THE Acting Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, says the Commission has identified at least 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria.
He clarified this yesterday, adding that some arrests have been made in this regard.
Maiyaki said the Department of State Services (DSS) was involved in the clampdown on illegal institutions.
The NUC secretary urged parents and guardians to check the Commission’s website for illegal and legal universities in Nigeria so that their children and wards don’t fail victims of these institutions.
Also, on 25th December 2023, the Commission published a list of the affected universities, insisting that the schools were not licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards, etc.) Act CAP E3 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
Maiyaki’s statements followed the suspension of degree certificates from two francophone West African countries after an undercover journalist detailed how he acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic under two months without leaving the country and in fact, deployed for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
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