
Nigeria's Federal Government has accused universities and colleges of education of conducting more than 258,000 illegal admissions outside approved processes. Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, disclosed the figures on Wednesday in Abuja, stating that about 58,000 of the students were illegally admitted into colleges of education. The government described the scale of the irregular admissions as alarming, raising concerns about compliance with admission procedures across the country's tertiary institutions.
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