The senator was accused of trying to influence the admission process to favour five candidates from his Anambra North Senatorial District.
Abuja (Core Reporters) A Nigerian federal lawmaker, precisely a senator of the 10th senate, Tony Nwoye has been fingered in an admission scandal in the university of Abuja.
The senator was accused of trying to influence the admission process to favour five candidates from his Anambra North Senatorial District.
SaharaReporters reported that the lawmaker attempt to use his position to influence the university’s admission process is contained in a letter dated November 8, 2024, which he personally signed and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
Nwoye recently wrote a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja), dated November 8, 2024, to request admission for five undergraduate applicants from his state and senatorial district.
The lawmaker is lobbying the university to offer admission to his preferred undergraduate admission seekers from his constituency in Anambra State, according to a document obtained by SaharaReporters.
The lawmaker’s attempt to use his position to influence the university’s admission process is contained in a letter dated November 8, 2024, which he personally signed and addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
In the letter acknowledged by the university on November 11, 2024, Nwoye reminded the school that he is a member of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund.
The letter titled ‘Passionate Appeal For Admission,’ reads, “I humbly request for your kind consideration for admission placement of the underlisted applicants who are my constituents and citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for admission in your institution to further their academic career.”
The candidates in question and their courses of choice and others relevant information were listed in the letter: Ikwegbue Ogechukwu Esther, civil law with 264 UTME score; Cynthia Chioma Anyacho, civil law with 205 UTME score; Uchenna Emmanuel Augustine, computer science with 181 UTME score; Aginwa Sixtus Tochukwu, public administration with 191 UTME score and Princess Destiny Agogo, medicine and surgery with 222 UTME score.
The lawmaker indicated in the letter that he attached the applicants’ University of Abuja undergraduate 2024/2025 registration forms.
“Kindly find attached their University of Abuja undergraduate 2024/2025 registration form,” he added.
“With humility, I am a member of Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund.”
