According to
Sahara reporters, Senator Dino Melaye did not
graduate from Harvard University, Boston, United States.
The Senator who graduated from the University of Zaria with a
degree in Geography had only bribed his way out of the University.
Harvard
University in Boston, United States, on Tuesday debunked a claim by
Senator Dino Melaye that he was a student in prestigious
Ivy League school, the Registrar’s Office immediately dismissing the
suggestion as soon as an official cross-checked it.
The Harvard
Kennedy School of Educational Leadership confirmed that Dino Melaye
presented himself in November 2016 only for a one-week seminar in
leadership. Asked if that qualifies as academic achievement, the
respondent said “No,” adding that the seminar also doesn’t qualify
anyone to become a Harvard alumnus.
Following a
motion by Senator Ali Ndume asking the Senate’s Ethics and Privileges
Committee to investigate allegations that Melaye didn’t properly
graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, Melaye had
bragged that he has at least eight postgraduate degrees.
Mr. Melaye has
been caught in a major certificate scandal in which Examination Officers
at the Department of Geography, ABU, where Melaye took undergraduate
classes, confirmed that he did not graduate from the institution. They
went further to say that the documents he presented to the National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were manipulated between Melaye his then Head
of Department, Prof. David Ogbonna.
The Examination
Officers pointed out that Mr. Melaye was registered in the university
as “Daniel Jonah O. Melaye,” a name they said was neither in the
graduation brochure of ABU when his set graduated, nor found in any
other graduation document.
In particular, the Exam officers pointed to how during his final year, the HOD added two course units to boost Melaye’s CGPA.
Mr. Melaye had
reportedly bribed university officials to produce fake transcripts, on
the basis of which he attended a program at the University of Jos, the
University of Abuja, and currently at ABU.
Several of
Melaye’s classmates and comrades also disputed his claim that he was a
Students’ Union Government President at ABU, at best, they stated Melaye
was a president of the National Association of Geography Students
(NAGS) from where he was impeached for fraud.
Another claim that the Senator studied at the London School of Economics could not be verified as of the time of going to press.
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