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Abeg, is Buhari computer literate? I don't want an old school president who will say, "where is my secretary? Abeg, check my email for me".

musicwriter:
Maths is not just about 1+1 so your view is very simplistic to say the least. Maths is life!. Maths make physics posible, maths makes chemistry possible. Everyday whether you're aware of it or not you're solving maths questions in your daily life. But, that's not where it ends. You think that's where it ends?.
The problem is you can't conceptualize maths. Very few will understand what I'm talking about.

Yes. I understand you. I am saying that we should study simple mathematics in our universities so that we can apply them to real life. Why study mathematics that is only useful for academic exercise only? Mathematics that can not solve simple life's problem is useless, just like differentiation, integration, topology, abstract algebra e.t.c! Period.

killsmith:
have u heard of fluid mechanics?...quantuum mechanics...topology....tensor analysis?......engineers and economists largely make use of differentiation and integration...don't expose ur ignorance next time...cheers!

I have heard more of all those including Abstract Algebra, but all the nonsense ended in the 4 walls of the university. Why waste precious time studying what can not better ones life. Life is simple. Why waste time trying to prove what some men saw in the spirit world?

ebubest19:
Are you an Engineer, Physicist or does your area of specialilization involves more of mathemathics?

I have lived with all of the mentioned. None of them have used integration or differentiation to solve practical problems. All I see them use are every day mathematics. In fact, I met an engineer installing an equipment in our office. I saw him open a manual. Out of curiosity, I peeped into the manual to see whether he was using differentiation and integration. Behold, he was using a simple linear equation and was just substituting figures to set the equipment. To satisfy my curiosity, I asked him why he was not using integration and differentiation. He said, "My brother, leave those things alone. They are difficult and stopped in the 4 walls of the university". I was like, why waste ones time studying what will not be used in real life situation?

musicwriter:
Sorry, you have a wrong concept of mathematics, same problem with many of us in Africa. We can't conceptualize science. Maths is not used for all those things you mentioned but common sense.

Maths is used in real life for example; calculating the best code to write softwares to power machines, calculating the best mechanisms in robotics design, calculating the best way to make a mobile phone weigh less, e.t.c. It's mostly used in engineering. If you use computer, mobile phone, e.t.c the calculations that make the machines work were done by mathematicians.

The same story my lecturer told me. What I'm saying is, do you use integration and differentiation to calculate the best code for softwares, best mechanism in robotics design etc. I have stayed with practicing engineers and all I see them using are simple every day mathematical equations like, Area = Length x Breadth, V= u +at, where figures are substituted into the formula and their job is done. No integration and differentiation or Abstract Algebra.

ebubest19:
Every Physicist, Chemist, Engineer,The military, Pharmacist and Doctors must be grounded i mathematics, even in football mathematic is comming into play.
For instance, for the military to lounch a missile, the must have the idea of projectile motion- which has alot of Physics and Mathematics.
By the way the man who invented the computer is a mathematics.

This was the answer my maths 101 lecturer gave me when I asked same question. But I have not seen where differentiation and integration have been used to solve real life problems. The mathematics I have seen even the engineers using is elementary mathematics like the ones we did in primary and secondary schools. Integration and differentiation ends in the 4 walls of the university. Am I wrong?

smartleo:
Of all the pastor said and explained,still you don't understand,may God open your eyes of understanding...

And when Jesus said, "don't you know I must be in my father's business", did he join in the buying and selling or He chased away the money mongers?
Meanwhile, ask the pastor how much looted Nigerian money is in his bank account as tithes and offerings. Bloody criminals!

ebubest19:
You are wrong.
Without mathematics, you won't be on nairaland

How?

Business in deed!

Seeing the way some guys rattle mathematics here, a genuine thought just came into my head. Why is it that great mathematicians are not the richest (money) in the world?.
Reason: Most of the things they do in advanced mathematics are for entertainment/fun (call them games) and can not be applied to real life situations. Otherwise, can any mathematics teacher/student here tell me whether they have integrated or differentiated their problems and arrived at a real life solution? For instance, you are broke and you applied integration or differentiation to the problem and produced money.
Note: I love mathematics.

iyb:
Na Lie so why is it that women with rich husbands go out to look for nice strong bulala outside

Na true o.

That is the way to go. People first. Well done and keep it up.
However, be wary of false/anti-people advisers.

Hmm. CV of a military leader and a democratic leader.

20pounds:
...but Buhari has not been to prison yet. When is he going to prison to spend his own 27 years before becoming President?

