The Federal Government will stop accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic.
This was revealed by Education Minister Tahir Mamman on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
This is following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo over certificates racketeering.
He said, “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo.”
“We are going to extend the dragnet to countries like Uganda, Kenya, even Niger here where such institutions have been set up,” the minister said.
“We will not stop at the suspension of certificates from Togo and Benin Republic alone. We are going to extend the suspension to other countries where such institutions operate,” Prof Mamman said.
Mamman also said students who patronise such institutions are not victims but criminals. “I have no sympathy for such people. Instead, they are part of the criminal chain that should be arrested,” the minister said on Wednesday.
On January 2, the Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of Benin and Togo Republic degree certificates.
This suspension came as a result of investigative work by a journalist that led to a publication in the Daily Nigerian on December 30.
A reporter with the newspaper, Mr Umar Audu had carried out an investigation titled “UNDERCOVER: How a DAILY NIGERIAN reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in six weeks, participated in NYSC scheme.”
The suspension was pending the outcome of an investigation that would involve the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the two countries.
The investigation would also involve the ministries responsible for education in the two countries, the Department of State Security Services (DSS), and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
