Fake degrees: NANS wants home-based institutions sanctioned

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to apply sanctions against home-based institutions running unaccredited courses.

The students’ body made the call on the heels of the announcement by the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday of the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo.

Ripples Nigeria reports that the ministry also blacklisted about 18 learning institutions following the undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian newspaper which exposed the activities of a degree mill in Cotonou, a major city of Benin Republic.