The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday hit back at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the opposition party took President Muhammadu Buhari to task over his Secondary School certificate .
The Presidency dismissed the flak from the PDP as an indication of idleness on the part of those speaking for the party on the matter, while the APC branded the criticism trivial.
“The certificate saga is a dead issue, only idle people will consider it,” the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, told The Nation yesterday when contacted.
“It is something that had been laid to rest before the 2015 general elections,” he added.

“Those raising the issue (PDP and others) are idle and they have run out of ideas. They see defeat staring them in the face and they are desperate to cling to any straw. This issue was resolved before the 2015 election.
“It is a matter of fact that when President Buhari and others joined the military, they took their original certificates from them. The military knew where they kept the original certificates of the President.
“In fact, a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade corroborated that the military collected the original certificates of all its officers. The PDP believes it is going to lose the elections, and they will lose, and it is raising dust over a dead issue.

“The military already said they lost the certificates. But does it mean that it did not exist that the President went to school, sat for examinations and passed; attended military courses and War College.
“It does not change the fact that the President rose through the ranks to become a Major-General in the Nigerian Army and a Military Head of State.
“Didn’t those opposed to President Buhari go to court over his certificate and lost before? They will still lose this time around. It is a dead issue.”

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, spoke along the same line of thought.
His words: “It is a dead issue. When PDP has something new to say, Nigerians will be ready to listen to the party.
“This certificate issue was thrashed in 2014. The President has the minimum qualification he ought to have to stand for election and he had more than the minimum.

“PDP thrives on the trivial. We want to tell Nigerians what we have achieved in the last three years and why the President should be re-elected. Instead of engaging in meaningful discourse, PDP trades on the trivial.”
Buhari had, in a sworn affidavit attached to his nomination form for next year’s election, said his certificate was in the custody of the military.
But the PDP insisted that the certificate be produced for the President to be believed.

Buhari, in an attachment to the form his party submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) listed his academic and military attainments as follows: Elementary School Daura and Mai Aduwa (1948-1952); Middle School, Katsina (1953-1956); Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina)-1956 to 1961; Nigerian Military Training School, Kaduna (1962-1963); Cadet Officer Course Aldershot, UK (October 1963); Platoon Commander Course, Nigerian Military College, Kaduna (1963-1964); Army Mechanical Transport School, Bordan, England (1965); Defence Service Staff College, Wellington India (1973-1974); and United States Army War College (1979-1980).
Lending credence to the affidavit of President Buhari, another presidential candidate, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) claimed that his credentials were still with the Nigerian Army.

In his nomination form, Al-Mustapha said: “My entire personal documents including my certificates and awards were taken away by the then government in 1998. Formal complaints were registered before High Court of Lagos (2000-2001) and Federal High Court 3 (Lagos Division)-2004-2007 but the government refused to obey court orders till today.
“However, Nigerian Army (my employer-1983 -2013, is in custody of the certificates this applicant is asking of.
“I was a victim of persecution for 15 years (1998-2013) over trump up charges. I was however exonerated and freed of the wanton charges vide Court of Appeal ruling: “Major Hamza Al-Mustapha v, The State CA/L/469a/ 2012”-Judgment delivered on 12th July 2013.”

Sections 130 and 131 of the 1999 Constitution provide eligibility guidelines for a presidential candidate.
Section 130 of the 1999 Constitution says: “There shall be for the Federation, a President” and such “President shall be the Head of State, the Chief Executive of the Federation and Commander- In –Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation”.
“Section 131 states: “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of President if –

*He is a citizen of Nigeria by birth;
*He has attained the age of forty – years.
*He is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and
*He has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said on Friday that Nigerians who have an issue with the credentials submitted by candidates contesting next year’s elections are free to challenge such claims in court.
Citing Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act as amended, the INEC chair said: “Each candidate nominated by a political party is required to provide details of his/her personal particulars by personally completing the Form CF001 and to swear an affidavit at the Federal High Court, a High Court of a State or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Within seven (7) days from the close of submission of these documents, the Commission is required to publish the Form in the constituencies that candidates seek to represent as required by Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).
“This will give the general public the opportunity to view the affidavit of personal particulars of those who aspire to represent them.
“Any person with reasonable ground to believe that any information on Form CF001 submitted by a candidate contains incorrect or false claims is at liberty to file an action against such candidate at the Federal High Court or the High Court of a State or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).”






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Scammer government..
Daura by road inshallah

Everything about the dullard is lifeless, from Nigerian economy, to the number of citizens dying, and now even his "certificate is dead". Nigerians needs to do away with this carcass called Buhari as soon as it can.

APC is fighting corruption. Sai fools.

Kayus4real:

“It is a matter of fact that when President Buhari and others joined the military, they took their original certificates from them. The military knew where they kept the original certificates.

