auwal87:

Gbam!

I think you need to be careful here, Auwal87, in order to avoid conflating distinct issues.
I say this because I have seen 1st degree holders in different fields of engineering describe themselves as 'engineers', when nothing could be further removed from the truth. What you've brought into shape focus now is a very Nigerian disease, unique and location-specific only

auwal87:

Whether he is ebira, hausa, yoruba, igbo, or any other tribe, the fact is that he is Nigerian.

Even the Oxford Princeton does not offer a "Diploma in Petroleum Management".

Havard also have never offered any program "Diploma of Business Management" or BSc or MA, or any MBA with concentration in Business Management. It is simpler if he had an MBA to just call it MBA rather than putting a Diploma in Business Management. I have seen many who put MBA after their name, if he really had any, he too could have put it there. At least I know. So  : .

Call Havard Business School on 1-617-495-6555
Call Oxford Saïd Business School on 44-186-527-8804

In case you don't know, Havard's website address is 'www.harvard.edu' and Oxford's website address is 'www.ox.ac.uk'.

Wait a minute.
The origins of the Oxford Princeton Programme lies in two entities known as: The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Oxford, UK) and Princeton Energy Programme (Princeton, New Jersey, USA). This much I wrote earlier.

Alhaji Abdullahi Kallamu graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State of Nigeria in 1981 with a B.Sc. in Accounting and PGD, Petroleum Management from the College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford, United Kingdom. He joined NNPC in 1988 and has worked in the Finance and Accounts Directorate in various capacities spanning 21 years -- http://dev.nnpcgroup.com/napims/AboutUs/NAPIMSNews/tabid/245/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/245/DR-AYO-BALOGUN-TAKES-CHARGE-IN-NAPIMS.aspx[/b]

Back to a question I posed a short while ago; what triggered this scrutiny of Mr Oniwon's credos?
Is this intended as pay back of some sort?
You are a brother from the North, right?

eGuerrilla:


Wait a minute.
The origins of the Oxford Princeton Programme lies in two entities known as: The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies (Oxford, UK) and Princeton Energy Programme (Princeton, New Jersey, USA). This much I wrote earlier.
Back to a question I posed a short while ago; what triggered this scrutiny of Mr Oniwon's credos?
Is this intended as pay back of some sort?
You are a brother from the North, right?

What triggered this scrutiny?

Ans. A fellow looking to enrol his son on the paths of the NNPC's GMD. Both University of Oxford, Havard University, does not offer any of the qualificationa that Austen claimed to have, more so, it was never on their inventory of programs offered by the Universities.

Ready, miss, fire!!!

Naija style,

Research skills are truly lacking in Nigerian students and researchers.

OP, you may be right but the data produced so far is circumstantial and poor.

eGuerrilla:

I think you need to be careful here, Auwal87, in order to avoid conflating distinct issues.
I say this because I have seen 1st degree holders in different fields of engineering describe themselves as 'engineers', when nothing could be further removed from the truth. What you've brought into shape focus now is a very Nigerian disease, unique and location-specific only

It should have a cure.

[b]We must get something right thus, he has a first degree in Chemistry which is com firmable. If that is d case going by how things are done abroad, a man who has worked for the NNPC since 1977, his experience rather than his paper certificate is his most valuable asset.

One thing we fail to realise in Nigeria is a higher second degree or Masters and a subsequent 3rd higher degree or PhD. are tailored towards lectureship, research & a specialist field which in d grand scheme of things does not necessary equate to managing a company. The former that is specialist degree is narrow and parochial, when compared to experience which can be all encompassing  that is d trend in d West and specifically in Britain where they tend to go for experience unlike America where certification is over emphasised and over flogged.

Nigeria has d right to choose d middle ground between these two extremities. That is each case should be determined by it's or her merit. On this occasion I would  suffice to say 34 years service to a company is no beans. It would be inconceivable to think a man that has been in a particular industry for 34 years does not know what he is doing and that a man who manage to gain a certificate from one of d iv league school barley 10 or even 5 years ago is in a better stead to run this organisation thereby discounting all d rough & tumble of the man that has spent 34 years.

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Not only in Nigeria, in Iran 2008, a minister faked an Oxford qualification;

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/08/13/iranian_interior_ministers_fake_oxford_diploma

It isn't a matter of he got experience, GEJ would have handed over to IBB if really experience matters. It is about honesty, he is handling the nation's wealth.

@poste,
If you claims are genuine, write a petition to the appropriate quarters

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@awwula87

You are missing d point, d top executives of d top 100 companies in Britain are run by people who has just first degrees in some instances no degree at all. Having said that this guy does not have to lie over one non existent Oxford degree, his experience is enough to see him through if anything.

