The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed has dismissed claims in some quarters that the Federal Government has abolished catchment area as part of criteria for admission into Nigerian universities. He also confirmed reports that there were fake professors in Nigerian universities as unearthed during recent verification exercise done by the Commission. He said: “It is absolutely untrue that the Federal Government has abrogated the catchment area as part of the criteria for admission into Nigerian universities”. He said: “As part of the measures at repositioning our universities, the NUC through its STRADCOM recently verified and published a full directory of professors in the Nigerian University System. He disclosed that there are about 61,000 lecturers teaching in Nigerian universities while only about 9,000 of them are professors.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 23, 2019 18:00 UTC