The National Universities Commission, NUC, has issued fresh guidelines regulating the award and use of honorary doctorate degrees in Nigeria.
The NUC released the guidelines on its official X page this Thursday, saying it is in response to the increasing incidence of indiscriminate conferment and misuse of Honorary Doctorate Degrees within the Nigerian University System.
The NUC stated that the new framework was designed to regulate the conferment process, preserve academic integrity and safeguard the credibility and global reputation of the Nigerian University System.
It directed all Nigerian universities and other degree-awarding institutions to strictly adhere to the provisions as it also warned that appropriate regulatory sanctions would be imposed on institutions and individuals found to have violated the approved guidelines.