KnowAll:

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@awwula87

You are missing d point, d top executives of d top 100 companies in Britain are run by people who has just first degrees in some instances no degree at all. Having said that this guy does not have to lie over one non existent Oxford degree, his experience is enough to see him through if anything.

What if he lied to get there?

He is not an entrepreneur, he didn't own the NNPC.

The fact is, if those qualifications were faked, how can the government trust him to become NNPC chief. They do not know, they should know, if nothing is done, them savvy, afterall, Nigeria is already in more big shit than the NNPC's boss qualification. Who knows how many people are out there holding big posts with fake certificates. Don't be surprised that even the easiest to confirm waec certificates are been faked, and nothing is done. I am all telling what I saw, and if I kept silent then I am falling in the traps too. Again, he might have used juju to silence people who will want to confirm his qualifications, it do happens, and it will keep happening, as long as we keep on keeping quite and silent over what we can solve by ourself. It is an all out war against corruption, fraud, it is a crusade, Nigerians must fight for the country, you are deceiving yourselves if you think someone from heaven can come down and rescue the country from the mess it is in now.

My words are reserved.

if the one he got from ABU is okay then what is the issue. afterall all degrees and certificates are useless to our development since we still need chincoman to train us how to push the button in our energy plant.

nakedall:

if the one he got from ABU is okay then what is the issue. afterall all degrees and certificates are useless to our development since we still need chincoman to train us how to push the button in our energy plant.

nakedall:

if the one he got from ABU is okay then what is the issue. afterall all degrees and certificates are useless to our development since we still need chincoman to train us how to push the button in our energy plant.

No, if guilty, then he must resign and face charges.

Alibaba and the forty thieves! Wonder when all these would end. How did this man get this job?

This should be further probed, if he is found wanting, then he must face the music.

No sacred cow is allowed. All talks about 34, 100 years or whatever experience is a no-no. Those kind of talks are poo.

emiye:

This should be further probed, if he is found wanting, then he must face the music.

No sacred cow is allowed. All talks about 34, 100 years or whatever experience is a no-no. Those kind of talks are poo.

Exactly my friend! Big No!

Oniwon - 34 years experience, BSc, Diploma?
Philip - 34 experience years, MEng, BSc
Yusuf - 31 years experience, PhD, MSc, BSc
Arokodare - 29 years experience, MBA, BSc
Babakusa - 23 years experience, MBA, BSc

Complete profiles > http://www.nnpcgroup.com/AboutNNPC/ExecutiveManagement.aspx

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Deleted from where?

@OP,

Can you open up the email you received confirming the non-existence of the degrees, take a screenshot and upload it here for all to see?

That would help cut a long story short.

i dont if this is a fraud, but over here they call certificate as diploma.

And havard may have cancelled the program. So call havard and find out.



Look having a PHD does not mean you have experience. Why do you think Prof Nnaji have not been able to solve the problem in Nigeria electricity. It is because he has PHD and lack experience to fix it. You see in Nigeria people with PHD do not have practical experience. I am speaking the truth.   What have taken now over 50 years to fix by nigeria PHD in electricity, I can tell you the solution because i once worked in a network environment.

So prof nnaji experience have not be useful. Oniwon reason for a certificate course may be because he lived abroad. even many year ago there was no master degree in IT abroad. most of the book in IT were written by people without master degree in IT or software. Most early people in IT only have certificate or diploma in the 90's and 80's. you can ask or verify this. and over here. It is hard to get a job with a PHD, if you dont get in the university. they will tell you, you are over qualified. It may be his reason. That why most nigerian with PHD drive taxi abroad. they cant find work. The academic field is filled up.  And they have loan to pay. it is not as easy as you people think in Nigeria.

So not to be turn down by employer as been too over qualified many job seekers go for certificate after graduating.  Even over here many of the white people do the same. Many african who end up having PHD and cant find job blame white people, calling them racist. and all form of name. They assume that abroad is nigeria. where paper qualification is big the only way. Over here experience is Number 1.   

Nobody will employ someone with no experience but many certificate over here over someone with experience. The first question they ask you. Do you have experience. ? if  the other man have experience, with less certificate. He get the job. And african over here call it racism. put yourself in the shoe of the employer. If he employ you. he will pay more for your PHD, even while you are useless to his company. while the man with experience with little certificate can do something for the growth of his company.

So the white man would not employ you over experience.   that why many nigerian with PHD run back home. not that abroad is totally bad. but they have loan to pay and no job.

who would want to live this picture for nigeria. except there is something wrong.
when you tell new nigerian the truth. they dont want to believe you.

i saw a wwhite lady some days ago with two degree , no job,  and she is now going back getting a certificate that can make her own business.  You have to understand , we are in a different society and their needs is different from nigeria. but nigerian assume it is the same.  and they claim racism for it.



even if you have a PHD and got a job teaching in the university, will you feed your family with 6 hours a week  teaching job.  you will be lucky to get 6 hours. go and find out.

