The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Benin Republic says there 15,000 Nigerians studying in the country.
This is as NANS called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the country and Togo.
Recall that an investigative reporter had recently exposed certificate racketeering in schools in the neighbouring countries.
Following the development, the federal government announced a ban on the validation of degree certificates from the countries.
But, the NANS president in Benin Republic, Ugochukwu Favour, said the government should consider legitimately admitted students.
Favour spoke Thursday on Channels TV’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily also called for the arrest of the journalist who investigated the matter
According to him , the investigator " painted Nigeria in bad light "
He said the government should step up efforts to probe the matter and punish those involved in the saga.
He said NANS in the Benin Republic had constituted a committee to probe the matter, adding that the report of its findings would be vital in curbing future occurrences.
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