5 Years after Graduation, Nigerian Man Discovers School Gave Him Wrong Certificate, Cries Out on Twitter
- Social media was thrown into chaos when a Nigerian man revealed that he graduated with a better grade than he was issued in school
- The young man disclosed how he applied for his university transcript which exposed the irregularity in the grading
- In his tweet, he blamed and called out the University of Illorin for not calculating his grades correctly
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A Twitter user with the handle @tarykuh has lamented bitterly after finding out that he graduated with a second-class upper division.
He claimed that he was issued a certificate with 2.2, which was a second-class lower division.
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He discovered this when he applied and received his academic transcript from the university five years later, which showed the correct computation of his academic result.
His transcript was showing he had a 2.1 but his certificate from the university reflected the 2.2 class of degree.
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He blamed the university of Illorin (UI) for the mistake in the computation of his correct result and class of degree. He also did a manual computation of his result by himself and found out that the result reflected in the transcript was the correct result.
In his words:
"I found out today that I graduated with a 2'1 after five years of carrying this 2'2 certificate around. got my transcript today and it carries 2'1, did the math and it mathed. well done, university of Ilorin."
Social media reactions
Kosiso said:
"Omo. How can they do that to him? That's crazy", someone reacted.
@whoishabyb wrote:
"You for dey kpmg now."
@Henry_Kingg wrote:
"Some birthday present eh? happy birthday big man!"
@omotola_airstah said:
"Omo! You didn't collect the transcript immediately? Or it wasn't available as at the time?"
@Anambra Prince said:
"University of Ilorin? What year please so I can go and do my own math too. Maybe my 2.1 go be first class."
@multifaceted_i said:
"Congratulations! There's a reason for the timing I'm sure! Better update your CV sharply."
@jideduro commented:
"Interesting! You didn't do the Math while in school? I followed my GP enter graduation."
@abisola commented:
"I think I should do same, some of my course mates said I had a 2'1 (Graduation magazine) but my statement shows 2'2 so I didn't just go to school to get my certificate."
@Alibaba_Faridah said:
"Hope you guys know, you don't see your final year results until convocation day. Same with mine what was in my transcript was different from my students portal."
@TemiDayoJT wrote:
"Dem rig you out if your result for 5years. Pele.x
@Chinonyerem said:
"Oh wow."
@Meg_gih said:
"How I wish mine will change too when I go to collect my transcripts o."
See tweet below:
Suspects reveal how they manipulate certificates for N2,000
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that eight business center operators in Maiduguri, Borno state, have confessed to issuing fake university degree certificate for as low as N2000. The individuals were paraded on Tuesday, August 27 by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for alleged forgery of academic documents, Premium Times reports.
Legit.ng gathers that the suspects are being investigated for alleged doctoring of admission letters, certificates, ID cards, tuition fee receipts, stamps and official seals of various tertiary institutions around the north-east, including the University of Maiduguri.
The suspects were nabbed at a popular commercial centre known as Post Office and were subsequently paraded with some of the forged documents and stamps. The NSCDC’s state commandant, Abdullahi Ibrahim, disclosed that the unfortunate development had taken his command nine months to investigate.
Source: Legit.ng
