Nigeria, May 4 -- The Federal Government has made a stern declaration to weed out individuals holding fraudulent certificates, whether in public or private educational institutions across the nation.

This assertion came from the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, during an event on Friday in Abuja, where he received the findings of an investigative committee tasked with examining the prevalence of fake degree certificates.

Established on January 9th, the Inter-Ministerial Committee was assigned the crucial duty of investigating allegations of degree racketeering within both domestic and foreign private universities.

Chaired by Prof. Jubrila Amin, the committee's mandate extended to scrutinizing the involvement of government bod...