Many institutions in Nigeria are awarding certificates to people who do not attend universities, the Registrar, Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede,has said.
He said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the National Youth Service Corps 2021 batch B pre-mobilisation workshop.
He warned that awarding of fake university certificates to people is dangerous to the development of the education system in the country.
Oloyede said the introduction of National Identity Number (NIN) as a pre-requisite to sit for the examination had crashed malpractice, especially impersonation of candidates.
NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, said there had been tremendous improvements in data integrity, reduction in entry errors and renewed dedication by student affairs and data entry officers of corps-producing institutions.
He, however, said there were still cases of wrong doings, hence the Corp would not shy away from applying sanctions on erring institutions and officials to serve as deterrent to others.
