Yesterday, Dr. Farooq Kperogi posted the following:
"After months of delays, ostensibly to properly vet his appointees, President Buhari just appointed somebody that may turn out to be a total fraud. He appointed a certain "Dr." William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). In a news release signed by Femi Adesina, this red flag appears on the man's qualifications: "Fowler, who holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree [sic] of the Irish International University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Business Management Association of the United Kingdom." Well, Irish International University is a fraudulent, non-existent university ( see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7175730.stm). Second, 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 ( see http://www.farooqkperogi.com/…/finally-some-good-news-from-…). I fear that if this Fowler's other qualifications are looked into, a big scandal may break out. His bachelor's degree, for instance, is said to be from the "University of Wisconsin" and his master's degree from "California State University." The trouble is, University of Wisconsin and California State University are multiple-campus universities; you can't just say you attended the University of Wisconsin without mentioning the location. The University of Wisconsin has 26 campuses, and California State University has 23 campuses. Something is fishy here!"
About ten hours later, he wrote:
"In less than 10 hours after my initial post, William Babatunde Fowler has edited his profile on the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service website. He has deleted reference to his honorary doctorate from Irish International University and no longer prefixes "Dr." to his name (see http://www.lirs.gov.ng/mr-babatunde-fowler-full-resume/). Good for him! But there is the small matter of presidential spokesman Femi Adesina referring to him in a widely distributed news release as having been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Irish International University, apparently based on the resume he submitted to the president. How does he edit or delete that? Well, I am glad he at least realizes that it is morally indefensible to flaunt a fake degree from a fake university. That's some progress--I think."
We are making progress, a lot of progress, Farooq. Name and shame them. Hold them accountable and watch them become pious. It is the only way out of our mess. Anything else is noise. Great job, Farooq. This is all I have been howling about. Name and shame ALL of them. I salute you and delete you from the list of despicable public intellectuals making money off our hell. Not that you were ever on that list anyway.
"After months of delays, ostensibly to properly vet his appointees, President Buhari just appointed somebody that may turn out to be a total fraud. He appointed a certain "Dr." William Babatunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). In a news release signed by Femi Adesina, this red flag appears on the man's qualifications: "Fowler, who holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree [sic] of the Irish International University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Business Management Association of the United Kingdom." Well, Irish International University is a fraudulent, non-existent university ( see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7175730.stm). Second, 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 ( see http://www.farooqkperogi.com/…/finally-some-good-news-from-…). I fear that if this Fowler's other qualifications are looked into, a big scandal may break out. His bachelor's degree, for instance, is said to be from the "University of Wisconsin" and his master's degree from "California State University." The trouble is, University of Wisconsin and California State University are multiple-campus universities; you can't just say you attended the University of Wisconsin without mentioning the location. The University of Wisconsin has 26 campuses, and California State University has 23 campuses. Something is fishy here!"
About ten hours later, he wrote:
"In less than 10 hours after my initial post, William Babatunde Fowler has edited his profile on the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service website. He has deleted reference to his honorary doctorate from Irish International University and no longer prefixes "Dr." to his name (see http://www.lirs.gov.ng/mr-babatunde-fowler-full-resume/). Good for him! But there is the small matter of presidential spokesman Femi Adesina referring to him in a widely distributed news release as having been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Irish International University, apparently based on the resume he submitted to the president. How does he edit or delete that? Well, I am glad he at least realizes that it is morally indefensible to flaunt a fake degree from a fake university. That's some progress--I think."
We are making progress, a lot of progress, Farooq. Name and shame them. Hold them accountable and watch them become pious. It is the only way out of our mess. Anything else is noise. Great job, Farooq. This is all I have been howling about. Name and shame ALL of them. I salute you and delete you from the list of despicable public intellectuals making money off our hell. Not that you were ever on that list anyway.
- Ikhide
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