The Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State, has denied that four fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), are from the university.

This was contained in a statement issued by the University’s Head of the Communication Unit, ChiChi Ononiwu, on Sunday, January 7, 2024.

Reacting to a report that the NUC uncovered about 100 professors in some Nigerian universities, including Covenant University, Ononiwu said the institution had no such names as listed in the said article on their payroll.

She stated: “The attention of the university management was drawn to a purported publication by the National Universities Commission (NUC) titled – ‘About 100 Fake Professors Uncovered In Nigerian Universities’.

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“The publication listed four such professors in Covenant University.

“The university management wishes to set the record straight, as we have no such names as listed in the said article in our payroll.

“Also, Covenant had never interacted with any of the four persons at any time, and in any capacity as the university would not appoint unqualified persons as professors.”

The university spokesperson said the institution’s recruitment exercise is always rigorous, adding that appointments and promotions criteria are of world-class standard.

“By this statement, the university advised our esteemed stakeholders to kindly disregard this misinformation,” Ononiwu added.

The Star