Abia State University Strips Of Former Governor Orji Kalu’s First Degree Certificate
Former Abia State Governor Orji Kalu first degree certificate was revokes by the ethics committed of the university senate Friday
1st March 2013 .
Premium Times reports that the University in a statement by its Registrar, O. E. Onuoha,
on Saturday said the decision was taken after an emergency meeting of
the University Senate which considered the recommendations of a panel
which investigated the allegations levelled against Kalu. In
withdrawing the certificate, the University said the admission and
graduation of the former governor violated its extant rules and
regulations.
“On the strength of
the findings and recommendations of an investigative panel into
allegations of breach of the extant Academic Regulations of Abia State
University, in the admission process of the admission and graduation of
Kalu, Orji Uzor in the discipline of Government and Public
Administration, of matriculation number 00/42226, the Senate of Abia
State University at its resumed 69th Extra-Ordinary meeting of Friday
1st March 2013 and by a vote of eighty-eight (88) against three (3)
dissenting voices only, approved the cancellation and withdrawal of the
degree result and certificate awarded to him.
“The decision of Senate was based on the following grounds among others:
*The violation of the Academic
Regulations of the university on Admission-by-Transfer, which rendered
the offer irregular, ab initio.
*The non-completion of the mandatory six
(6) semesters (i.e. three academic years of study), before he was
awarded a degree of the university. He spent only two semesters in all.
“The university Senate maintained that
its action, aforesaid, derived from the exercise of its onerous
statutory responsibility to guard and maintain , at all times, the
Academic Regulations of the University, its hard-earned reputation and
the credibility of the certificates it awards,” Onuoha said.
Kalu was initially a student of the
University of Maiduguri but he dropped out. While he was governor of
Abia state, he reenrolled at the Abia State University. He was visitor
to the University at the time and there were concerns that he was an
absentee student. Now, the University said the former governor’s
admission and graduation made mockery of its academic rules and
regulations.
When Punch tried to reach him for comments, he said, “My lawyer will reply at the appropriate time.”
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