Former
governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has been advised to face his
certificate scandal alone without dragging the state Governor, Chief Theodore
Orji, into the messy affair, which was already in the public domain before the
present administration came to power.
governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has been advised to face his
certificate scandal alone without dragging the state Governor, Chief Theodore
Orji, into the messy affair, which was already in the public domain before the
present administration came to power.
Kalu had reportedly cried out over what he regarded as a
politically-motivated move by his successor to revoke a degree certificate
awarded him by the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), following the
completion of his university education.
politically-motivated move by his successor to revoke a degree certificate
awarded him by the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), following the
completion of his university education.
The former governor’s university education was alleged to have
been truncated at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) several years before he
became Abia State governor in 1999.
been truncated at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) several years before he
became Abia State governor in 1999.
But in a statement issued in reaction to Kalu’s claims of being
victimised over his acquired degree certificate, the Chief Press Secretary
(CPS) to Orji, Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, said Kalu was sounding false alarm as he
had no degree certificate from ABSU to be revoked.
victimised over his acquired degree certificate, the Chief Press Secretary
(CPS) to Orji, Mr. Ugochukwu Emezue, said Kalu was sounding false alarm as he
had no degree certificate from ABSU to be revoked.
According to him, investigations by the university authorities
have revealed that Kalu was never a student of ABSU as there was no record to
show that he was formally admitted into the state university when he was
governor and visitor to the university.
have revealed that Kalu was never a student of ABSU as there was no record to
show that he was formally admitted into the state university when he was
governor and visitor to the university.
The CPS explained that the ABSU Senate had launched investigations
into the certificate scandal, following a petition against the former governor
alleging that he was “not properly admitted” into ABSU, hence the claim of his
graduation and award of certificate “is neither here nor there.”
into the certificate scandal, following a petition against the former governor
alleging that he was “not properly admitted” into ABSU, hence the claim of his
graduation and award of certificate “is neither here nor there.”
“The petitioner claimed that Kalu arm twisted the school
authorities to admit him while he was the governor, following public outcry
then that the state governor was not a graduate,” Emezue said, adding that:
“The petitioner also claimed that Kalu as the governor only came to school for
two semesters.”
authorities to admit him while he was the governor, following public outcry
then that the state governor was not a graduate,” Emezue said, adding that:
“The petitioner also claimed that Kalu as the governor only came to school for
two semesters.”
Emezue further stated that the panel set up by ABSU Senate had
discovered that the transcript Kalu sent to ABSU from UNIMAID did not bear the
letter head of the institution.
discovered that the transcript Kalu sent to ABSU from UNIMAID did not bear the
letter head of the institution.
The panel’s report, Emezue alleged, also showed that Kalu did not
matriculate with other fresh students at the period he claimed he was admitted
as required by the university regulation having transferred from another
university
matriculate with other fresh students at the period he claimed he was admitted
as required by the university regulation having transferred from another
university
Source: Thisday
