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FG Releases List Of Accredited Universities In Togo, Benin Republic

  Tahir Mamman 

The Federal Government has released full list of accredited universities authorised to award degrees to Nigerians studying in Togo and Benin Republic.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme on Sunday night, Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman insisted that the universities are only eight. 

News Rider reports that at a media briefing on Friday, August 23, to celebrate the minister's one year in office, he announced that 22,789 Nigerians are in possession of fake certificates from Benin Republic and Togo universities. 

To curb the illegality, Tahir had declared that all degree certificates from Cotonou University issued between 2017 till date would be rendered invalid.

This, he said was part of the recommendations by an inter-ministerial committee set up by the Federal Government to investigate issuance of degree certificates by foreign and local universities in Nigeria.

But at the Channels TV programme, Tahir hinted that the Federal Government only recognised three institutions in Togo and five in Benin Republic, describing others as illegal institutions.

He listed the universities approved by the Federal Government to offer degree programmes in Togo as:
1. Universite De Lome
2. Universite De Kara
3. Catholic University of West Africa

An undercover journalist from a Nigerian-based media reported had on December 2023, reported how he obtained a certificate from a neighbouring country in less than two months of enrolling in the university.

Specifically, the report indicted Ecole Superieure de Gestion et de Technologies (ESGT) Cotonou, Benin Republic for issuing the certificate. 

The minister also highlighted five accredited universities authorised to run degree programmes in Benin Republic for Nigerian students. They are:
1. Universite D’abomey-Calavi
2. Universite De Parakou
3. Universite Nationale Des Sciences, Technologis Ingenierie Et Mathematiques
4. Universite Nationale D’ Agriculture
5. Universite Africaine De Devlopment Cooperatif

Mamman vowed that the Federal Government would invalidate the 22,789 certificates awarded to Nigerians by some dubious universities in neighbouring countries of Togo and Benin Republic.

He maintained that the decision to invalidate the certificates was not harsh as Nigerians who obtained degree certificates from such illegal tertiary institutions weaken the image of Nigeria globally. 

"Most of those parading the fake certificates didn’t even leave the shores of Nigeria but got their certificates through racketeering in collaboration with government officials at home and abroad.

"The universities capitalised on the gullibility of Nigerians patronising such fake schools.

"The federal government, through the offices of the Head of Civil Service and the Secretary of the Federation, would fish out those in the government’s employment with such fake certificates. I also urge the private sector to follow suit," the minister added. 

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