Eziachi:
Army training at Aldershot is regarded all over the world as the Oxford or Harvard of the military. It's very much equivalent to a University degree.

So you got your degree in less than a year, eh? Did you observe that Buhari was at Aldershot for less than a year? What does that tell you? I tell you, he must have failed there and the Northern cabal (born to rule) brought him to NMTC to get automatic promotion.

HonourablePomk:
This CV shows Buhari worked his way up to that level through hardwork both in Nigeria and Diaspora. He is a Security Expert, He uses resources available at the moment to deal with issues in his regime people can testify to this. He saves his country from International Disgrace . . .

SAI BUHARI

Necessary CIVIL qualification (NOT MILITARY qualifications) is the basic and starting point requirement for any one to aspire for political positions. Even if you can turn sand into garri for the masses and you lack that constitutional requirement, you are disqualified. Period.

fagbalex:
certificate is not the prerequisite for the position of leadership , is it not your face shoeless doctorate degree holder saying stealing is not corruption. The position of leadership is the ability to rule and govern the the populace, your certificate and what so ever does not guarantee you to have the ideal potential of a good leader. shikena

So we should burn the constitution for demanding necessary academic qualification for leadership?

Jesusloveyou:
buhari is much more qualify than obj and david mark.or u did not check d constitution to see minimal qualification.?

Even with your "JESUSLOVEYOU", you de lie. This is what we are talking about. You will soon tell me it is GEJ's fault that you are lying. Na wa o.

Caseless:
ur paymaster who is a Phd holder has failed us, so what do we need qualification for at this tryin times? Buhari has a better qualification than gej, as he has used his military on many war fronts. Tel me where gej has used his phd. Tell me his students or those he has taught. Give me link to any research he has done. Until u provide me with these info, gej's Phd is a white-elephant one.
Can u give me d qualification of obj?

What you are saying is inconsistent with the constitution of Nigeria and is therefore declared null and void to the extent of its inconsistency.
Haba, how can you compare OBJ and Buhari? OBJ leads, the difference is clear. Buhari is a product of quota system, even Buhari knows this.

Jesusloveyou:
is doctor of animal qualified to rule nigeria?

YES. Check the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria, if in doubt.

fagbalex:
certificate is not the prerequisite for the position of leadership , is it not your face shoeless doctorate degree holder saying stealing is not corruption. The position of leadership is the ability to rule and govern the the populace, your certificate and what so ever does not guarantee you to have the ideal potential of a good leader. shikena

Even the constitution recognises the need to have requisite qualification before vying for certain positions. So, who am I to be inconsistent with the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria?

Reptyle:
The level of ignorance on this nairaland.com is alarming. I wonder if you people know the amount of education and training that goes into making a General in the Nigerian Armed Forces....or any armed forces anywhere in the world.

Military people usually get to attend some of the best schools in the world. One of the best tertiary institutions in Nigeria for instance is the Defence Academy in Kaduna. Soldiers graduate from there with a degree and go on to attend various A. Rated training programmes all over the world.

Your average Nigerian military officer (commisioned) is exposed to the kind of education and training some of you can only dream of but won't ever be able to achieve.

OP is here asking if Buhari, a retired military General and a decorated war hero has a degree

People are responding describing Buhari as an illiterate
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So much ignorance I tell you.

To the highlighted, it is present day officers that have academic qualifications comparable to civilians. Most of those old generals would not even be commissioned officers in the present day military. The academic gap is so wide. Be educated also that the time it took those old officers to make a general will not even take a modern day officer to the rank of a Major. ALso, take critical note of the fact that in the 60s and 70s, Northern officers were promoted based on quota system, not on performance (confirmed information).
Buhari with his military qualifications is fit in a military government but in a democracy I doubt.

wildrose21:
God bless your generation....

Buhari attended Nigerian Military Training College not NDA per say. It is true that NMTC evolved into NDA but the crux of the matter is that NDA became a degree awarding institution from 1985 to date. Take note of the time line.

OrlandoOwoh:
Typical of TAN, you're saying an irrelevant thing. The question he is, who said Nigeria would be made ungovernable?

