"the Committee of Vice Chancellors in Nigeria has ruled that people with even legitimate honorary doctorates cannot prefix "Dr." to their names, as is the practice globally"
In Nigeria many of the awardees of honorary Doctorate degrees use the title which should not be the case. Nnamdi Azikiwe the Owelle of Onitsha, gave that bad example and others followed him.
I hope your reference to Mr. Fowler should recognize where this practice originated.
I agree with you that the practice has to be corrected by all the people who are guilty of it.
Prof. Segun Ogungbemi
> On Aug 21, 2015, at 4:28 PM, "'xokigbo' via USA Africa Dialogue Series" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> the Committee of Vice Chancellors in Nigeria has ruled that people with even legitimate honorary doctorates cannot prefix "Dr." to their names, as is the practice globally ( s
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