Havard Refutes Claims Senator Melaye Bagged Degree

Harvard University in Boston, United States, has reportedly refuted a claim by Senator Dino Melaye that he was at any time educated at the prestigious Ivy League school. The Registrar’s Office immediately dismissed the suggestion yesterday as soon as an official cross-checked it.

The Harvard Kennedy School of Educational Leadership confirmed that Dino Melaye presented himself in November 2016 only for a one-week seminar in leadership.

Asked if that qualifies as academic achievement, the respondent said “No,” adding that the seminar also doesn’t qualify anyone to become a Harvard alumnus.

Following a motion by Senator Ali Ndume asking the Senate’s Ethics and Privileges Committee to investigate allegations that Melaye didn’t properly graduate from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, Melaye had bragged that he has at least eight postgraduate degrees.

Mr. Melaye has been caught in a major certificate scandal in which Examination Officers at the Department of Geography, ABU, where Melaye took undergraduate classes, confirmed that he did not graduate from the institution.

They went further to say that the documents he presented to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were manipulated between Melaye and his then Head of Department, Prof. David Ogbonna.

The Examination Officers pointed out that Mr. Melaye was registered in the university as “Daniel Jonah O. Melaye,” a name they said was neither in the graduation brochure of ABU when his set graduated, nor found in any other graduation document. In particular, the Exam officers pointed to how during his final year, the HOD added 2 course units to boost Melaye’s CGPA.