What is the difference in meaning between "Nigeria would be made ungovernable" and "...Dog and baboon will be soaked in blood..."?

readone1:
Muhammadu Buhari - Bio data
Born in Daura, Katsina State , on 17 December
1942.
Education
Attended Primary School in Daura and
Mai 'adua , 1948 -1952
Attended Katsina Model School in 1953 and
Katsina Provincial Secondary School ( now
Government College Katsina) from
1956- 1961 .
Joined the then Nigerian Military Training
School, Kaduna in 1963 .
Attended Officer ' s Cadet School in Aldershot
(United Kingdom ), October 1963
Attended Platoon Commanders ' Course at the
Nigerian Military College, Kaduna, 1964
Attended the Mechanical Transport Officer ' s
Course at the Army Mechanical Transport
School in Borden (United Kingdom) 1965
Studied at the Defense Services ' Staff College,
Wellington ( India ), 1973
Attended the United States Army War College,
June 1979 to June 1980 .
Military Career
Platoon Commander , 2nd Infantry Battalion,
1963- 1964 ;
Mechanical Transport Officer , Lagos Garrison ,
1964- 1965 ;
Transport Company Commander , 2nd Infantry
Brigade , 1965 -1966 ;
Battalion Adjutant/Commander , 2nd Infantry
Brigade , 1966 -1967 ;
Brigade Major , 2nd Sector, 1st Infantry
Division, April to July, 1967;
Brigade Major , 3rd Infantry Division, August
1967 - October 1968 ;
Acting Commander , 4 th Sector, 1st Division ,
November 1968 - February 1970 ;
Commander , 31st Infantry Brigade , 1st Infantry
Division, February 1970 - June 1971 ;
Assistant Adjutant- General , 1st Infantry
Division Headquarters , July 1971 - December
1972;
Colonel, General Staff, 3rd Infantry Division
Headquarters, January 1974 - September
1974;
Acting Director Supply and Transport , Nigeria
Army Corps Headquarters , September 1974 -
July 1975 ;
Military Governor, North Eastern State of
Nigeria , August 1975 - March 1976 ;
Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources,
March 1976 - June 1978 ;
Chairman, Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, June 1978 - July 1978 ;
Military Secretary , Army Headquarters , July
1978 - June 1979 ;
Member , Supreme Military Council , July 1978
- June 1979 ;
General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry
Division, August 1980 - January 1981 ;
General Officer Commanding, 3rd Armoured
Division, November 1981 - December 1983 ;
Head of State and Commander - in-Chief of the
Nigerian Armed Forces , December 1983 -
August 1985 .
Executive Chairman of the Petroleum (Special )
Trust Fund (PTF ), 21 March 1995 - May 1999.
Awards
GCFR : Grand Commander of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria
DSM: Defense Service Medal
NSM: National Service Medal
GSM: General Service Medal
LSGCM : Loyal Service and Good Conduct
Medal
FSS : Forces Service Star
CM: The Congo Medal
Honourary Doctorate Degrees
10 December 1994 : Honorary Doctor of
Science degree ( honoris causa ) conferred on
Buhari by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University ,
Bauchi.
21 December 1996 : Honorary Doctor of Letters
degree ( honoris causa) conferred on Buhari by
the University of Calabar .
6 June 1998 : Honorary Doctor of Law degree
(honoris causa) conferred on Buhari by Benue
State University .

What you have downloaded here are military qualifications suitable for despotic leadership. We are in a democracy, you know. And I don't think the "honorary" degrees should be accepted as ACADEMIC qualifications.
PDP should carry out further scrutiny of Buhari's academic qualification vis a vis the constitutional requirement.

chemali:
He went to the Nigerian Defence Academy, Defence services staff college, United States Army War College and Mons Officer Cadet School. The Nigerian Defence Academy is described as the only military university in Nigeria.

Please, don't say what you know nothing about. The NDA became a degree awarding institution in 1985. Did Buhari attend NDA from 1985 to date? The others you mentioned are military courses that offer MILITARY certificates.

jayonpoint:
Dumbest of d highest!

D last tym I checked Jonathan was n stil a PhD holder, wat has he done wt d PhD? Does he even sound like a sch cert holder? We need change n Jonathan isn't d change GMB!

Are you saying we should ignore the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria because we need "change"? If so, it is very simple to cause change. Just mobilise all the AGBEROS in our garages and instigate them to kill and maim politicians and burn down their houses and destroy their properties. Abi, is this not a quicker way to achieve "change"?

OP, thanks for the post.
Imagine Nigerians cheating in the churches and mosques they worship God/Allah through contract to expand the church/mosque building and will blame GEJ for their actions. Am I to believe that the spirit of discerning what is good from what is bad has disappeared from our religious brothers and sisters?
I indeed pity GEJ because most Nigerians now see GEJ as the architect of their evil ways.

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