{"id":22045,"date":"2025-10-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=22045"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:12:44","slug":"diploma-black-market-nigerias-education-watchdog-declares-war-on-rogue-certifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/diploma-black-market-nigerias-education-watchdog-declares-war-on-rogue-certifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Diploma Black Market: Nigeria\u2019s Education Watchdog Declares War on Rogue Certifiers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KADUNA, Nigeria (FN) \u2014 Nigeria\u2019s National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has issued a formal warning to professional and examination bodies across the country to cease the unauthorized issuance of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates, calling the practice illegal and a threat to educational integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement released Thursday, NBTE Executive Secretary Idris Bugaje condemned the actions of certain organizations allegedly designing, conducting, and awarding ND and HND qualifications without legal authority. The board emphasized that only accredited Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions \u2014 including polytechnics, colleges of nursing sciences, health technology, agriculture, and other specialized schools \u2014 are legally permitted to offer such programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bugaje cited the Federal Government Decree No. 9 of 1977, amended by Act 16 of 1985, which grants NBTE exclusive authority to accredit and regulate all programs leading to ND and HND awards in Nigeria. He warned that the board would pursue regulatory and legal action against any body found violating these provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Tinubu and Dr. Usman Bugaje a prominent Nigerian Islamic Scholar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Bola Tinubu, through his Special Adviser on Education, commended the NBTE\u2019s action and called for a nationwide audit of institutions offering technical qualifications. \u201cWe must protect the credibility of our education system,\u201d the adviser said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate President Godswill Akpabio urged lawmakers to consider legislation imposing stiffer penalties on entities found guilty of issuing unauthorized diplomas. \u201cThis is not merely an academic issue \u2014 it\u2019s a matter of national integrity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani pledged full support for the board\u2019s enforcement efforts, announcing plans to collaborate with federal agencies to shut down unaccredited institutions operating within the state. \u201cKaduna will not tolerate diploma mills,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) also weighed in, warning that the proliferation of unauthorized diploma programs undermines the credibility of Nigeria\u2019s tertiary education system. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke called for stronger oversight and investment in public institutions to close regulatory gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil society organizations urged transparency in enforcement, calling for a public registry of accredited institutions and a whistleblower system to protect students from fraudulent programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NBTE reaffirmed its commitment to cracking down on unaccredited entities falsely operating as polytechnics, citing concerns over the erosion of educational standards and the government\u2019s efforts to ensure quality learning nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KADUNA, Nigeria (FN) \u2014 Nigeria\u2019s National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has issued a formal warning to professional and examination bodies across the country to cease the unauthorized issuance of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates, calling the practice illegal and a threat to educational integrity. In a statement released Thursday, NBTE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/National-Board-of-Technical-Education.jpg?fit=516%2C530&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22049,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22045\/revisions\/22049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}