BUK has no fake Professors — VC
The Management of Bayero University, Kano has dismissed the purported publication claiming to have discovered 20 fake Professors working in the university.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Sagir Adamu Abbas, a copy of which was made available to PUNCH Online on Tuesday.
The VC, according to the statement, described the report as a “malicious, doctored and fallacious” publication capable of tarnishing the institution’s credible image.
The statement reads, “The Management of Bayero University, Kano has noticed the discovery of the circulation of a purported fake publication on social media on the discovery of some 100 fake Professors working in Nigerian Universities.
“Without hesitation, we wish to unequivocally state that the alleged publication was malicious, doctored and fallacious, capable of denting Bayero University’s hard-earned reputation
“We emphatically deny the existence of such professors in our highly reputable institution of learning, which can be attested to by the recent global rankings released by internationally reputable universities’ accessors.”
Additionally, the VC noted that the National Universities Commission had already denied the report of the existence of fake Professors in the University.
“Equally, it should be noted that the National Universities Commission had denied the existence of any fake professors in our universities.
“The Management of BUK 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.
“We call on people 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.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Bayero University, Kano places a 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”, he said.
According to the statement, BUK was recently 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 statement said, the university was adjudged as the 3rd best Value University for international students by another international educational database assessor StudyAbroadAide, based in South Korea.
“All these feats were a result of the University’s quality output of highly qualified staff and competent graduates.
“In the light of the above, members of the public are advised to disregard the publication,” the statement added.