“The military already said they lost the certificates. But does it mean that it did not exist that the President went to school, sat for examinations and passed; attended military courses and

The Military did not say they lost it. They said it's not with them.

Kayus4real:
The Presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday hit back at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the opposition party took President Muhammadu Buhari to task over his Secondary School certificate .
The Presidency dismissed the flak from the PDP as an indication of idleness on the part of those speaking for the party on the matter, while the APC branded the criticism trivial.
“The certificate saga is a dead issue, only idle people will consider it,” the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, told The Nation yesterday when contacted.
“It is something that had been laid to rest before the 2015 general elections,” he added.

“Those raising the issue (PDP and others) are idle and they have run out of ideas. They see defeat staring them in the face and they are desperate to cling to any straw. This issue was resolved before the 2015 election.
“It is a matter of fact that when President Buhari and others joined the military, they took their original certificates from them. The military knew where they kept the original certificates of the President.
“In fact, a former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade corroborated that the military collected the original certificates of all its officers. The PDP believes it is going to lose the elections, and they will lose, and it is raising dust over a dead issue.

“The military already said they lost the certificates. But does it mean that it did not exist that the President went to school, sat for examinations and passed; attended military courses and War College.
“It does not change the fact that the President rose through the ranks to become a Major-General in the Nigerian Army and a Military Head of State.
“Didn’t those opposed to President Buhari go to court over his certificate and lost before? They will still lose this time around. It is a dead issue.”

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, spoke along the same line of thought.
His words: “It is a dead issue. When PDP has something new to say, Nigerians will be ready to listen to the party.
“This certificate issue was thrashed in 2014. The President has the minimum qualification he ought to have to stand for election and he had more than the minimum.

“PDP thrives on the trivial. We want to tell Nigerians what we have achieved in the last three years and why the President should be re-elected. Instead of engaging in meaningful discourse, PDP trades on the trivial.”
Buhari had, in a sworn affidavit attached to his nomination form for next year’s election, said his certificate was in the custody of the military.
But the PDP insisted that the certificate be produced for the President to be believed.

Buhari, in an attachment to the form his party submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) listed his academic and military attainments as follows: Elementary School Daura and Mai Aduwa (1948-1952); Middle School, Katsina (1953-1956); Katsina Provincial Secondary School (now Government College, Katsina)-1956 to 1961; Nigerian Military Training School, Kaduna (1962-1963); Cadet Officer Course Aldershot, UK (October 1963); Platoon Commander Course, Nigerian Military College, Kaduna (1963-1964); Army Mechanical Transport School, Bordan, England (1965); Defence Service Staff College, Wellington India (1973-1974); and United States Army War College (1979-1980).
Lending credence to the affidavit of President Buhari, another presidential candidate, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) of the Peoples Party of Nigeria (PPN) claimed that his credentials were still with the Nigerian Army.

In his nomination form, Al-Mustapha said: “My entire personal documents including my certificates and awards were taken away by the then government in 1998. Formal complaints were registered before High Court of Lagos (2000-2001) and Federal High Court 3 (Lagos Division)-2004-2007 but the government refused to obey court orders till today.
“However, Nigerian Army (my employer-1983 -2013, is in custody of the certificates this applicant is asking of.
“I was a victim of persecution for 15 years (1998-2013) over trump up charges. I was however exonerated and freed of the wanton charges vide Court of Appeal ruling: “Major Hamza Al-Mustapha v, The State CA/L/469a/ 2012”-Judgment delivered on 12th July 2013.”

Sections 130 and 131 of the 1999 Constitution provide eligibility guidelines for a presidential candidate.
Section 130 of the 1999 Constitution says: “There shall be for the Federation, a President” and such “President shall be the Head of State, the Chief Executive of the Federation and Commander- In –Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation”.
“Section 131 states: “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of President if –

*He is a citizen of Nigeria by birth;
*He has attained the age of forty – years.
*He is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and
*He has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.

Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said on Friday that Nigerians who have an issue with the credentials submitted by candidates contesting next year’s elections are free to challenge such claims in court.
Citing Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act as amended, the INEC chair said: “Each candidate nominated by a political party is required to provide details of his/her personal particulars by personally completing the Form CF001 and to swear an affidavit at the Federal High Court, a High Court of a State or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Within seven (7) days from the close of submission of these documents, the Commission is required to publish the Form in the constituencies that candidates seek to represent as required by Section 31(3) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).
“This will give the general public the opportunity to view the affidavit of personal particulars of those who aspire to represent them.
“Any person with reasonable ground to believe that any information on Form CF001 submitted by a candidate contains incorrect or false claims is at liberty to file an action against such candidate at the Federal High Court or the High Court of a State or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).”






