The Nigerian Defence Academy as a Degree Awarding Institution: Need for a Reform of its Establishing Act
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2016
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Port Harcourt Journal of Business Law
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Following the arguments in support and against the Nigerian Defence Academy awarding degrees to its cadets, this paper sought to find a solution to these arguments by considering the Act of the Academy which grants it power to award such degrees. The National Universities Commission Act was also considered being the Act that regulates tertiary institutions education in Nigeria.
In making its recommendations practical, University of Ilorin Act and National Open University Act was examined to represent the power given to conventional universities in Nigeria to award degrees to its students.
The paper further examined the provisions of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Defence Academy of India, and the Seminary of All Saints Uhiele Ekpoma in awarding degrees to their cadets and seminarians respectively.
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Nigerian Defence Academy, Nigerian Defence Academy Act, National Universities Commission Act, Reform