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<p>A civil society organization, Coalition to Save Education in Nigeria (COSEN), has accused the authorities of the University of Abuja of “deliberate cover-up and inexplicable failure to implement the decision of the university’s Visitor” in respect of a controversial Law professor, who it is alleged does not possess the certificate of the Nigerian Law School, a fundamental prerequisite for practicing as a lawyer and being a bonafide law lecturer.</p><div class="YxFkOXMb" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>In a statement signed by its Director of Operations, Kamsi Ezenwa, COSEN claimed that Kassim Musa Waziri, allegedly failed the Call-to-Bar examination on several occasions, hence he is not fit to teach Law, “even based on the time-honoured maxim that one can’t give what one doesn’t have.“</p>
<p>The group cited the report of the 1999 Visitation Panel to the university which picked fault with Waziri’s employment as a lecturer without Law School certificate, a situation that led to his suspension in the year 2000 consequent upon a staff audit arising from the implementation of the Visitation Panel report. The suspension was however lifted following an appeal by the suspended staff who also presented a Master’s degree from the University of Jos. But to date, according to the group, “Waziri has not gone back to the Nigerian Law School to fulfill the obligatory certification as a legal practitioner and law teacher.”</p>
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<p>COSEN called on the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Aisha Maikudi, “not to toe the path of her predecessors, who for inexcusable reasons, which clearly borders on cover-up and gross dereliction of duty, failed to do the right thing. This time around, the Management of the University of Abuja must ensure that the needful is done, namely to revisit and see to a thorough and faithful implementation of the White Paper of the 1999 Presidential Visitation Panel’s Report in respect of this matter.”</p><div class="30xLlt19" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Our independent checks reveal that the embattled professor is no stranger to controversy as he fancies himself as a major power broker in the university, oblivious of the huge question surrounding his competence and qualifications as a Law lecturer. According to a fellow Professor, who spoke on condition of anonymity, “This thing you mentioned about this fellow not having a Law School certification is an open secret in this University. Most of the long-serving staff in the system know about it for a very long time. It became obvious recently when he served as acting Dean of Law for two years during which he could not attend a single meeting of the Council of Legal Education. Instead, another Professor had to be representing the university and the faculty then. However, what is surprising about the matter is the long cover-up and silence of the school authorities over the matter.”</p>
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<p>It remains to be seen what action the university authorities will take if and when COSEN makes good its threat to submit a formal petition</p>
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