WorldStage Newsonline– The University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Covenant University have denied that five fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), are from them.
Reacting to information in some sections of the media that the NUC had uncovered about 100 professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including the University of Lagos, the university’s Head of the Communication Unit, Mrs Adejoke Alaga- Ibraheem in a statement described the report as unsubstantiated and urged the public to disregard it
“The attention of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Management has been drawn to an unsubstantiated report on social media, claiming that the NUC has uncovered fake professors in some Nigerian universities, including ours.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the university management hereby explicitly refutes the five names listed as ‘fake’ professors of the university.
“ Members of the university community and the general public are enjoined to completely disregard the report as the persons listed are not our staff and have never worked at any point in time and in any capacity, at the university.
“Please be re-assured of the institution’s commitment to its mandate of being a topnotch citadel of higher education, in deed and in truth,” she stated.
Covenant University
The Covenant University in a statement by its Head of the Communication Unit, Ms ChiChi Ononiwu said that they had no such names as listed in the said article on their pay roll.
“The attention of the university management was drawn to a purported publication by the National Universities Commission [NUC] titled – “About 100 Fake Professors Uncovered In Nigerian Universities”.
“The publication listed four such Professors in Covenant University.
“The University Management wishes to set the record straight, as we have no such names as listed in the said article in our pay roll.
“Also, Covenant had never interacted with any of the four persons at any time, and in any capacity as the university would not appoint unqualified persons as professors,” she said.
She said that the institution wishes to put it on record that their recruitment exercise is always rigorous, adding that It was worthy to also note that appointments and promotions criteria were of world class standard.
“By this statement, the university advised our esteemed stakeholders to kindly disregard this misinformation,” she said
