The Nationwide Universities Fee on Monday denied reviews that it uncovered a complete of 100 faux professors in some universities throughout the nation.
Some media organisations (excluding The PUNCH) had listed some universities as a part of the establishments indicted by the NUC for having faux professors.
However the NUC in a press release launched on Monday, stated although it initiated a verification course of in 2019 for lecturers in Nigerian universities, at no level did it launch a listing of faux professors in 2024.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the fee can affirm that it initiated in 2019 a laudable undertaking, with the intent of compiling and publishing a listing of full Professors within the Nigerian Universities System by way of using a web-based portal to collate the requisite knowledge. In the course of the train, the NUC discovered anomalies, comparable to Affiliate Professors being listed as full Professors.
“It’s important to additionally state clearly that the Fee as a accountable Federal Authorities Company, doesn’t interact in half-baked workouts able to tarnishing the picture of Nigeria and the NUS.
“That was why the Fee deemed it essential to share the collated knowledge with the Nigerian Universities for authentication by the competent authorities as to who qualifies to be a full professor”, the regulatory company stated within the assertion.
The PUNCH reviews that the media area has been taken awash by reviews of the alleged faux professors with Nigerians elevating questions relating to the {qualifications} of lecturers in Nigerian tertiary establishments.
Thus far, a number of the universities listed as allegedly having faux Professors on their payrolls such because the College of Ibadan, College of Ilorin, Babcock College and Covenant College amongst others, have issued rebuttals and known as for calm.
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