The vice chancellor of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, has dismissed a publication on social media on the discovery of some “100 fake professors” working in Nigerian universities as malicious, doctored and fallacious.
He said the publication is capable of tarnishing Bayero University’s hard-earned reputation.
In a statement he personally signed, the Vice Chancellor denied the publication which claimed that 20 of such fake professors were working in BUK.
Prof Abbas said that it should be noted that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had denied the existence of any fake professors in the nation’s universities.
The statement said the 20 fake professors were not staff members of any university, as they only existed in the figment of the imagination of the authors of the fake news, calling on people to disregard the said publication as not only fake but also with the intent to destroy the reputation of Nigerian universities.
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The statement said Bayero University Kano places greater premium on quality and standards in all its activities, “a policy which has contributed to attaining feats and recognition amongst tertiary institutions of learning in the world.”
“It should be on record that recently, BUK ranked as the 5th best university in Nigeria in terms of research, training and quality of academic programmes and 2nd best in Nigeria in terms of international outlook by the United Kingdom-based Times Higher Education.
“In addition, the university was adjudged as 3rd Best Value University for international students by another international educational database assessor, StudyAbroadAide, based in South Korea.
“All these feats were as a result of the University’s quality output of highly qualified staff members and competent graduates,” the statement said.
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