The management of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has dismissed allegations that it threatened to withdraw the Bachelor’s degree of the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Kashifu Abdullahi.
A statement on Saturday by the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of ABU Auwalu Umar, said the NITDA DG never attended the institution in the first place.
The statement reads: “The attention of Management of Ahmadu Bello University has been drawn to a media report alleging that the institution had in March 2022
threatened to withdraw the Bachelor degree of Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), over comments on the integrity tests for UTAS, a payment platform developed by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
“The statement, as reported online by a national daily, was purportedly issued from the office of the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment.
“Accordingly, the University Management wishes to state categorically that at no time did ABU issue such a threat. After all, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, from records available, never attended Ahmadu Bello
University for any academic programme, be it undergraduate, graduate or sub-degree.
“This clarification has become necessary essentially for the office of the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, as well as members of the public to take note.”
