ATBU Reacts As NUC Allegedly Uncovers 100 Fake Professors

David Omokuvie

The Management Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has reacted to the story trending that seven of its staff are on the list of 100 fake Professors saying none of the seven names mentioned in the report are staff of the University.

The rebuttal was contained in a press release from the University’s Directorate of Information and Public Relations.

It stated that the attention of the management was drawn to the trending story on social media and some online media attributing to the National Universities Commission (NUC) that it has uncovered about 100 fake Professors in some Nigerian Universities.

“Among the listed 100 alleged Professors are the names of seven that were mentioned as staff of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi,” the release, signed by Zailani Bappa., Director, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, ATBU, disclosed.

“While the authenticity of this story itself, remain in great doubt, the management of ATBU wishes to categorically state that none of the mentioned Professors is a staff of the University, nor have interacted with the University at any given time in whatever capacity.

In view of the above, all our esteemed stake holders are hereby advised to disregard this blatant untruth as it is a mere fiction and an imaginary act; a possible attempt to smear the hard earned reputation of our University.