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The National Universities Commission(NUC) has said it has uncovered about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, stated this in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin
Rasheed noted that the commission published the details of the fake professors on its website and also sent the names to the various universities for verification.
According to the bulletin, Rasheed stated this at the 2019 retreat for Vice-Chancellors by the NUC Strategy Advisory Committee.
“This measure helped in identifying fake professors in the system. The fight against fake professors is a collective responsibility,” he said.
The Executive Secretary informed the vice-chancellors of a recent meeting held with the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, where the latter complained that some corps members’ degree certificates purportedly obtained from some prestigious universities were questionable.
The NUC boss directed that Vice Chancellors to check the excesses of their affiliated institutions, noting that universities must spearhead the fight against academic corruption which must be tackled by all stakeholders.
The NUC stated that the committee published a directory of full professors in the Nigerian university system, statistical digest of the NUS 2017-2018; refinement and modernisation of instruments for accreditation of undergraduate, postgraduate, part-time, affiliate, open and distance learning programmes as well as the state of university education in Nigeria 2017- 2018.