The federal government has suspended the evaluation and
accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo.
Augustina Obilor-Duru, the acting director of press at the
federal ministry of education, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.
The director said the decision follows a recently published
report exposing certificate racketeering from neighbouring African countries.
A report published in The Daily Nigerian exposed a booming certificate racketeering syndicate in neighbouring African countries like Benin Republic and Togo, that specialises in selling university degrees to willing buyers in Nigeria.
In the investigation, an undercover reporter bagged a
university degree from Cotonou in six weeks at “an affordable rate”.
The certificate and transcript bore the authentic scan code
of Ecole Superieure de Gestion et de Technologies, ESGT, Benin Republic.
The certificate stipulated that the reporter commenced his
programme in 2018 and graduated on September 5, 2022.
ESGT is fully accredited by the governments of Benin
Republic and Nigeria.
The reporter proceeded to use the fake certificate to
participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme without
detection.
The investigation also showed that racketeering agents in
Nigeria are in cahoots with top management of the university campus in Cotonou
whose registrar and English section coordinators are Nigerians.
Obilor-Duru said the education ministry is suspending
accreditation and evaluation of university degree certificates from the
affected nations pending conclusion of an ongoing probe on the matter.
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