FUTMINNA Dismisses Allegations of Involvement with Fake Professors

The Federal University of Technology, Minna has issued a press release addressing recent widespread reports regarding the discovery of approximately 100 fake professors in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

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The management of FUT Minna has unequivocally clarified that none of the nine individuals listed in the report as fake professors—Nurudeen Adenuga, Fauziyyah Adeyemi, Halima Abubakar, Hamdat Olufemi, Hawa Alhassan, Idris Adigun, Jamilu Ahmad, A'isha Bello, and Haroon Akande—have any association or affiliation with the university. Furthermore, these individuals have never been part of the institution in any capacity whatsoever.

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In a statement released by Mrs. Lydia W. Legbo, Deputy Director of the Information, Publications, and Public Relations Unit, the university explicitly disavowed any knowledge or connection with the mentioned persons. The management of FUT Minna emphasized that any dealings or engagements with these individuals, whether as individuals or as a group, are entirely at the risk of the involved parties.

The university has taken a firm stance to distance itself from these purported fake professors and aims to ensure the public is aware of the lack of affiliation or recognition accorded to the mentioned individuals within the institution.

Closing:

The Federal University of Technology, Minna, through this press release, has made it unequivocally clear that none of the individuals named as fake professors in the recent report have any association or ties with the university. The institution urges the public to be cautious and refrain from any engagements with these individuals in any professional or academic capacity on the university's behalf.

Signed,

Mrs. Lydia W. Legbo

Deputy Director (IPRU)