Founder, Centre de Perfectionnement aux Techniques Economiques et Commerciales, (Center for the Development of Technical, Economics and Commercial Learning), Togo, Prof. Tunde Adeyemi, has said the institution is accredited and approved to award degrees in Togo.
This was in reaction to a statement by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, concerning degree awarding higher institutions in Benin Republic and the Republic of Togo where he said, “In the case of Togo, we have three universities that are officially approved and licensed to offer degrees, and in Benin, there are about five of them.
“So, anyone who didn’t attend these universities is parading a fake certificate. “What the FEC now approves is that through the data, that NYSC has, about 21,684 students that are parading fake certificates from the Benin Republic, obtained between 2019 to 2023. Togo is about 1,105. How did that happen? They simply attended schools that are not recognised in those countries.”
Adeyemi in a press conference in Lagos maintained that CPTEC, a private higher learning institution in the Republic of Togo, was fully registered and accredited in 2003 by the Togolese government to award degrees in various accredited courses with specialisations.
“Also, our institution has been around for over two decades with all our accreditation intact and the current one will be due for renewal in 2029 (copies of all our accreditation since 2003 till date are here attached and can be sighted and downloaded from our website.”
He added that the license and accreditation of its courses had been communicated to the Federal Ministry of Education in Nigeria through the diplomatic channel to evaluate and permit their graduates from Nigeria to participate in the Mandatory National Youth Service Corps Scheme, further their studies in Nigerian Institutions, and secure employment.
“We wish to state that the recent misinformation and unguarded statements by the committee through the minister of education of Nigeria has the potency of leading to a regional conflict and can affect the aspirations of millions of Nigerians in diasporas within the West African region, especially in the Republic of Togo who have been having challenges in sending their children/ward far away for studies outside their place of current residence, which our institution planned to cater for. Also, this can affect the regional transfer of knowledge and harnessing of opportunities for some Nigerian youths, which our recent bilingual academic and professional opportunities tend to cater to,” he said.
Adeyemi appealed, “We call on the Nigerian government through the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Executive Council to reverse and or correct the current unfair and unhealthy hasty decisions, which are based on unfounded information through more constructive solutions that will remove the weeds from the wheat.”