Fake Professors: No Such Names Exist At Covenant University - Management

The management of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State Sunday stated that the institution does not harbour any of the names mentioned in the list of fake professors in universities.

In a statement titled: "Re: List of Fake Professors in Nigerian Universities" made available to Sunday Independent, the institution stated that it had never interacted with any of the four persons at any time, and in any capacity.

The statement read, "The attention of Covenant University management was drawn to a purported publication by the National Universities Commission [NUC] titled - "About 100 Fake Professors Uncovered In Nigerian Universities".

"The publication listed four such professors at Covenant University.

The University Management wishes to set the record straight, as we have no such names as listed in the said article in payroll.

"Also, Covenant had never interacted with any of the four persons at any time, and in any capacity.

"We wish to put it on record that our recruitment exercise is rigorous. It is worth to also note that our appointments and promotion criteria are world-class standards, hence, Covenant would not appoint unqualified persons as professors.

The institution added, "We wish to, by this statement, advise our esteemed stakeholders to kindly disregard this misinformation.