₦airaland Forum

GovWahala:
He should go and Secure his Certipicate first. Nonsense!
GEJ till Buhari speaks in tongue.

adanny01:
Shimon Peres, Israeli President, 90
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President, 89
King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, 89
Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian President, 88
Giorgio Napolitalo, Italian President, 88
Queen Elizabeth II, UK, 87
Kim Yong-Nam, North Korean Ceremonial Head of State, 85
King Bhumibol Abdulyadej, Thailand, 85
King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, Malaysia, 85
Arthur Foulkes, The Bahamas' Governor General, 85
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Some of these are up to 16 years older than Buhari with a lot more others and the average age for world leaders is 60.3. If Buhari is 80 and has the wisdom, courage and dedication to move Nigeria forward i shall vote him 100 times over than vote GEJ without these essential leadership qualities.

Reolam:
D man has contested 3times already y is dis an issue now. Was INEC sleeping den.

coogar:
it begs the question - why would buhari lie about his documents as far back as 1961? christ - he was just about 18 then. you mean people could make fake claims and just walk into nigerian army without proper verification?

the 60s cannot be compared to the level of moral decadence that obtains today. WAEC should come out and clear this air. nigerians deserve to know the truth about this, politics aside.




WAEC should present that.....
the fact that a man lost his certificate does not prove he never had one.

coogar:
"he will pass WAEC" is not any different from reference letters we get that we would be of best behaviour. this does not prove he didn't sit for the exams.

coogar:
in an interview with the Punch on Jan. 4th 2015, Brig.-Gen. Olaleye said: ‘Every serving and retired Army officer has at least a copy of his certificates and credentials kept in the Nigerian Army while that same serving and retired officer has copies of those same certificates and credentials’.


why is general olaleye making a u-turn that they don't keep copies of certificates? can you not see GEJ's fingers in this conspiracy?



victim?
how is he a victim? is there any empirical evidence buhari didn't sit or pass his WAEC in 1961?

coogar:
i dunno why it's taken nigerians so long to figure this out. nigerians should storm the WAEC office in their millions & demand buhari's certificate. i am sure jonathan's cronies in the army stole that certificate from his file.




and if INEC isn't such a porous, corrupt organisation, they should have caught buhari pants down in his first attempt. why has it taken them this long to find out buhari may have lied in all his forms since 2003?

admit it, INEC is not competent.

coogar:
so if buhari qualifies with or without WAEC certificate, what's the noise about then? perjury? perjury my white bütt - how did buhari contest in the last election if he didn't have a certificate? you mean INEC never verified whatever credentials buhari must have submitted back then?

Collynzo419:
Press Statement by General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on the School Certificate Issue
Good Morning , Gentlemen of the Press.
I only consented to address you this morning because of the genuine concern expressed by many supporters and other well-meaning Nigerians that the issue be addressed. Otherwise, I would have dismissed it for what it is—sheer mischief and would not have considered it an issue worth the nation’s while.
I had assumed all along that all my records were in the custody of the Military Secretary of the Nigerian Army. Much to my surprise, we are now told that although a record of the result is available, there are no copies of the certificates in my personal file. This is why I formally requested my old school the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina [which is now known as Government College, Katsina] to make available the school’s copy of the result of the Cambridge/West African School Certificate. This will be made available to the press the moment this is available.
However, before we obtain that, let me say for the record that I attended Provincial Secondary School, Katsina. I graduated in 1961 with many prominent Nigerians, including General Shehu Yar’adua, former chief of staff at the Supreme Headquarters, and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, a former President of the Court of Appeal. We sat for the University of Cambridge/WASC Examination together in 1961, the year we graduated. My examination number was 8280002, and I passed the examination in the Second Division.
And although the ruling party may want to wish this away, the issue in this campaign cannot be my certificate which I obtained 53 years ago. The issues are the scandalous level of unemployment of millions of our young people, the state of insecurity, the pervasive official corruption which has impoverished our people and the lack of concern of the government for anything other than the retention of power at all costs.
Thank you very much.

