Nigeria?s tertiary education sector faces scrutiny as Bayero University, Kano (BUK) and Ekiti State University topped list of institution with fake professors, according the National Universities Commission (NUC).

Bayero University leads the pack with 20 out of the 100 fake professors, uncovered by NUC, accounting for 20 percent, followed by Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti with 15, and Obafemi Awolowo University with 8 fake professors (15 percent) of the total number of fake professors uncovered.

The University of Ibadan, the first public tertiary institution in Nigeria, and the University of Ilorin both with 11 fake professors, which amounts to 11 percent of the total number are tied on third, while Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, with a record of 10 fake professors, sits fourth on the log.

University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Federal University of Technology, Akure, and Federal University of Technology, Minna, are placed fifth with nine fake professors, respectively.

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, University of Port Harcourt, and University of Jos, all with eight fake professors, are sixth on the list.

Others include, University of Lagos (UNILAG), which is seventh with a record five fake professors, Covenant University, the only private university listed, with four fake professors, occupies the eighth position, while Usmanu Danfodio University, with two, completes the fake list.

Abubakar Rasheed, executive secretary at NUC, had, in a bulletin published by the commission in November, explained that the fake professors? details were posted on the commission?s website, forcing it to send the names to the various universities for verification.

The NUC scribe urged the vice-chancellors to delegate desk officers to check the list of professors in their respective universities before uploading the same on the provided website.

Rasheed stressed that the fight against fake professors was a collective responsibility and asked the vice-chancellors to make sure they have accurate statistics of staff, students, and other components in their respective universities on hand. (BusinessDay, excluding headline)

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