{"id":336235,"date":"2024-08-26T11:41:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T10:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=336235"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T10:41:27","slug":"fg-lists-accredited-varsities-in-togo-benin-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/08\/26\/fg-lists-accredited-varsities-in-togo-benin-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"FG lists accredited varsities in Togo, Benin (Full list)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>The revelation was part of a report submitted to the Federal Executive Council by a committee with a mandate to probe degree certificate racketeering by foreign and local universities in Nigeria<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Federal Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known on Sunday night while speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Sunday Politics programme.<\/p>\n<p>Mamman, during a press conference last Friday to mark his one year in office, disclosed that over 22,500 Nigerians obtained fake degree certificates from the two countries, and such certificates would be cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the revelation was part of a report submitted to the Federal Executive Council by a committee with a mandate to probe degree certificate racketeering by foreign and local universities in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the development follows the undercover investigation report in which a Nigerian journalist acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic in under two months and used it to get deployed for the National Youth Service Corps.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the programme, the minister said the federal government only recognised three institutions in Togo and five in Benin Republic while identifying others as illegal institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Mamman listed the public universities below as the federal government-approved institutions to offer degree programs in Togo for students from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>1. Universite De Lome<\/p>\n<p>2. Universite De Kara<\/p>\n<p>3. Catholic University of West Africa<\/p>\n<p>The minister also listed five accredited universities authorized to provide degree programs in Benin Republic of Benin for students from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>1. Universite D\u2019abomey-Calavi<\/p>\n<p>2. Universite De Parakou<\/p>\n<p>3. Universite Nationale Des Sciences, Technologis Ingenierie Et Mathematiques<\/p>\n<p>4. Universite Nationale D\u2019 Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>5. Universite Africaine De Devlopment Cooperatif<\/p>\n<p>The minister also 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 \u201cfake\u201d universities in neighbouring Togo and Benin Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Mamman maintained that the decision to invalidate the certificates was not harsh as Nigerians who obtained degree certificates from such \u201cillegal\u201d tertiary institutions dent the country\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cMost of those parading the fake certificates didn\u2019t even leave the shores of Nigeria but got their certificates through racketeering in collaboration with government officials at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u201cfake universities\u201d capitalised on the \u201cgullibility\u201d of Nigerians patronising such fake schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government, through the offices of the Head of Civil Service and the Secretary of the Federation, would fish out those in the government\u2019s employment with such fake certificates. 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