The Federal Government has released the list of universities accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program, insisted that there is no going back on the decision of the Federal Government to cancel about 22,700 certificates awarded to Nigerians by some “fake” universities in neighbouring Togo and Benin Republic.
According to Mamman, the decision to invalidate the certificates was not harsh as Nigerians who obtained degree certificates from such “illegal” tertiary institutions are denting the country’s image.
He also maintained that the authorities in the neighbouring Francophone West African countries also adjudged the concerned schools as fake.
Below are the list of accredited universities approved by the FG to offer degree programs to students from Nigeria.
For Togo;
1. Universite De Lome
2. Universite De Kara
3. Catholic University Of West Africa.
While for the Republic of Benin;
1. Universite D’abomey – Calavi
2. Universite De Parakou
3. Universite Nationale Des Sciences, Technologies Ingenierie et Mathematiques.
4. Universite Nationale d’ Agriculture
5. Universite Africaine de development Cooperatif.
The five officially recognized universities in Cotonou, Benin Republic, are all public.