BUK Has No Fake Professors – VC

BUK Has No Fake Professors- VC

By Hussaini Ibrahim Kafi

The Management of Bayero University Kano (BUK), has debunked a purported fake publication on social media, on the discovery of some 100 fake Professors working in Nigerian Universities.

This was contained in a statement, signed by the Vice Chancellor BUK, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, and made available to Radio Nigeria in Kano.

According to him, the alleged publication was malicious, doctored and fallacious, capable of denting Bayero University’s hard earned reputation.

He stressed that, the purported publication maliciously claimed to have discovered 20 of such fake Professors working in BUK.

” We emphatically deny the existence of such in our highly reputable institution of learning, which can be attested to by the recent global rankings released by internationally reputable universities accessors”.

The Vice Chancellor noted that, the National Universities Commission (NUC) had denied the existence of any fake professors in Nigerian universities.

“Therefore, the Management of Bayero University, Kano wishes to draw the attention of members of the general public that the said 20 fake Professors are not staff of the University, as they only exist in the figment of the imagination of the authors of the fake news”.

He maintained that, 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.

Professor Sagir pointed out 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 Study Abroad Aide, based in South Korea. All these feats were as a result of the University’s quality output of highly qualified staff and competent graduates”.

Professor Sagir urged the public to disregard the said publication as not only fake but also with the intent to destroy the reputation of Nigerian universities by some enemies of progress.

“In the light of the above, members of the public are advised to disregard the publication”, the VC added.