Nigeria, Sept. 29 -- A former vice chancellor of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Abubakar Sambo, has praised the Nigerian government over the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) programme.

October 6 has been fixed as the deadline for the enforcement of the NERD regulations.

Mr Sambo, who is the Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, in a chat with journalists, said the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has through the scheme taken significant steps to eliminate education rackets, fake certificates, and for-profit honour scams.

Mr Sambo, who once served as the Director General of the Energy Commission, applauded the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, for implementing the NERD scheme.

He espe...