Benin/Togo Ban: FG’s Ban On Certificates Affects 15,000 Nigerian Students In Benin Republic – NANS

There are 15,000 Nigerian students studying in the Benin Republic, according to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), which has urged for relaxation of the ban on the validation of degree credentials from both the nation and Togo.

A reporter described how he participated in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the second time and graduated from a Benin Republic institution in less than two months.

Following the events, the Federal Government outlawed the countries’ degree diplomas from being validated.

But on Thursday, the NANS president of Benin Republic Ugochukwu Favour said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.

“For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t because it is happening in this school, punish everyone because it involved close to 15,000 students in the Benin Republic,” he said on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.

According to him, the government should step up efforts to probe the matter and punish those involved in the saga.

But he said NANS in the Benin Republic has constituted a committee to probe the matter, expressing confidence that the report of its findings will be vital in curbing future occurrences.

“I have really not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just like what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening,” the NANS president said. “So, that is why I set up a committee as the president to investigate it.”