US Varsity confirms Rhodes-Vivour Master’s Degree certificate
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an American University has confirmed that Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour attended the school.
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State who has been said to forge a certificate from MIT.
However, The management made this known on Thursday that Rhodes-Vivour obtained a Master’s Degree in Architecture following his academic program in the institution between 2005 and 2008
Furthermore, Premium Times stated that the university said this in reaction to reports circulating on social media suggesting that the governorship candidate did not attend the university.
Rhodes-Vivour has faced a certificate forgery allegation after an email that allegedly originated from the office of the Registrar of MIT appeared on social media claiming that the candidate did not attend the institution.
The email quoted Nathaniel Hagee, a coordinator at MIT academic record office, that there was no record Rhodes-Vivour graduating from the university.
However, Rhodes-Vivour in a tweet debunked the news as fake news and another attempt by his opponents to divert attention from an issue-based campaign.
“It has been brought to my attention that the purported email below is in circulation concerning my degree from @MIT.
“This is untrue and another failed strategy the opposition is using to divert your attention from having an issue-based campaign.
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What MIT records office said concerning Rhodes-Vivour’s certificate
According to Premium Times which contacted the MIT records office and spoke with Hagee via telephone on Wednesday, the school has confirmed the authenticity of the certificate.
Furthermore, Premium Times then, got a response from Hagee after that all questions have been directed to MIT’s News Office, as demanded. He also did not deny or confirm the authenticity of the email circulating online.
The newspaper also said it contacted MIT’s News Office, Sarah McDonnell, Deputy Director, Media Relations, and there was a response that Rhodes-Vivour indeed attended the school and earned a Master’s degree.
This newspaper then followed up with another email to Ms. McDonnell, enquiring if the first email that claimed that Mr. Rhodes-Vivour did not attend the school came from the record office.
In her response, an MIT spokesperson confirmed the validity of the mail, stating that it indeed emanated from MIT.
However, she claimed that the record office initially ran a search using a “variation of Mr. Rhodes-Vivour’s name that did not match the information in MIT’s database.
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