The Federal Government has said that henceforth all certificates obtained by Nigerians from foreign universities would be verified.
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, who announced this while presenting licences to two new private universities, said that already screening committees have been set up to handle the task of screening those certificates.
According to him, screening committee comprises of representatives from the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
“Some of our students who attended universities in Ukraine pass through the UK and get a second degree, in some countries, you can buy a certificate in the airport,” he said, while expressing concern over the authenticity of the certificates issued in some European and African countries.
He said that the purpose was to ensure that Nigerians would not be deluded into thinking that every foreign university was good.
but there is need to ensure that Nigerians attend good tertiary institutions.
Professor Okojie said that, while he was not saying that all foreign universities are bad either, the certificate presented by graduates who come back to the country for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) would be subjected to screening by the Education Ministry.
