The National Universities Commission (NUC) has exposed about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities.
Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,the NUC Executive Secretary (ES), made the disclosure in the November edition of the commission’s bulletin, adding that the names of the fake professors had been published on the NUC website and also sent their names to their various universities for confirmation.
Rasheed said the commission will in December 2019 upload the updated version of the Professor's list with their CVs and respective universities on the website.
“This measure helped in identifying fake professors in the system. The fight against fake professors is a collective responsibility,” he added.
While speaking, the NUC boss further directed VCs to thoroughly check excesses of their affiliated institutions, as the fight against academic corruption should start from the universities.
According to the bulletin, a directory of full professors in the Nigerian university system has been published, statistical digest of the NUS 2017-2018; refinement and modernisation of instruments for accreditation of undergraduate, postgraduate, part-time, affiliate, open and distance learning programmes as well as the state of university education in Nigeria 2017- 2018.