Ok, next election don't tell us Jonathan holds a PhD therefore he qualifies as the thread keeps appearing above about Credentials. You have said it all.

Afterall, I am not claiming his qualifications are too low for the position he is holding, I am simply exposing the facts mentioned on the NNPC website that he studied at Harvard University and University of Oxford to obtain a Diploma in Business Management and a Diploma in Petroleum Management respectively.

The facts remain, explain where he got those qualifications, but not Oxford or Harvard as claimed. Simple.

I am not doing this because I want to paint one tribe with black paint, I am no fan of that. I am supporter of Buhari to the core, but cast doubt on him when he publicly deny that he is trying to Islamize Nigeria, which is untrue. As a Muslim, I know it is our duty to promote our religion, uphold our values, and what ever capacity we find ourselves. But he reject it because he is running for election, and he doesn't wan't to lose credibility. Anyway, I went off topic.

I will remain active in this investigation, as so far more itches have been found related to his work at NNPC and will be revealed soon.

did you call harvard university and ask. ? You see, why dont you first do the right thing. Havard university may have had the program before and cancel it. It is not nigeria, when a course have nobody wanting it. they cancel it. they may have cancelled the course.

this is why i dont associate so much with you nigerian, you are always looking for ways to pull people down. have you ever thought about building up people. rather than destroying them. think about this. life is to short for hate.

musiwa,,.:

did you call harvard university and ask. ? You see, why dont you first do the right thing. Havard university may have had the program before and cancel it. It is not nigeria, when a course have nobody wanting it. they cancel it. they may have cancelled the course.

this is why i dont associate so much with you nigerian, you are always looking for ways to pull people down. have you ever thought about building up people. rather than destroying them. think about this. life is to short for hate.

Yes, bob answered, he said they do not have any Diploma in Business Management.

auwal87:

Ok, next election don't tell us Jonathan holds a PhD therefore he qualifies as the thread keeps appearing above about Credentials. You have said it all.

Afterall, I am not claiming his qualifications are too low for the position he is holding, I am simply exposing the facts mentioned on the NNPC website that he studied at Harvard University and University of Oxford to obtain a Diploma in Business Management and a Diploma in Petroleum Management respectively.

The facts remain, explain where he got those qualifications, but not Oxford or Harvard as claimed. Simple.

I am not doing this because I want to paint one tribe with black paint, I am no fan of that. I am supporter of Buhari to the core, but cast doubt on him when he publicly deny that he is trying to Islamize Nigeria, which is untrue. As a Muslim, I know it is our duty to promote our religion, uphold our values, and what ever capacity we find ourselves. But he reject it because he is running for election, and he doesn't wan't to lose credibility. Anyway, I went off topic.

I will remain active in this investigation, as so far more itches have been found related to his work at NNPC and will be revealed soon.

Augustine O. Oniwon's Experience
GMD/NNPC
NNPC
Government Agency; Oil & Energy industry
January 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)

Is a global oil and Gas Industry.
MD
nnpc
Government Agency; Oil & Energy industry
January 2010 – September 2010 (9 months)

NNPC is an integrated Oil and Gas Company, engaged in adding value to the nation’s hydrocarbon resources for the benefit of all Nigerians and other stakeholders.
Augustine O. Oniwon's Education

Ahmadu Bello University
Masters, Engineering Design B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
1971 – 1975

GMD, NNPC May, 2010 to Date Group Executive Director, Refiningand Petrochemicals Directorate,April 2009 –May 2010
Group General Manager, Research& Development Division, 2005 -2009
Managing Director, ElemeP e t r o c h e m i c a l s C o m p a n yLimited, 2003-2005
Senior Technical Assistant to GMD& GM- I SD, Group ManagingDirector's Office, 2000-2003
General Manager, InformationSystems, Engineering &Technology Directorate, 1999-2000
Head, Engineering & TechnicalServices Department, Port HarcourtRefining Company, 1993-1999
Year of Employment February 15, 1977
Activities and Societies: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Harvard Business School, Boston, USA International Institute for ManagementDevelopment (IMD), Laussane, Switzerland. College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford, UK, Diploma, Petroleum Management Diploma Business Management Diploma Process Engineering Design B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry

Source: linkedin profile --- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/augustine-o-oniwon/19/b0b/b8b
You see, much as I had thought he did attend College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford.

abroad is not like nigeria. You get paid by the number of hours you work. In nigeria they get paid even when they dont work.  that why Airtel wanted to do to you people.

If you go for a PHD and the university gives you just 6 hours a week , how much is that.  My brother. the most important thing in life apart from God is money. And you do what make you money and not to please anyone ,  Look I know a lady whose  husband is a millionaire. And he does not have university education. He is white. He employ people with degree , And what he does is simple. What you nigerian who are too pround will never do for living.

