UNILAG breaks silence on ‘fake professors’ report

The University of Lagos has denied accusations that the National Universities Commission (NUC) uncovered five fake professors.

According to some sources (not on Newsclick Nigeria), the NUC has discovered over 100 professors scattered across several Nigerian universities, including the University of Lagos.

However, the university’s Head of Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, condemned the story as baseless and encouraged the public to reject it in a statement issued on Saturday.

“The attention of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Management has been drawn to an unsubstantiated report on social media, claiming that the NUC has uncovered fake professors in some Nigerian universities, including ours.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the university management hereby explicitly refutes the five names listed as ‘fake’ professors of the university.

“Members of the university community and the general public are enjoined to completely disregard the report as the persons listed are not our staff and have never worked at any point in time and in any capacity, at the university.

“Please be re-assured of the institution’s commitment to its mandate of being a topnotch citadel of higher education, in deed and in truth,” she stated.