The Acting Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, says the commission has identified at least 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria.
He clarified this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja, noting that some arrests have been made in that regard.
Maiyaki said the Department of State Services was involved in the clampdown on illegal institutions. The NUC secretary therefore urged parents to check the commission’s website for illegal and legal varsities in Nigeria, so that their wards do not fail victims of these institutions.
Maiyaki’s statements followed the suspension of degree certificates from two francophone West African countries after an undercover journalist detailed how he acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic under two months and in fact, deployed for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).