Consider Legitimately Admitted Students In Benin Republic, NANS

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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Benin Republic says over 15,000 Nigerians are studying in the country.

This is when the NANS president called on the Federal Government to look over the ban placed on degree certificates obtained from the Benin Republic and Togo.

Recall that an investigative reporter had recently exposed certificate racketeering in schools in the neighbouring countries.

Following the investigative report, the federal government placed a ban on the validation of degree certificates from those countries.

Responding to the ban Ugochukwu Favour the NANS president in Benin Republic, said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.

He said the government should step up efforts to probe the matter and punish those involved in the saga as the Benin Republic had also set up a committee to probe the matter.

“For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t, because it is happening in this school, punish everyone because it involved close to 15,000 students in the Benin Republic.

“I have not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just like what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening. So, that is why I set up a committee as the president to investigate it,” he said.

[Daily Trust/SA]