General Muhammadu Buhari

coogar:
this is exactly the reason i said INEC should use the courts to order WAEC to release buhari's result. if INEC can't do it, PDP should do it or hold their peace.

why is this certificate matter distracting us away from the big picture? i can't wait for GEJ & his cronies to be swept away by tsunami. i hope his hat will allow him to swim back to otuoke.

i have seen more intelligent donkeys in a circus than GEJ.

dallyemmy:
Section 318(1) of the said constitution, which is the interpretation Section. It becomes crystal clear, upon a careful reading of the said Interpretation Section, that even persons whose educational qualifications are below the Secondary School Leaving Certificate/level and its equivalent are still qualified to contest election, if they possess the Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent along with the other requirements listed under the said definition Section (Section 318(1)).

For the avoidance of doubt, Section 318(1) provides:

“School Certificate or its equivalent” means -

(a)      a Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, or Grade II Teacher’s Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate; or

(b)      education up to Secondary School Certificate level; or

(c)      Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and-

(i)       service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for a minimum of ten years, and

(ii)      attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may be acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for periods totalling up to a minimum of one year, and

(iii)     the ability to read, write, understand and communicate in the English language to the satisfaction of the Independent National Electoral Commission; and

(d) any other qualification acceptable by the Independent National Electoral Commission;”

There is the need to acknowledge the trite rule of interpretation of Statutes which is to the effect that a Section of a Statute should not be construed in isolation. All sections in a Statute must be interpreted conjunctively, especially where the Statute has a definition Section, as it is the case with the 1999 Constitution (as amended).Section 131(d) must therefore be construed in conjunction with Section 318(1) of the constitution which defines the words “School Certificate or its equivalent.”

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Ironically the only thing that will save GMB from prison for lying under oath right now is a military coup.. [/color]

datribune:
Hahahaha who is d ignorant one here. Re-read my posts & urs & see who is ignorant about d happenings back then. In my earlier post i enumerated d problems in d nigeria of 1983 so dat u can know dat d problem was beyond dat of corruption. d error u make is dat u trivialize d problem as being a problem of corruption. It was beyond corruption. It was about preventing d nation from sinking into chaos because of d economic situation brought about by d actions of profligate & corrupt politicians. drastic problems deserve drastic situations. Those countries u mentioned didn't hav d problem dat nigeria had. A country dat had a similar problem was Ghana & they adopted a more drastic solution than Nigeria did. Did Buhari's action help to save our country frm a descent into imminent anarchy & bring relief to hapless nigerians. U bet it did.

Kenai:
I swear, I'm so ready for these people.
For many years, they've been misinforming the public with ENDLESS LAYERS of LIES.
But as they say, facts are sacred!

Already, the buffoons are doing the best they can to like their own posts on the first page using their multiple Nairaland handles, but they shall be exposed.

I'm going to keep humiliating these liars one by one, and every fake story they've tried to spin to deceive the public about this coupist bastard, shall be exposed.

So far:

* Buhari slashed inflation - BUSTED
* Buhari's daughter is married to an Igbo man - BUSTED
* Buhari built refineries - BUSTED
* Buhari was not corrupt - BUSTED
* Buhari actually imported our refined oil - REVEALED
* Buhari has a Master's Degree - BUSTED

And even with the way things are going, the lid might soon be blown open to reveal that Buhari actually never had any O-Level certificate to begin with. If it turns out to be true, then it would mean he was never supposed to be a General in the first place.

Now, tell me how a man who thrives on so much lies would "foit kworrapshun".

slickblaze:
Any body that says School Certificate does not matter is also saying that westetn education is a crime. I believe that is full definition of boko haram.

AnanseK:
PDP talking about lies for God's sake.

We have a humble, responsible noble highly educated man who is ready do good work and to respect Nigerians even to retract and apologies foe errors identified that is what we need.

Has GEJ apologized for the 300 abducted Chibok school girls ?
Has he apologized for the 1,000,000.00 internally displaced persons ( refugees) and the thousands of deaths caused by his misrule and incompetence ?
Has he apologized for the $20 billion stolen from NNPC?
Has he apologized for the clandestine arms smuggling from SA ?
Has he apologized for Stella Oduah's blatant corruption which he ignored Nigerians and carried the criminal along with him in his trips?
Has he apologized for the 10 billion Naira rent of aircraft by one of his corrupt ministers even though he has 11 presidential jets maintained by the country?
My countrymen we need change - and not paltry ten Naira change the clueless government gave us as a bribe for our votes.

eluquenson:
NY Times have been paid for all these research but the simple truth is that no one believes all these fallacies and it has no impact in our decision for CHANGE.

