The Degree Certificate in Public Administration awarded to former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu from the Abia State University has been revoked.<\/p>\n
The University in a statement signed by E.O Onuoha, Registrar\/Secretary of the Senate announced the withdrawal of the Degree from the former Governor on the ground that it violated the academic regulation of the University on admission.<\/p>\n
The statement reads:<\/p>\n
“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 \u2013eight\u00a0 (88) against three ( 3) dissenting voices only, approved\u00a0 the cancellation and withdrawal of the degree result and certificate awarded to him.<\/p>\n
“The decision of senate was based on the following grounds among others:<\/p>\n
*The violation of the Academic Regulations of the university on Admission \u2013 by \u2013Transfer, which rendered the offer irregular , ab initio.<\/p>\n
*The non \u2013completion 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.<\/p>\n
“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 \u2013earned reputation and the credibility of the certificates it awards.”<\/p>\n
O. E ONUOHA
\nRegistrar\/Secretary to Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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