No fewer than 650 Nigerian college students finding out on the ESM College, Benin Republic, have made an attraction to President Bola Tinubu, asking for leniency over the ban positioned on the establishment’s certificates.
The scholars, on Thursday, appealed to Tinubu for help following the derecognition of the college by the Federal Authorities.
In response to the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN), lots of of scholars and oldsters marched peacefully to specific their issues.
The Federal Authorities not too long ago mentioned no fewer than 21,600 college students are parading faux certificates obtained from diploma mill establishments in Benin Republic, Togo, and others.
The Minister of Schooling, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this throughout a ministerial press briefing on his one-year achievements within the ministry in Abuja final Friday.
In response to Mamman, 1,105 college students are holding faux certificates from Togo alone.
The FG in March arrange an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Diploma Certificates Milling to probe the actions of certificates racketeers.
This adopted an investigative report printed by *Every day Nigerian*, which uncovered the actions of faux diploma mills in Benin Republic.
The Minister mentioned that faux levels from Nigerian and overseas universities could be flushed out of the system.
“The Federal Authorities has directed the Workplace of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) to difficulty a round to flush out anyone with faux certificates from these establishments.
“In Togo, there are three universities which can be formally authorised and licensed to supply diploma programs, and in Benin Republic, we’ve got 5 establishments licensed for diploma programs,” he mentioned.
