Certificate Scandals: HURIWA urges forensic audit of NASS members
Following incessant allegations of cerĀtificate forgery by members of
the National Assembly, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria
(HURIWA) has challenged the Clerk of the assembly and its leadĀership to
invite independĀent forensic experts to verify the certificates
tenĀdered by members of both chambers before running for offices.
In reaction to alleged fake certificates in wide circulation in the N/A
with the latest allegations linked to Senator Andy Uba and Dino Melaye,
HURIWA said it has become a naĀtional emergency to verify the
authenticity of the acaĀdemic certificates of memĀbers and staff of the
nationās apex legislative institution.
It stated that in both chambers, over half a dozen members have eiĀther
been dismissed by the courts over certificate forgery or the matters
are pending before different courts in Uyo and Jos.
The rights group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator,
Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the NaĀtional Media Affairs DiĀrector,
Miss Zainab Yusuf, affirmed that certificate forgery which is a grave
crime has posed some of the most disturbing interĀnational
embarrassments to Nigeria.
āāWe hereby call on the leadership of the National Assembly and the
Clerk, Mr Sani Omolori to actiĀvate mechanisms by way of inviting
independent forensic investigators to conduct transparent, open, and
rapid verificaĀtion of all the academic certificates being paraded by
both the members of the National Assembly and the bureaucracy.ā- The Authority
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