Kenyan and Ugandan examination boards have written Nigerian authorities to verify the records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their countries.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed this yesterday in a document for its 2024 policy meeting.
JAMB assured in the document that it would not falsify the records of any students.
The examination body emphasised the need to protect the tertiary education in Nigeria against disrepute.
This came against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the verification of degree certificates from Uganda, Kenya, Benin Republic, Togo and some other countries over allegations of certificate racketeering.
Recall that sequel to an investigative report published by Daily Nigerian which exposed the activities of fake degree mills in Benin Republic, the Federal Government, in March, set up an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling to probe the activities of certificate racketeers.
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The investigative report led to the Nigerian government placing a ban on the accreditation and evaluation of degrees from Benin Republic and Togo.
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, having received the report of the committee, noted that holders of fake degrees from Nigeria and foreign universities would be flushed out of the system.
The initiative is one of the recommendations made by the Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling set up by the government to fight fake degree racketeers in the country.
However, in the document, JAMB stressed that “Uganda and Kenya examination boards are now writing to JAMB to confirm records presented by candidates for admission of candidates. JAMB would not falsify record.”
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