Let APC present cockroach as Presidential candidate...we will vote for him.

Dee60:
But what has Jonathan done in SIX years? No pact, no agreement, just gave a field day to SUBSIDY thieves and looters of crude oil.

datribune:
How clueless can anyone be to refer to Shagari's govt as a democracy. It was a kleptocracy consisting of d worst set of criminals masquerading as politicians who looted our nation to bankruptcy in d worst recession in our history. d thieving politicians particularly of d NPN, looted d nation to d extent dat no one would borrow d heavily indebted Nigeria any more money. There was no food, no money. Soap, milk, sugar etc popularly called essential commodities disappeared from d shelves just like in Zimbabwe. d federal govt could not pay staff salaries. Few states were able to apply d IMO FORMULA - (half salary) pioneered by Kalu Idika Kalu d then Imo state comm 4 finance. Multinationals like kingsway, UTC, PZ etc left d country. Daily more people became unemployed. In short d economy collapsed. There was utter chaos & tension as more & more people joined d queue of d unemployed. No food, no jobs, no salaries. d nation was a time bomb & a descent to anarchy was imminent. U ar talking of institutions. smh. Is it not when u hav a nation dat u will talk of institutions?. Pls don't thru ignorance of happenings back then trivialize what was a serious national emergency. d reason why knowledgeable people revere GMB even today is because they know dat in 1983 Nigeria was d better because of Buhari's coup. I told u what Ghana did to those dat landed them in a similar position. Is Ghana not d better because of Rawlings actions?. Pls don't defend thieves.

datribune:
Ur trivialization of d issue shows u know little or nothing about what obtained in or d kind of trouble nigeria was in, in those heady days. Hehehehe U hav no idea.
When faced wit d same problem dat nigeria had, Ghana under Jerry Rawlings executed their politicians including 3 former heads of states while nigeria under General Buhari merely overthrew & imprisoned our politicians.
U talk of removing them thru elections & I tell u dat they came in thru an election dat used to be reffered to back then as d stolen presidency. d NPN never believed in & would never leave via free & fair elections.
Pls educate urself about d happenings in Nigeria during d 2nd republic & u will know why decades after & inspite of one of d most vicious media attacks, knowledgeable people still highly revere d General & yearn 4 his return. d nation owes him tons of gratitude 4 stepping up & answering d call of d nation when it needed a leader. History will be kind to GMB.

emiye:
Dont miscontrue me, what i meant is there is no guarantee that sustained democracy would have helped the Nigerian state.

I took a cursory study of african states, there are 53+ of them, and i discovered that most of the head of the democracies of those period became dictatorial as time progresses and with crude might tried to convert the country to One party state, using the other arms of government like the legislature and judiciary. The 1983 elections was worse off and a greater disaster than the 1979 elections, and UPN Ajasin was rigged off in 1983 for NPN Omoboriowo, Bola Ige of UPN was rigged off for NPN Olunloyo, ....., NPN was drowning UPN , and that Shagari government with majority in the house would most likely have manipulated the constitution to remove term limits before the 1987 elections, that was the trend of that era. Even OBJ tried to achieve term elongation.

I am sorry to mentioned only two cases in Africa, there are close to 20 something cases in Africa.

menesheh:
Hear our illiterate General acceptance speech at teslim balogun

Phalo kwontenstant flease i want all of youa to kwofrate with me so we can move naigeria poward. If you ilate me as feresident of naigeria my gwovemant will ensurea zat kwarraption will be a zin of za fast.

Afc frogressive.

I don die. Tinubu na God go mend you

datribune:
Buhari's coup though unconstitutional was patriotic & even more necessary than d doctrine of necessity dat ended imminent crises & brought GEJ to power. dat coup dat ridded Nigeria of d NPN, d ancestor of d PDP, which consisted of d worst set of criminals to be found anywhere in d world is probably one of d greatest acts of patriotism by any nigerian, living or dead. d NPN crooks did not get to power thru free & fair elections, an election dat late Tai Solarin reffered to as a STOLEN PRESIDENCY & they would not leave via elections. dat coup by Buhari is to date one of d greatest acts of patriotism by any nigerian, living or dead.