The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspend the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo.
The suspension was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education.
The government lamented that “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.”
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The government explained that the suspension would remain in place pending the outcome of an investigation involving the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education of Nigeria and the two countries, as well as the Department of State Security Services and the National Youth Service Corps.
Government officials were rattled last week by the investigative report in Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled “UNDERCOVER: How DAILY NIGERIAN reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks”.
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