The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has voiced concerns about the increasing number of first-class graduates emerging from private universities in Nigeria. ASUU’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, described the trend as troubling, warning that it could compromise
The Federal Government has announced that it will launch an investigation into the award of fake degree certificates by some private universities in Nigeria. The move follows a journalist’s investigation, which revealed certificate racketeering in adjacent Benin Republic and Togo. In the last 15 years, at least 107 private institutions have been formed. The Federal
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is a fund that supports the country’s private universities. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has sworn to oppose any move by the federal government to include these schools as beneficiaries. At a two-day interactive meeting between TETFund and the unions of beneficiary institutions, Professor Emmanuel