We have no fake professors – Unilorin

By Paul Dada

The management of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State has denied that any of the names on the list of fake professors in circulation, is working in the institution.

In a press statement  signed by its Director, Corporate Affairs. Mr Kunle Akogun, the university said none of the persons on the list, was its worker.

The statement said, “The attention of the management of the University of Ilorin has been drawn to a trending list of 100 fake professors in some universities in the country as purportedly uncovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

“Even though the NUC has dissociated itself from the list that first surfaced in December 2019, we deem it expedient to categorically disown the 11 so-called professors listed against the University of Ilorin in the recently exhumed report.”None of the persons on the list is on our University’s nominal roll, nor had any of them ever had any dealing with the University of Ilorin at any time or in any guise.

“This clarification is necessary to assure our esteemed stakeholders that UNILORIN’s well-heeled reputation for high integrity and strict adherence to best global practices in everything we do, especially on issues of staff promotion, remains unsoiled and it can never be compromised.

The National Universities Commission had earlier denied that the list  of fake professors in some Nigerian universities being circulated in the media, came from it. The Commission described the list as mischievous.