{"id":304204,"date":"2024-01-04T13:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=304204"},"modified":"2024-01-04T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T12:18:51","slug":"certificates-racketeering-over-15000-students-affected-by-ban-nans-tells-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/04\/certificates-racketeering-over-15000-students-affected-by-ban-nans-tells-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificates Racketeering: Over 15,000 students affected by ban \u2013 NANS tells FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The ban came after an undercover reporter described how he participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the second time and graduated from a Benin Republic institution in less than two months<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Following the revelation, the federal government banned the validation of degree certificates from Benin Republic, Togo<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Benin Republic, has requested the government\u2019s leniency over the ban on the validity of degree certificates from both the country and Togo, saying 15,000 Nigerian students are in Benin who will be negatively affected by it.<\/p>\n<p>The ban came after an undercover reporter described how he participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the second time and graduated from a Benin Republic institution in less than two months.<\/p>\n<p>Following the revelation, the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/02\/just-in-fg-suspends-evaluation-accreditation-of-degrees-from-benin-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> the validation of degree certificates from the countries.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ugochukwu Favour, the NANS president in Benin Republic, stated on Thursday, January 4, that the government should take into account pupils who had been admitted legitimately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. 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