FG Threatens To Flush Out Fake Certificate Holders In Public, Private Institutions

The Federal Government has vowed to flush out persons in both public and private institutions working with fake certificates.

Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, made this known on Friday, May 3, in Abuja while receiving the report of an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling.

It would be recalled that the Federal Government had on January 9, set up the committee to probe the activities of degree racketeering in both foreign and local private universities.

The committee was mandated to review the role of any MDAs or its officials in facilitation of the recognition or the procurement of fake certificates.

Mamman, who expressed sadness over what was uncovered during the investigations, said that the ministry would work with relevant agencies to sanitise the education sector and rid it of any fake tendencies

Specifically, he said any government official found wanting would face the full wrath of the law.

“We can’t afford to have the integrity of our education soar by some few persons. It is possible that some are carrying fake certificates in public and private organisations that need to be flushed out. This report is a product of a thorough investigation.

It is sad that someone who should come out from a Nigerian institution with a 2:1 or 2:2 is now parading an international certificate of first class. The ministry is determined to take steps to sanitise the system,” he said.

He, therefore, pledged to take a decisive role to ensure standards were enshrined in the system.