Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation who is
embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in
the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her
Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United
States school which supposedly awarded it.
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 SaharaReporters has learned from the
President of the college that it has never in its 125-
year history had a graduate school or graduate
program.
The Provost Vice President of Academic Affairs, and
the Vice President of Institutional Development said
in response to our inquiries, “We don’t offer any
graduate programs here.”
Similarly, the school’s website states: “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.”
There is no mention of graduate degrees.
The Minister’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,
the school said, because the college has been
closed since June 2013 to loss of its accreditation.
embroiled in a scandal of towering proportions in
the ministry, faces new integrity questions as her
Masters’ degree has been challenged by the United
States school which supposedly awarded it.
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 SaharaReporters has learned from the
President of the college that it has never in its 125-
year history had a graduate school or graduate
program.
The Provost Vice President of Academic Affairs, and
the Vice President of Institutional Development said
in response to our inquiries, “We don’t offer any
graduate programs here.”
Similarly, the school’s website states: “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.”
There is no mention of graduate degrees.
The Minister’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,
the school said, because the college has been
closed since June 2013 to loss of its accreditation.
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