ICPC to prosecute 67 illegal varsities

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr Ekpo Nta, yesterday said the agency had a court order to prosecute illegal degree awarding universities in the country.

Nta disclosed this during the 22nd annual International Conference on African Literature and English language (ICALEL) on corruption and national security which took place at the University of Calabar.

He warned Nigerians students seeking to further their studies to beware of such institutions which he said are 67 in number, and called on prospective students to visit the National University Commission (NUC) website for names and addresses of such illegal institutions.

Nta reiterated that the ICPC would soon move against those illegal universities, their vice-councilors, and, therefore, called on Nigerians to be fully involved in the fight against crime, insecurity and corruption.

“As a matter of fact, two universities in Nigeria have indicated interest to run degree programmes on anti corruption. They are going through accreditation process and hopefully they would be fully operational by next academic session,” he said.

Also speaking, the Head of English and Literary Studies Department of the university, Dr Stella 

Ansa, advised African writers to author books that would tackle the menace of insecurity and issue of corruption.