The Nationwide Universities Fee has blamed the proliferation of unlawful degree-awarding establishments on mother and father who it stated had positioned a premium on college certification.
The Appearing Govt Secretary, Mr. Chris Maiyaki, stated this on Sunday in Abuja throughout an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria.
He advised NAN that unaccredited diploma awarding establishments and satellite tv for pc campuses remained banned within the nation.
He suggested mother and father to analysis establishments completely earlier than sending their wards there to acquire certificates.
“Everybody is true to pursue a college training, however the way you go about it’s the coronary heart of the matter.
“The problem of entry, the massive hole between provide and demand makes mother and father determined for college training for his or her kids and this makes them susceptible to grasping and fraudulent people with business undertones,” he stated.
Maiyaki defined that, nonetheless, a committee had been established to eradicate unlawful institutions throughout the nation.
“When this menace from our satellite tv for pc campuses challenged us, the NUC carried out a useful resource evaluation of all outreach facilities in 2000 and we got here up with the standing of the satellite tv for pc campuses.
“We wrote to the Federal Govt Council, and the FEC was type, and there was a complete ban on satellite tv for pc campuses on the time.
“At NUC we have now gone one step additional and closed these centres. Satellite tv for pc campuses due to this fact stay prohibited and banned.
“We’re establishing a Committee for the Closure of Unlawful Universities, and we have now mandated it to establish, find and prosecute those that commit unlawful actions, and we’re additionally doing this in a multi-stakeholder partnership involving safety companies,” stated he.
He additionally stated {that a} committee was established in 2021 to establish and prosecute operators of unlawful institutions, noting that the trouble was an incredible success.
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