Why Tinubu Spent 2 Years for 4-Year Course at Chicago State University, Professor Farooq Kperogi Reveals

Why Tinubu Spent 2 Years for 4-Year Course at Chicago State University, Professor Farooq Kperogi Reveals

  • The reason President Bola Ahmed Tinubu spent just 2 years 4-year course at Chicago State University has emerged
  • A media scholar, Farooq Kperogi, said Tinubu spent just 2 years at CSU because he transferred from Richard J. Daley College
  • Kperogi said he can confidently confirm that Tinubu graduated from Chicago State University in 1979

Chiago, USA, Farooq Kperogi, the media scholar, said he is confident that Tinubu graduated from Chicago State University and was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a major in accounting.

Tinubu spent 2 years for 4-year course at Chicago State University
Professor Farooq Kperogi says Tinubu spent 2 years at CSU because he transferred from Richard J. Daley College Photo Credit:@farooqkperogi/@officialABAT
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The Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University's School of Communication and Media said Tinubu attended CSU for two years and graduated in 1979.

Why Tinubu Spent 2 Years at Chicago State University

In his weekly column, Kperogi said Tinubu spent 2 years for a 4-year course at Chicago State University because he transferred his two years of college credit from Richard J. Daley College to CSU.

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“His study at CSU—a four-year, state-funded, historically Black university—was shortened because he transferred two years’ worth of college credit from Richard J. Daley College, a community college (equivalent to a diploma-awarding institution in Nigeria) in Chicago, which started life as William J. Bogan Junior College in 1960, got renamed Southwest College in 1970, and got renamed yet again as Richard J. Daley College in 1976.”

Tinubu graduated from Chicago State University, Prof Kperogi reveals

As reported by Legit.ng, the media scholar earlier said there is no question that Tinubu attended CSU for two years and graduated from it in 1979.

US-based Prof. Kperogi said friends and colleagues at the institution confirmed to him that Tinubu truly passed out from CSU.

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The development comes amid incessant inquiries about the Tinubu's credentials from the institution.

Chicago University agrees to release Tinubu’s records

Tinubu's days as Nigeria's number-one citizen could be numbered, as the Chicago State University in the United States is reportedly ready to unveil his credentials during his days as a student of the institution.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a tweet on Thursday, August 24, claimed that the institution has officially agreed that the credentials of Nigeria's president would be made available to the court.

Source: Legit.ng

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