Lagos State University (LASU) has addressed an online trend involving a certificate found at a suya spot. The certificate belonged to Abisoye Azeez Oluwaseun, a graduate with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Chemical and Polymer Engineering.
LASU clarified that the certificate was invalid due to a misspelling of the graduate’s surname. The university issued a corrected certificate in 2014, but the invalidated one mistakenly ended up in circulation.
According to LASU’s policy, the invalid certificate should have been destroyed. The university attributed this oversight to improper waste management procedures.
The certificate was recovered by LASU in November 2018. The university emphasized that the viral certificate holds no value as it contains an error.
The statement read, “The University, having recovered the certificate on November 21, 2018, wishes to make the following clarifications: The certificate in question exists but was invalidated on February 25, 2013, because the graduate’s surname was incorrectly written as ABISOYE instead of ABIOYE.
“The invalidated certificate got into the public space due to improper screening of office waste papers prior to disposal.”
