Senator Dino Melaye claimed he has a degree from Harvard
University according to report, the university denied this. Shortly after his
claim, Harvard University responded to claim by the Senator.The Senator is
currently facing a scandal after it was reported that he did not graduate from
the Ahmadu Bello University as he claimed. (Read here)
Senator Ali Ndume raised a point of order asking the Senate to probe the allegation that Melaye did
not graduate from ABU as claimed. In response, Melaye lashed out at the Senator saying not only did he graduate from Abu but claimed he also has a degree from Harvard.
He had said: “I and here to respond to the issue raised by
the Boko Haram suspect (and) senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Senator Ali Ndume. I want to say, to me, it is a welcome development. Democracy
is about investigation and no senator is above investigation. To me, it is a
welcome development and it will finally clear the air on all the malicious and
vindictive allegations.
“To say that I did not graduate from ABU is to say that I am
not a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ABU is a very prestigious
university in this country and it is not possible for one to be running a
master’s programme in the university when one did not graduate from a
university. I have successfully completed one and I am doing the second one.
I want to announce that this is the eighth degree that I am
pursuing. I am also a graduate of University of Abuja, where I did Masters in
Policy Analysis. I am a graduate of London School of Economics and Political
Science. I am also a graduate of Harvard University. The course I am pursuing
now will make it my eighth degree.”
According to Sahara
Reporters, Melaye did not get a degree from Harvard but only did a one-week
development court in 2016. "Contrary to claims by @dino_melaye that he
acquired academic degree at @Harvard the university said there was nothing like
that
"@Harvard's Kennedy School Executive Education said @dino_melaye only attended a professional dev course that lasted 1 week in 2016.
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