You see pride kills nigerian. and nigerian love to show off. Ka re mi. Even when they dont have money, they pretend like they have and get into debt.

I will rather do what makes me money than PHD.

PHD does not pay bills,  I have a friend who lived in the USA many years go. creditors nearly killed him after the PHD. So he ran away to europe. Do you know how much a first degree to PHD cost. That why micheal jackson doctor kill him. He had bill to pay. And micheal jackson said he will not perform. He called him. Come here old boy. What nonsense are you talking about. You will not do what. So he inject him with pain killer. You either perform or die.

The man is only guilty of glossing up or sexing up his cv which he shouldn't have done because his first degree and experience more than qualifies him for d job. Many Nigerians fall into this unnecessary fad of collecting various post graduate degrees. Becomerich is Right saying Phd does not mean Shiiiiit h over here abroad except you want to go into research or something no wonder Dr. Nnaji is struggling to give us light, a technology that is almost 200 years old.

Poster, while you are at it, help us check out Orji Uzor Kalu, my former governor. He claims to have attended Harvard also. I seriously doubt it

@auwal87, just give it a break. you are doing a very poor job of this accusation.
Even if it was true, it makes no difference.NNPC is a cesspit of fraud and corruption.Whether this amn attended Said business school or bought a degree from that 419 set up in Oxford that sells degrees for a fee,it makes no difference.Whatever the man claims in his CV, it will not make NNPC any better.

jason2010:

Poster, while you are at it, help us check out Orji Uzor Kalu, my former governor. He claims to have attended Harvard also. I seriously doubt it

this is a more worthy cause to pursue.A harvard graduate that can barely speak English.

auwal well done jare, do not mind those attacking you, a man in charge of our wealth is found to have lied on his CV and people are saying it does not matter?

WaltherPPK:

  The man is not an Engineer, he did not do any engineering course nor pass any professional exams. He is only a graduate of chemistry.Being a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers those not make him one either, as COREN is the only body that can register engineers in Nigeria.So anybody who is not registered by COREN ( Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria) should not be addressed as such.

If you go by the account he provided on linkedin, he actually does possess an engineering degree.
Now I really don't know for certain if a 1 year masters degree meets the criteria for chartered status, although I would wager a bet it did back in 1975

Are we looking at a case of blatant dishonesty here? I seriously doubt it.

Augustine O. Oniwon's Experience
GMD/NNPC
NNPC
Government Agency; Oil & Energy industry
January 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)

Is a global oil and Gas Industry.
MD
nnpc
Government Agency; Oil & Energy industry
January 2010 – September 2010 (9 months)

NNPC is an integrated Oil and Gas Company, engaged in adding value to the nation’s hydrocarbon resources for the benefit of all Nigerians and other stakeholders.
Augustine O. Oniwon's Education

Ahmadu Bello University
Masters, Engineering Design B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
1971 – 1975

GMD, NNPC May, 2010 to Date Group Executive Director, Refiningand Petrochemicals Directorate,April 2009 –May 2010
Group General Manager, Research& Development Division, 2005 -2009
Managing Director, ElemeP e t r o c h e m i c a l s C o m p a n yLimited, 2003-2005
Senior Technical Assistant to GMD& GM- I SD, Group ManagingDirector's Office, 2000-2003
General Manager, InformationSystems, Engineering &Technology Directorate, 1999-2000
Head, Engineering & TechnicalServices Department, Port HarcourtRefining Company, 1993-1999
Year of Employment February 15, 1977
Activities and Societies: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Harvard Business School, Boston, USA International Institute for ManagementDevelopment (IMD), Laussane, Switzerland. College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford, UK, Diploma, Petroleum Management Diploma Business Management Diploma Process Engineering Design B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry

@Auwal87,

I can understand your bitterness. How dare a man from the "Slavish Bastard-North" (remember banza Bokwai) be the head of NNPC.
A position that well befit a true son of Arewa's "Royal-North" (remember Hausa Bokwai)

If Barkindo leave the stage, it's only make sense to replace him with "born-to-rule" Danbaba.
The rest of us can see through your gimmicks. You idiots only cry marginalization of the north when a position is not being held by an Hausa man; and when that position is given to someone from the middlebelt region of the north, you go sour. Hypocrite northener!

If Austen Oniwon is guilty, let him face the law.
Until then, your campaign of calumny and slander ain't worth shyt unless you can authentically back it up.
Until then, up you poop with a scoop, you self serving tribalist.

Auwal87 , mike adenuga sell kerosene for a living. femi Otedola sell kerosene for a living, Dangote sell cement bag for a living. what does that tell you about making money.