The Federal Government has said it would flush out fake certificate holders in both public and private institutions in the country.
Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, handed down the threat on Friday in Abuja while receiving the report of an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling.
The Federal Government had on January 9, set up an Inter-Ministerial Committee to examine the veracity of allegations of degrees racketeering within both foreign and local private universities.
Chaired by Prof. Jubrila Amin, the panel was mandated to review the role of any Ministry, Departments, Agencies, or their officials in the facilitation of the recognition and procurement of fake certificates in question.
Prof. Mamman, who expressed sadness over what has been 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….
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