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Incompetent president. Let him step down because he is not qualified to rule Nigeria

There is no honour amongst thieves

Am tired of this nation.
This president be embarrassing us back to back like a diss track

May God purnish all of you.

Truth be told, Buhari does not have a school cert.

Him being a military general doesn't change anything. We've seen graduates, even professors thatve been known to have forged their Waec certificates...should we because they are professors now ignore that?

If you go for a job interview that requires a First school leaving certificate, If you like be a noble winning professor, you must produce that primary school cert.

Bihari is not the only military man in his era..obj and others still have their school certificate .

OMNIVIRUS:
Am tired of this nation.

This president be embarrassing us back to back like a diss track

Very unfortunate

Maxymilliano:


The Military did not say they lost it. They said it's not with them.

What's the difference between six and half a dozen?

Don't worry Buhari is writing another WAEC

AnyoneButAtiku:


What's the difference between six and half a dozen?

I don't have something doesn't mean i lost it.....it could mean it was never In my possession at all.....stop twisting the narrative.

OMNIVIRUS:
Am tired of this nation.

This president be embarrassing us back to back like a diss track

Mumu, the WAEC registrar for that period has already confirmed that Buhari was awarded a school leaving cert.
I will take his word over a certain coke-sniffing character and his band of untutored scallywags anytime.

Will APC say the same thing if they were to be in the opposition party?


Not having a certificate now seems normal to be a president, but an average Nigerian graduate will be asked for 10 years experience for a #60,000 job at the age of 23.

A certificateless dullard is leading a country filled with highly educated people SMH.

naijapips02:


I don't have something doesn't mean i lost it.....it could mean it was never In my possession at all.....stop twisting the narrative.

Another tosser.

I suppose it takes a more than a single digit IQ to figure that you don't get into sixth form, without satisfying certain prerequisites, as Buhari clearly did.

So Dasuki's politicised Army HQ said it only found a testimonial in his file? Wasn't it also beholden to Fayose's antics in Ekiti (read #EkitiGate) and many other acts of perfidy under Jonathan's administration?

I beg commot make I see better climate.
Trumpanzees who stand logic on its head annoy me.

#AnyOneButAtiku

AnyoneButAtiku:


Another tosser.

I suppose it takes a more than a single digit IQ to figure that you don't get into sixth form, without satisfying certain prerequisites, as Buhari clearly did.

So Dasuki's politicised Army HQ said it only found a testimonial in his file? Wasn't it also beholden to Fayose's antics in Ekiti (read #EkitiGate) and many other acts of perfidy under Jonathan's administration?

I beg commot make I see better climate.
Trumpanzees who stand logic on its head annoy me.

#AnyOneButAtiku

What's this zombie yapping about?

GuyWise:
A certificateless dullard is leading a country filled with highly educated people SMH.

^^^See another one of Nairalsnd's poorly educated urchins grasping at straws. It is not your fault - I blame our decrepit school system to a large extent.

naijapips02:


What's this zombie yapping about?

Why don't you consult a more intelligent member of your community?

Even the detractor from Ota understands how much of a distraction this issue is.

Obasanjo spoke about Buhari Certificate -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LopZ8d3whPQ

P.S - At no time have I given unqualified support to Buhari, I simply take the view that it has to be #AnyoneButAtiku

Waec should settle this once and for all. Does it mean it doesn't exist in their database.

He never had, and still does not have a certificate, end of story.

Omeokachie:
He never had, and still does not have a certificate, end of story.

And you know this for a #FACT because...

I was the principal of Fiditi Grammar School, Oyo State, at age 26 in 1956 and produced the first set of students in 1959. I ensured that the school was stabilised before I joined the West African Examinations Council. I also established a football team and the late Teslim (Thunder) Balogun came from Ibadan to train my boys. They went on to win all their matches in the western region and even defeated the University of Ibadan football team 12-0. With that level of achievements, I joined the West African Examination Council as a pioneer staff. I was the first substantive Nigerian Assistant Registrar. I took over the control of the examination from the University of Cambridge.I took examiners to Cambridge for training across 10 years and trained them in Nigeria. I had the opportunity of issuing WAEC certificates to three former Heads of State: Buhari, Abacha and Babangida in the 60s. When I was in WAEC, I was put on the council of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1966 by the national government of Aguiyi Ironsi. I was put on three important committees. The vice-chancellor and others were interested that I became a full staff of the university which I was not really keen about. But I finally accepted out of pressure. When I was serving on the council of the University of Ife, I was among the three-member committee selected by Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the first chancellor. I was on the council that installed him in 1967.

Source: https://punchng.com/issued-buharis-waec-certificate-ex-registrar-86/

Buhari had claimed that the Military board was with his certificates but the Military board came out to deny this in a publication that they are not with Buhari's certificates.

