Maryam Abacha university degrees not recognised – NUC

The National Universities Commission haswarned that degrees obtained from Maryam
Abacha American University of Niger Republic (MAAUN) are sub-standard and will not be accepted in Nigeria, saying henceforth such
certificates would not be recognised as a means of seeking employment or doing other legitimate business in Nigeria.

The NUC Director of Information and Public Relations, Malam Ibrahim Yakasai, handed down the warning while briefing newsmen on Thursday
in Abuja. According to him, NUC has been inundated with inquiries from some Nigerian students who have
been offered admission in MAAUN on part time with a graduation time of four semesters.

He listed some of the programmes as Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, among others. He explained that “in Nigeria, the duration for a full-time degree programme is not less than three years for direct entry and at least six years for part-time.

He said:

      “Professional programmes in Science, Engineering and Health Sciences-Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Public
Health are not offered on part-time basis in Nigeria.

   “More so, their graduation time is far less than the graduation time in Nigeria-they admit students with HND on direct entry and they give them two years to do a degree in Nursing or Health Sciences.

  “We wish to restate that as the only
Quality Assurance Agency for universities in Nigeria, NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from MAAUN will not be accepted in Nigeria.

”We wish to restate that as the only quality assurance agency for universities in Nigeria, the NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from Maryam Abacha University will not beaccepted in Nigeria”, the commission stated.

The NUC which also discredited all part- time cross boarder education in Nigeria, therefore warned citizens against patronising online universities which offer academic programmes without physical contact with their students. According to him, the Nigerian constitution has no backing or recognition for such degrees
obtained online, insisting that students look for cheap means of acquiring qualifications to avoid
competition at home.

He said,

    “Nigeria will not recognise online degrees. Online degrees are not accepted in Nigeria at the moment; the Nigerian constitution does not even give recognition to such degrees. Those who ran out of Nigeria for study outside this country are those looking for cheaper degrees. It is either they cannot pass the examinations or they do not possess the minimum entry qualifications.”
He expressed displeasure that rather than addressing the issues raised by NUC, MAAUN resorted to campaign of calumny against the commission.
The NUC spokesman advised parents to always crosscheck with the commission before sending
their wards to foreign institutions.
On his part, the NUC Director of Academic Standards, Dr Gidado Kumo, urged students to be wary of Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic.
He said that the institution opeprated in Badagry and Kano, then relocated to Jos; but was
recently running Bachelors Degree in Public Health in Gombe State.

“We have made it very clear that any
degree obtained in Houdegbe North
American University within the shores of Nigeria is not accepted.

“In Februray 2015, we had cause to
request for a joint assessment visit to theuniversity with the Council for LegalEducation.

“At the moment, the institution has been graduating over 600 students from its law faculty whereas in Nigeria, the highest output from any law faculty is about 200.

“We requested a joint accreditation visit but we were flatly refused by Houdegbe North American University.

“So, our decision is that no law graduate of Houdegbe University will be moblised for the BL programme with the Council for
Legal Education.”

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