The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Benin Republic, has called for caution over plans by the Federal Government to suspend evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republics.
The association’s President, Benin Republic chapter, Ugochukwu Favour, said the decision will affect about 15,000 Nigerian students in Benin.
Persecondnews reported that the Federal Government had on Tuesday, suspended evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republics following an exposè by a Nigerian news medium on how undergraduates acquire degree certificates in six weeks on payment of N600,000.
Following the development, the government also revealed that it will also suspend degree certificates from Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic.
The investigation by the Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled, “Undercover: How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in 6 weeks” had exposed the fraud.
Reacting to the ban in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, monitored by Persecondnews on Thursday, the NANS president said the government should consider legitimately admitted students in the universities in Benin.
Favour said: “For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t because it is happening in this school, punish everyone because it involved close to 15,000 students in the Benin Republic.
“I have really not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just like what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening. I have set up a committee as the president to investigate it.”
He urged the government to step up efforts to probe the matter and punish those involved in the fake certificate syndicate.
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