The Federal Government has banned persons with honorary degrees from using the prefix ‘Dr’ in official, academic or professional capacities.
Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa disclosed this on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while briefing State House correspondents after a Federal Executive Council meeting.
“The recent trend we have seen in the award of honorary degrees has shown an increasing abuse and politicisation of this academic privilege,” he said.
“We have seen awards being used for political patronage, for financial gain as well as the conferring of awards on serving public officials, which should not happen as part of the ethics of honorary degree awards.”
The new directive says that people receiving honorary degrees are not allowed to use the title ‘Dr’ before their names.
Instead, they have to put the full honorary title after their names.
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