{"id":30749,"date":"2024-05-09T13:58:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=30749"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:58:55","slug":"former-university-vc-warns-of-challenges-in-eradicating-certificate-racketeering-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/09\/former-university-vc-warns-of-challenges-in-eradicating-certificate-racketeering-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Former University VC Warns of Challenges in Eradicating Certificate Racketeering in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Michael Faborode, former Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, has expressed skepticism regarding Nigeria&#8217;s ability to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian students, both domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Faborode&#8217;s stance is rooted in his observation that many Nigerians, particularly parents, now prioritize negative experiences over positive ones. He attributes this shift in mindset to various distractions faced by today&#8217;s youth, including a pursuit of rapid wealth and unrestricted access to the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from his experience as the former secretary-general of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), Faborode highlights a departure from the past, where students diligently pursued academic excellence through hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to previous generations, Faborode notes a decline in the value placed on hard work in today&#8217;s society, leading to a diminished appreciation for academic integrity and merit-based achievement.<\/p>\n<p>He condemns the prevalence of parents assisting their children in examination malpractice, citing it as a stark example of the erosion of Nigeria&#8217;s value system. Faborode emphasizes the urgent need for a cultural shift towards upholding integrity and ethical conduct in academic pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Prof. Michael Faborode, former Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, has expressed skepticism regarding Nigeria&#8217;s ability to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian students, both domestically and internationally. Faborode&#8217;s stance is rooted in his observation that many Nigerians, particularly parents, now prioritize negative experiences over positive ones. He attributes this shift in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30751,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30749\/revisions\/30751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}