Nigerian Govt bans honorary degree holders from using ‘Dr’ title

The Federal Government has banned the usage of the prefix ‘Dr’ by honorary grade holders successful official, world oregon nonrecreational contexts.

Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa announced this connected Wednesday astatine the Presidential Villa, Abuja, portion briefing State House correspondents aft a Federal Executive Council meeting.

According to him, “The caller inclination we’ve seen with the grant of honorary degrees has revealed a increasing maltreatment and politicisation of this world privilege.

“We’ve seen awards being utilized for governmental patronage, for fiscal gain, arsenic good arsenic the conferral of awards connected serving nationalist officials, which, arsenic portion of the morals of honorary grade awards, should not happen.”

Under the caller directive, individuals who person honorary degrees volition nary longer beryllium permitted to usage the rubric ‘Dr’ earlier their names.

Instead, they are required to authorities the afloat honorary designation aft their names.

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