Blockchain-Based Academic Credential Verification in Nigerian Universities

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Academic credential fraud remains a persistent challenge in Nigeria, with significant consequences for institutional trust and graduate employability. This paper proposes a permissioned blockchain architecture — built on Hyperledger Fabric — to enable tamper-proof issuance and real-time verification of academic certificates. A prototype was deployed in collaboration with three Nigerian universities and evaluated across 2,400 credential verification requests. The system achieved near-instant verification (mean latency: 1.2 s) with zero false positives, compared to a mean turnaround of 11 business days for conventional verification channels. Policy implications for national adoption are discussed.

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Adeyemi, N., & Olawale, B. (2026). Blockchain-Based Academic Credential Verification in Nigerian Universities. Nigerian Journal of Technology and Innovation, 8(1), 1-22.

Adeyemi, Ngozi, and Babatunde Olawale. "Blockchain-Based Academic Credential Verification in Nigerian Universities." *Nigerian Journal of Technology and Innovation*, vol. 8, no. 1, 2026, pp. 1-22.

Adeyemi, Ngozi, and Babatunde Olawale. 2026. "Blockchain-Based Academic Credential Verification in Nigerian Universities." *Nigerian Journal of Technology and Innovation* 8 (1): 1-22.

@article{adeyemi2026blockchainbased,
  author = {Adeyemi, Ngozi and Olawale, Babatunde},
  title = {Blockchain-Based Academic Credential Verification in Nigerian Universities},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nigerian Journal of Technology and Innovation},
  volume = {8},
  number = {1},
  pages = {1-22},
}

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Published	23 Mar 2026
Year	2026
Journal	Nigerian Journal of Technology and Innovation
Volume	8
Issue	1
Pages	1-22
Language	EN
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Keywords

blockchain credential verification hyperledger higher education nigeria

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