conference last Friday to mark his
one year in office, disclosed that over 22,500 Nigerians obtained fake degree
certificates from the two countries, and such certificates would be cancelled.

 

The minister said the revelation was part of a report
submitted to the Federal Executive Council by a committee with a mandate to
probe degree certificate racketeering by foreign and local universities in
Nigeria.

 

He added that the development follows the undercover
investigation report in which a Nigerian journalist acquired a degree from a
university in Benin Republic in under two months and used it to get deployed
for the National Youth Service Corps.

 

Speaking during the programme, the minister said the federal
government only recognised three institutions in Togo and five in Benin
Republic while identifying others as illegal institutions.

 

Mamman listed the public universities below as the federal
government-approved institutions to offer degree programs in Togo for students
from Nigeria.

 

1. Universite De Lome

 

2. Universite De Kara

 

3. Catholic University of West Africa

 

The minister also listed five accredited universities
authorized to provide degree programs in Benin Republic of Benin for students from
Nigeria.

 

1. Universite D’abomey-Calavi

 

2. Universite De Parakou

 

3. Universite Nationale Des Sciences, Technologis Ingenierie
Et Mathematiques

 

4. Universite Nationale D’ Agriculture

 

5. Universite Africaine De Devlopment Cooperatif

 

The minister also insisted that there is no going back on
the decision of the federal government to cancel about 22,700 certificates
awarded to Nigerians by some “fake” universities in neighbouring Togo and Benin
Republic.

 

Mamman maintained that the decision to invalidate the
certificates was not harsh as Nigerians who obtained degree certificates from
such “illegal” tertiary institutions dent the country’s image.

 

He said, “Most of those parading the fake certificates
didn’t even leave the shores of Nigeria but got their certificates through
racketeering in collaboration with government officials at home and abroad.

 

“The “fake universities” capitalised on the “gullibility” of
Nigerians patronising such fake schools.

 

“The federal government, through the offices of the Head of
Civil Service and the Secretary of the Federation, would fish out those in the
government’s employment with such fake certificates. I also urge the private
sector to follow suit.”

Source: FULL LIST: FG names recognised Togo, Benin Republic universities

 - NigerianEye

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