Over 15,000 students in the nation have been impacted by the recent ban on schools in the area, according to the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Benin Republic.
For this reason, NAN is calling for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo.
Recently, credential racketeering in schools in the neighboring countries was revealed by an investigative reporter.
In the wake of the development, the Nigerian Government announced a ban on the validation of degree certificates from the countries.
But appearing on Thursday on Channels Television, the NANS President of Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.
“For now, I will say that the Federal Government should look into the issue. Now, you can’t, because it is happening in this school, punish everyone because it involved close to 15,000 students in the Benin Republic.
“I have really not validated if it has been happening for a long time. This is just like what just came out on social media and we are still trying to find out how long it has been happening,” the NANS president said. “So, that is why I set up a committee as the president to investigate it.”
