LASU Declares Trending Certificate Found at ‘Suya’ Spot Invalid

Lagos State University has addressed the trending video of their certificate being used to sell suya, says it is fake.

The Lagos State University (LASU) has addressed the issue of a trending certificate discovered at a ‘suya’ spot in Lagos.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the university clarified that the certificate was invalidated due to a misspelling of the graduate’s name.

According to LASU, the certificate, issued to Abisoye Azeez Oluwaseun, was invalidated on February 25, 2013, because the surname was incorrectly spelled as “ABISOYE” instead of “ABIOYE.”

“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 statement read.

LASU confirmed that a corrected certificate was issued and collected by the graduate on September 30, 2014.

The university explained that, per policy, the invalidated certificate should have been shredded immediately after re-issuance. However, due to an oversight, it was mistakenly disposed of improperly, leading to its appearance in public.

“The invalidated certificate got into the public space due to improper screening of office waste papers prior to disposal,” the statement concluded.

The certificate, belonging to an engineering graduate, went viral on Wednesday after a man sought to connect with the owner, revealing it had been used to wrap ‘suya’.

The certificate holder, Abisoye Azeez Oluwaseun, graduated with Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Chemical and Polymer Engineering from LASU.

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SOURCES: ALLSCHOOL, PUNCH