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The Federal Government has accredited only eight universities in Togo and Benin Republic to award degrees to Nigerians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said this during a television interview, where he also revealed that over 22,500 Nigerians had obtained fake degree certificates from unrecognized institutions in these countries.<\/p>\n

These fraudulent degrees are set to be canceled.<\/p>\n

Mamman further explained that a committee had been tasked with investigating degree certificate fraud involving foreign and local universities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

This investigation was sparked by a journalist’s undercover report, which exposed how quickly a degree could be acquired from a Benin Republic university and used for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployment.<\/p>\n

The government has identified three recognized universities in Togo\u2014Universite De Lome, Universite De Kara, and Catholic University of West Africa\u2014and five in Benin Republic which are Universite D\u2019Abomey-Calavi, Universite De Parakou, Universite Nationale Des Sciences, Technologis Ingenierie Et Mathematiques, Universite Nationale D\u2019Agriculture, and Universite Africaine De Development Cooperatif.<\/p>\n

Any other institutions offering degrees to Nigerians in these countries are considered illegal.<\/p>\n

The Minister emphasized that the decision to invalidate the fake certificates is necessary to protect the integrity of the country, as those holding these fraudulent degrees have tarnished Nigeria’s image.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned that government agencies will be tasked with identifying and removing employees with such certificates, and urged the private sector to do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has accredited only eight universities in Togo and Benin Republic to award degrees to Nigerians. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said this during a television interview, where he also revealed that over 22,500 Nigerians had obtained fake degree certificates from unrecognized institutions in these countries. 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