The President of the Benin Republic chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ugochukwu Favour, is requesting the Nigerian government to review its decision to halt the assessment and approval of degrees from universities in Benin and Togo Republics.
The Nigerian government recently announced the decision following an investigative report titled: “UNDERCOVER: How DAILY NIGERIAN Reporter Bagged Cotonou Varsity Degree in Six Weeks”.
Favour, who appealed to the Nigerian government for leniency, made the plea as a guest on Sunrise Daily show on Channels Television on Thursday.
Although, he did not provide the source of the data he relied on, but he mentioned that a decision like that would affect not less than 15,000 Nigerian students who are currently studying in Benin.
He believes that punishing all students studying in Benin Republic for the crime committed by a single institution is not justifiable.
He said: “As the president of the association in Benin Republic, we have constituted a committee to probe into the matter and we will make sure we bring those involved in the scandal to book and face the consequences of their actions.
“I have not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening,” he said.
