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The management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (AAU), has dissociated itself from a report alleging existence of illegal satellite campuses operating in the name of the University.
Management of the institution, therefore, described the report, credited to the National Universities Commission (NUC), as “quite disturbing”.
AAU’s Head of Corporate Communications and Protocol, Mike Ade Aladenika, made the disclaimer in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith on Saturday.
According to him, AAU applauded NUC decision to “investigate the proprietors of such campuses and recover illegal fees on subscribers”.
The institution stated that it does not run any satellite campus. And it did not permitted anyone to do so on its behalf, neither directly or indirectly.
“The Senate has not approved any satellite campus anywhere.
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“It neither approved that any certificate be awarded in the name of the University to anyone from such illegal campuses. We have continued to emphasise this.
“We are glad that by reportedly using the tag “illegal” for such satellite campuses, the NUC is on the same page with us.
“Surely, anything the University has not approved is illegal, null and void.
“Ambrose Alli University is a frontline state University in Nigeria. It is more than 40-years-old and has produced world-class alumni. AAU’s current student population stands at more than 36,000.
“We cannot, therefore, wait to see the outcome of the reported NUC “further investigations” on these reported “illegal satellite campuses,” the statement read in part.
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