Oduah In Fresh Mess As US College Denies Awarding Masters Programme She Included In CV [SaharaRepoters]
Did embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella
Oduah, deliberately pad up her educational
qualifications or is she the victim of high-wired
orchestrated moves to remove her office? This
and many more will be the question on the lips
of many as her integrity has come under public
scrutiny once again following the denial by a
United States school which supposedly
awarded her a Masters’ Degree, that it does
not award post-graduate degrees.
Her resume, which she presented to the
Senate as a ministerial nominee in 2011
indicated she obtained a Master’s degree in
Business Administration (MBA) from St. Paul’s
College Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States.
But a report by SaharaReporters has revealed
that the college has never in its 125-year
history had a graduate school or graduate
program.
According to SaharaReporters while making
inquiries, the Provost Vice President of
Academic Affairs, and the Vice President of
Institutional Development said, “We don’t offer
any graduate programs here”.
It also said the school’s website does not
expressly make mention of graduate degrees.
“Saint Paul’s College is accredited by the
Commission of Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools to award
baccalaureate [bachelor’s] degrees”, the
website read.
Oduah’s documentation shows she received
an undergraduate degree in accounting from
the college in 1982, but Dr. Claud Flythe, St.
Paul’s current president, could neither confirm
nor deny this during a phone conversation with
SaharaReporters. Further verification with the
Office of Alumni Affairs is also currently
impossible, according to the online news
medium because the college has been closed
since June 2013 to loss of its accreditation.
“[Oduah] realized very early in life the
indispensability of a sound education in her
growth plans in life and therefore pursued her
education with all diligence and sense of
purpose,” her documents claimed, adding that
a determination “to have the best education at
the highest level” prompted her stay at the
Virginia College in 1983 for the MBA
programme.
As at the time of filing this report, the minister
was yet to respond to this latest round of
allegation against her.
Oduah, deliberately pad up her educational
qualifications or is she the victim of high-wired
orchestrated moves to remove her office? This
and many more will be the question on the lips
of many as her integrity has come under public
scrutiny once again following the denial by a
United States school which supposedly
awarded her a Masters’ Degree, that it does
not award post-graduate degrees.
Her resume, which she presented to the
Senate as a ministerial nominee in 2011
indicated she obtained a Master’s degree in
Business Administration (MBA) from St. Paul’s
College Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States.
But a report by SaharaReporters has revealed
that the college has never in its 125-year
history had a graduate school or graduate
program.
According to SaharaReporters while making
inquiries, the Provost Vice President of
Academic Affairs, and the Vice President of
Institutional Development said, “We don’t offer
any graduate programs here”.
It also said the school’s website does not
expressly make mention of graduate degrees.
“Saint Paul’s College is accredited by the
Commission of Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools to award
baccalaureate [bachelor’s] degrees”, the
website read.
Oduah’s documentation shows she received
an undergraduate degree in accounting from
the college in 1982, but Dr. Claud Flythe, St.
Paul’s current president, could neither confirm
nor deny this during a phone conversation with
SaharaReporters. Further verification with the
Office of Alumni Affairs is also currently
impossible, according to the online news
medium because the college has been closed
since June 2013 to loss of its accreditation.
“[Oduah] realized very early in life the
indispensability of a sound education in her
growth plans in life and therefore pursued her
education with all diligence and sense of
purpose,” her documents claimed, adding that
a determination “to have the best education at
the highest level” prompted her stay at the
Virginia College in 1983 for the MBA
programme.
As at the time of filing this report, the minister
was yet to respond to this latest round of
allegation against her.
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