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UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by argon500: 7:37pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
The University of Port Harcourt has declined a Freedom of Information, FOI, request for the doctorate degree records of President Goodluck Jonathan. In a response to the Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, a Rivers State-based civil society organization, the university said a request for President Jonathan’s academic records did not fall within the provisions of the FOI law. “The Management of the University has carefully considered your request vis-a-vis the FOI Act,” the university stated in their letter dated 26th February, 2015, and signed by Eric Loveday Osuo Abonemi, the institution’s Legal Officer. “It is my instructions to inform you that your request does not come within the relevant provisions of the FOI Act for its practicability or for the University to provide such details as requested. “Details of the Ph.D Degree of President Goodluck Jonathan in the University of Port Harcourt cannot therefore be made available to you.” The Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law had filed an FOI request, three weeks ago, to the university seeking relevant details of Mr. Jonathan’s doctorate qualifications. The letter requested the following information relating to the president’s doctorate qualification, citing the provisions of Sections 2 and 4 of the FOI Act, 2011: 1. The title of the president’s doctorate dissertation 2. Year of registration as a doctorate candidate 3. Name of his doctorate supervisor(s) 4. Name of his external examiner(s) 5. Comments/reports of the external examiner of the dissertation/thesis 6. Photocopy of the dissertation/thesis 7. Date of graduation from the university The organization said it was willing to bear any cost the university might incur in making photocopies of the requested documents and for posting them. President Jonathan was admitted into the Department of Zoology (now renamed Animal and Environmental Biology), University of Port Harcourt, in 1977, where he graduated with Second Class Honours (Upper Division). In 1985, Mr. Jonathan obtained a Master of Science degree in Hydrobiology and Fisheries, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology 10 years later. Both degrees were also from the University of Port Harcourt. Lately, Mr. Jonathan’s academic qualifications have come under increased scrutiny ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Critics have accused the president of failing to complete his doctorate programme. In a response to an enquiry by Punch Newspaper in January, the university dismissed such claims as having “neither legs nor grounds to stand on”. The university had also told any person or organization seeking additional information on Mr. Jonathan’s qualifications to contact the school authorities. “We have absolutely nothing to hide as an institution that has a statutory mandate to advance the frontiers of knowledge,” William Wodi, the university’s Deputy Registrar (Information), had told the newspaper. It is unclear why the university declined to release Mr. Jonathan’s academic qualifications to the civil society organization after giving that commitment. Jiti Ogunye, a Lagos-based lawyer, said the president’s academic records ought to be freely available in the university and not be “opaque or hidden”. “The FOI is applicable to the academic records of a public officer whose academic records are being requested by a Nigerian citizen or a nongovernmental organization duly registered in Nigeria with a view to promoting accountability and transparency in government,” Mr. Ogunye said. “The academic records of the president are not the medical records of the president in which case a medical officer can say the FOI is exempted, or the records between a lawyer and his client which are covered by the confidentiality rule.” WHAT THE FOI ACT SAYS According to Section 14(1) of the FOI ACT, subject to subsection (2), a public institution must deny an application for information that contains personal information and information exempted under this subsection includes: (a) files and personal information maintained with respect to clients, patients, residents, students, or other individuals receiving social, medical, educational, vocation, financial, supervisory or custodial care or services directly or indirectly from public institutions;… (2) A public institution shall disclose any information that contains personal information if – (a) the individual to whom it relates consents to the disclosure; or (b) the information is publicly available (3) Where disclosure of any information referred to in this section would be in the public interest, and if the public interest in the disclosure of such information clearly outweighs the protection of the privacy of the individual to whom such information relates, the public institution to whom request for disclosure is made shall disclose such information subject to Section 14(2) of this Act. Mr. Ogunye said that an institution might attempt to hide under Section 14(1)(a) to decline disclosure of information. “My argument is, this information is publicly available and ought to be disclosed. The president has said he obtained his Ph.D in that institution, so it’s publicly available,” Mr. Ogunye said. “So why will an institution refuse to disclose an information that is publicly available? The university has acted wrongly and can be compelled by the suit of the non-governmental organization concerned to disclose the information.” Source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/03/19/uniport-hides-details-president-jonathan%E2%80%99s-doctorate-degree
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Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by argon500: 7:39pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Jonah show your certificate come March 28th, straight to Otuoke Change all the way 4 Likes |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by macpetrus(m): 7:44pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Jonathan is a PhD holder.... Move On!!!! 3 Likes |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Rad1cal: 7:47pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
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Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Kakpos: 7:49pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
OGAH IS A DIPLOMA HOLDER! |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Toktee(m): 7:56pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Rad1cal:can we see his paper work? |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Toktee(m): 7:57pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
macpetrus:thesis pls |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by macpetrus(m): 8:04pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Toktee:Are you asking Me?... So until you write thesis before you can be awarded "DR" in Nigeria?.. Just ask the Top Guns n and big men how they get or receive the name "DR to their names!!! |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Ngwakwe: 8:11pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Take the case to court. Let the judiciary interpret the law and not the University. |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by viczing(m): 8:17pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Mtchew trash Gej till sahara reporters get sense 1 Like |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by sinkhole: 8:19pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Nawa ooo! So other researchers can not use president's thesis for their work or the thesis is a trash(perhaps it does not even exist!), why must FOI be needed to access anybody's PhD thesis? for God's sake a copy should be in the public domain! 2 Likes |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by kheart(m): 8:29pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
GEJ show us ur thesis cos I dey suspect say since na zoology u study naija fit be ur lab rats |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by centmichael101(m): 8:30pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Jonathan I stand for!! 1 Like |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by mumumugu(m): 8:32pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Where is buhari waec? 2 Likes |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by tmotmo: 9:23pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by Nobody: 9:26pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
macpetrus: You just don't know how st*pid you sound with this comment. So I can say "You don't need to write a project before you get your B.Sc? Dumb dude |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by TheOtherview: 9:31pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
macpetrus: Has anyone located GEJ's missing thesis yet? Exclusive: So we went looking for the thesis and certificates of Pres. Jonathan & Sambo – this is what we found Read More |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by macpetrus(m): 9:35pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Zedric: St*pid?... I can see that you hava a very low IQ.. Who is taking about B.sc/B.tech, it another ball Game.. Just go and ask if you don't Knw APC niggas are so upset, and quick to insult people. .. Your brain should be donated for research |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by dunkem21(m): 9:40pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
We leave WAEC dey find Ph.d 1 Like |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by saintopus(m): 10:10pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
Let us assume, he does not have PhD, infact let us assume he does not have any M.Sc. But can someone just show GMB common WAEC Result? 1 Like |
Re: UNIPORT Hides Details Of President Jonathan’s Doctorate Degree (photo) by onegig(m): 10:18pm On Mar 19, 2015 |
macpetrus: Edited Before you can be awarded a Ph.D in any Nigerian university you must have written nothing less than 10 internationally acclaimed papers and several articles for a widely known journal in your area of specialisation. Not only that, your Ph.D thesis must be unique and must thoroughly discuss and espouse new ideas or critic existing ones on a specific topic before you can be a Dr. Even if the president got his as far back 1990 or even earlier a single link of his work would be available online for public consumption. I am not suprised though. Anyone can see through the charade . |
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