7th January, 2024
The Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, has denied that four fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), are from the university.
This is contained in a statement by the University’s Head of the Communication Unit, Ms ChiChi Ononiwu, issued to newsmen on Sunday in Ota.
Reacting to information in some sections of the media that the NUC had uncovered about 100 professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including Covenant University, Ononiwu said that they had no such names as listed in the said article on their payroll.
“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 at 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 payroll.
“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.