Now that he has been president and has the executive power to order the presentation, why hasn't he done that?

Adesina is lying by saying Buhari won his certificate case in court. Buhari was charged to court to force him to present his certificate. What the dullard did was unprecedented. He went to hire dozens of SANs to institute perpetual injunction. And the lawyer who filed the prosecution was forced to flee.

The War College where Buhari is claimed to have got his master's degree didn't claim Buhari got a master's degree there. There is a difference between an academic degree and a certificate course. Buhari was in the war college for a certificate course. Anyone can undergo a certificate course in any Uni in the world without prerequisites. In Harvard, it starts from $3,000. That's what Chika Ike did.

The least duration for a master's degree full time at that war college is ten months. Buhari was of course never there for that period, which validates the claim that he was there for a course.

Ojukwu joined the Nigeria Army with a degree from Oxford in 1957. Obasanjo joined the Nigeria Army in 1958 with a secondary school certificate. Buhari joined the Nigeria Army with a promissory note in 1962. Babangida joined the Nigeria Army in 1962 with a secondary school certificate. Abacha joined the Nigeria Army in 1962 with a secondary school certificate.

Ojukwu presented his qualifications when he sought to run for president.

Obasanjo presented his qualifications when he sought to run for president.

Buhari who joined the military many years after those I listed above did, is claiming the military collected his originals. Where did others get their own from to submit to INEC?

A man can not give what he does not have. Because of Buhari's obvious stunted intellect and multiple failures in military exams, he became a career coupist by being the only officer in his peer to partake in the 1966, 1975 and 1983 coups.

lol.

There you have it. The military lost Buhari's certificates so we shouldn't bother him again.

It's unfortunate how this Buhari/APC govt frequently insults the intelligence of Nigerians.

ignant:
Buhari had claimed that the Military board was with his certificates but the Military board came out to deny this in a publication that they are not with Buhari's certificates.

Now that he has been president and has the executive power to order the presentation, why hasn't he done that?

Adesina is lying by saying Buhari won his certificate case in court. Buhari was charged to court to force him to present his certificate. What the dullard did was unprecedented. He went to hire dozens of SANs to institute perpetual injunction. And the lawyer who filed the prosecution was forced to flee.

The War College where Buhari is claimed to have got his master's degree didn't claim Buhari got a master's degree there. There is a difference between an academic degree and a certificate course. Buhari was in the war college for a certificate course. Anyone can undergo a certificate course in any Uni in the world without prerequisites. In Harvard, it starts from $3,000. That's what Chika Ike did.

The least duration for a master's degree full time at that war college is ten months. Buhari was of course never there for that period, which validates the claim that he was there for a course.

^^^Arrant nonsense.
All our security forces played along to a certain script - an incontrovertible fact that even my dog understands.
Sambo Dasuki, David Mark and others feared for what was to come after he won the APC Presidential primaries - so it came as no surprise that incendiary rants about the "islamisation of Nigeria", "a missing certificate", "his advanced age", and more followed.

But let me cure you of your ignorance on other matters.
#1 It was Prof Sagay who said Buhari's diploma was the equivalent of a Master's degree, not Buhari himself.
#2 If Buhari gained admission to the Mons Officers Cadet School on the basis of his qualification at the time, the issue of a missing certificate is redundant.

Now even allowing for a bit of conjecture here...does the fact that all Professors in Nigeria are now required to have a doctorate degree invalidate Wole Soyinka's Professorship. You see, I have decided to entertain your logic for a microsecond - in order to demonstrate just how puerile it is.

#AnyoneButAtiku

AnyoneButAtiku:


^^^Arrant nonsense.
All our security forces played along to a certain script - an incontrovertible fact that even my dog understands.

But let me cure you of your ignorance on other matters.
#1 It was Prof Sagay who said Buhari's diploma was the equivalent of a Master's degree, not Buhari himself.
#2 If Buhari gained admission to the Mons Officers Cadet School on the basis of his qualification at the time, the issue of a missing certificate is redundant.

Now even allowing for a bit of conjecture here...does the fact that all Professors in Nigeria are now required to have a doctorate degree invalidate Wole Soyinka's Professorship. You see, I have decided to entertain your logic for a microsecond - in order to demonstrate just how puerile it is.

#AnyoneButAtiku

I don't usually reply to ignorant filths on nairaland.

The Nigerian officers were at Mons Officers Cadet School for military certificate courses. The only prerequisite was that they were to be referred there by governments. There was no academic prerequisite. The least duration for a cadet degree at MOCS was three years. NONE of the Nigerian officers were there for more than six months. Fact check this with their profiles on Wikipedia etc.

Don't quote me again with your ignorance.