Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has criticized the Council for Legal Education (CLE) over its refusal to concede alumni of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) into the Nigerian Law School.
Talking with a few individuals from the NOUN Law Students Association of Nigeria and other graduated student of the university at his Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Obasanjo said he had written the CLE over the controversial issue.
Obasanjo, a two-time student of NOUN, said the reason given for the claimed limitation is baseless, contending that he got physical lectures during his studies at the school.
"I've kept in touch with the CLE yet it appears to be a few individuals out there didn't get it right," he said
"They said the school of law is putting forth correspondence projects and I said it to anybody I met that I graduated from the school and I am presently running my master and Ph.D in NOUN, so the notion is incorrect."
The former President said CLE's activity will be opposed in light of the fact that it undermines the institution.
He however encouraged the graduates to be understanding with the powers as accreditation is pursued.
Obasanjo enrolled at NOUN for a Post Graduate Diploma in Christian Theology at the college in November 2006, graduating in 2009 preceding returning for a Master's Degree in the same field.
Just a month ago, NOUN Vice Chancellor, Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe, CLE ban over its graduates.
In a recent interview, he said the distance learning system offered by NOUN is inevitable because there are far too few universities in the country to be able to serve the entire Nigerian population.
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