‘It’s misinformation’ — Covenant University denies harbouring four fake professors

Covenant University, Ogun state, has debunked reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) discovered four fake professors from the university.

There were reports that the NUC had uncovered a list of about 100 phoney professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including Covenant University.

In a statement on Sunday, Chichi Ononiwu, the university’s spokesperson, said they had no such names as listed in the said article, on their payroll.

“The attention of the university management was drawn to a purported publication by the National Universities Commission [NUC] titled – ‘About 100 Fake Professors Uncovered In Nigerian Universities’,” the statement reads.

“The publication listed four such Professors in Covenant University.

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

“Also, Covenant had never interacted with any of the four persons at any time, and in any capacity, as the university would not appoint unqualified persons as professors.”

She said the institution’s recruitment exercise is always rigorous, adding that its appointments and promotions criteria were of world class standard.

“By this statement, the university advised our esteemed stakeholders to kindly disregard this misinformation,” she added.