Ordinarily, the National Universities Commission (NUC) would not want to comment on a case that is in court, but it is left with no other choice, going by the way the story of an alleged bribery of the Executive Secretary, NUC, Professor Julius A. Okojie, OON, has gone viral. ‘EXPOSED’, one headline screamed.

The Commission took one Pius Nwachukwu and his wife, Chika, to court for operating an illegal university in Orozo, a border town between the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, but in his defence, Nwachukwu claimed that he was issued a ‘TEMPORARY APPROVAL’ (a term that does not exist in NUC’s licensing regime) after giving Professor Okojie
N20, 000 to fuel his car. Infra dignitatem! (below the dignity of one's character).

According to online reports, Nwachukwu said “I have a PhD certificate in Theology from Temple University International, my Alma Mata, and I am the representative of the school in Nigeria.” This man, who the Executive Secretary has never met, told the court “Mr. Okojie, who is the Director General of the National Universities Commission gave me the approval based on the existing relationship we had for long.”

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