The Federal Government has suspended evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo universities.
The development was contained in a statement on Tuesday, January 2, signed by Augustina Obilor-Duru on behalf of the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education.
Duru explained that the decision was consequent upon an investigative report by an online medium exposing how a degrees was acquired from a Cotonou varsity in 6 weeks.
The federal 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”.
According to the statement, the suspension takes effect 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 (DSS), and the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC).
