This is contained in a statement by the university’s Head of
Communication Unit, ChiChi Ononiwu, released to newsmen on Sunday in Ota.
Reacting to allegations that the NUC had uncovered about 100
professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including Covenant
University, Ononiwu said that they had no such names as listed in the said
published 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 publication listed four such professors at 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.
She added that the institution wishes to put it on record
that its recruitment exercise is always rigorous, adding that it was worthy to
also note that appointments and promotions criteria were of world-class
standard.
“By this statement, the university advised our esteemed
stakeholders to kindly disregard this misinformation,” she said.