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ODUBEZE:
Don't be naive, most of these politicians hardly use their names to open a business or buy a property.

Put a sock in it, my friend.
Do you have any idea who John Obaro actually is?

Why don't you leave these matters to people who can follow a sequential time line of events.

Bio culled from the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) website.

John Tanimola Obaro is the Managing Director of Systemspecs Nigeria Limited, a company he nurtured from a 5-man Partner Agent of Systems Union, UK in 1992 to become a leading provider of the most widely deployed indigenous human capital software solution (HumanManager) and the most innovative and acceptable financial remittance solutions not only in Nigeria but also within the West African sub-regional market (Remita). These homegrown products are synonymous with the trademark for highest quality business software solutions most sought after in Nigeria today. The tons of indigenous, regional and international awards with which SystemSpecs has been conferred since inception attest to its all-round exceptional success.

He attended the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he graduated with a second class upper degree in Mathematics and Computer Science in 1979. He proceeded to earn an MBA from the University of Lagos in 1982 and was a member of one of the earliest sets of the distinguished Chief Executive Program of Lagos Business School at the Pan‐African University, Lagos.

Starting his work life at Leventis Technical, he moved on in 1982 to United Bank of Africa (UBA) for an exciting Systems Development role. In 1984 John joined the most respected bank in Nigeria at that time ‐ International Merchant Bank (IMB). Again by dint of exceptional performance and God’s favour, he became the Head, Information Systems of the bank and, in that position, led a team that implemented Nigeria’s first international banking application on a network linking Lagos and four other states. With this feat, John led a team that pioneered Nigeria’s online real‐time banking.

In 1992 John broke away from a most promising career in regular employment in this top‐notch bank to start a new company called SystemSpecs – a purely software house when many did not know the difference between software and hardware.

In 2006, SystemSpecs led a consortium of firms that implemented its HumanManager software solution on the FGN ‐ World Bank financed Integrated Payroll & Personnel Information System (IPPIS) project involving 7 MDAs and in which over 12 billion Naira was saved over the initial 24 months period. A philanthropist of no mean accomplishments, IT entrepreneur and youth empowerment promoter, John is fiercely committed to issues that promote advancement of local software development, empowerment of university graduates for gainful employment, financing of undergraduate students’ scholarships and a supporter of religious and socio‐cultural organizations with genuine discernible focus on cogent national development initiatives.

John has served and still serves on the boards of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Information and Communication Technology, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN), Nigerian Information Technology Policy Drafting Committee, Governing Council of the National ICT Incubation Programme, etc.

Source: http://www.ncs.org.ng/john-obaro/

dewstar:
my God! Why do Nigerians find it so difficult to comprehend. WHO OWNS THE COMPANY? when it was registered is not the question here.

Naff off, if you are incapable of elevated reasoning! Why anyone would argue that the registration date of a company which has been subsisting since 1991 is immaterial, to me, remains the bigger conundrum.

I bet you were probably still in your diapers back then, even though you are now reposed with the gumption to spam NL with retaarded conjectures.

Founded in 1991 by John Obaro, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the company, SystemSpecs has since emerged as a leading provider of e-Payment, Financial, and Human Capital Software solutions for the Nigerian and African environment. SystemSpecs is a software house with a focus on providing the most qualitative human capital management and financial software solutions for the Nigerian and African market. SystemSpecs offers applications that focus on the core aspects of your business.

With corporate headquarters in Lagos, SystemSpecs has a vision to be the Software Institution of reference in Africa and a mission to be the leading provider of qualitative e-payment, financial and human resource management software solutions to discerning clients in the Nigerian and larger African market. SystemSpecs today has a number of solutions which, altogether, is driving electronic payment revolution in the country. Leading the pack of the company’s innovative solutions and its flagship is Remita, which is a world class electronic courier service that rides on secured e-Payment Highways to deliver funds to bank accounts and associated schedules to relevant bodies in their pre-specified formats.
It is a one-stop solution that enables you to meet payment obligations to your employees, pensioners, vendors, contractors and other 3rd parties from the comfort of your office or mobile devices. Today, the volume of transaction through the Remita platform has exceeded N500 billion monthly. Remita comes in three modules designed to deliver specific functionalities to organisations.

They are Remita e-Payment Module, Remita e-Collection Module and Remita Payroll & Biometrics Module. Others are HumanManager, which is a comprehensive, innovatively-designed and easy to use Human Capital Management software solution that has become Africa’s leading HR and Payroll solution and Infor FMS SunSystems is a flexible and proven financial, business and performance management software solution used by organisations globally, with over 18,000 implementations in about 190 countries.

Infor FMS SunSystems delivers value irrespective of the nature of your business or the changing business environment in which an organisation operates. SystemSpecs solutions also include Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) which gives large, asset-intensive businesses the tools to monitor and manage the deployment, performance, and maintenance of company assets, helping to prevent operational surprises and uncover hidden profits; and Infor Performance Management (PM) is a cost-effective solution tailored to the business requirements of organisations.

Source: http://newtelegraphonline.com/new-telegraphs-2014-top-100-companies-in-nigeria-2/

Ghandi12:
It is commendable that we now appear to have a responsive Federal Government however some few observations from this side:

% It will not be a bad idea for the entire agreement on the TSA operation to be in public domain - We might have questions ; for instance some may be able to prove the 1% entitled to the platform provider is exorbitant; some other nations operate similar platform and may not be parting that much to their service hands.

% Again the CBN have alleged they have their own internal TSA-executable platform, so why paying so much to a vendor?

% We need to know other beneficiaries (like collecting banks) of the 1% to correctly put figures in right perspectives.

% Again government is a continuum, if an agreement had been duly and legitimately signed asking service providers to return their due is not a good signal for those who want to invest or do business with the government.

% On a trifle note I think we should play it easy with the word "impunity", it appears we have been subconsciously giving it a new meaning.

Your post raises a number of salient points, which should not be dismissed whimsically.
If we isolate the flame-throwing antics of Melaye and Fayose; some of the other information we now know, should move us all to anger.
The fact that some banks have been creaming off as much as 46% of all revenue collected is, worthy of condemnation in my view.

It is only proper that Nigerians demand to know who sanctioned that particular arrangement.

Although the commission is nowhere near the exaggerated N25 billion touted by Mr. Melaye, the one per cent charge also represents a drastic reduction from between the two per cent and 46 per cent commission charged by commercial banks in some instances for collecting government revenues.

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/193213-full-details-of-tsa-dino-melaye-misled-nigerian-senate-on-n25-billion-claim.html

dewstar:
Who owns this company, I believe that is the question here. Nigerians has every right to know who the owner(s) of this company is/are. We are not really interested in the full meaning of the company's acronym, neither are we presently interested in when and who contracted them in the first place.

Are you going to tell us the names of the owner of that company? I do not see the relevance of your post as it concerns the question being asked by Fayose.

The company has been around since 1991 - CAC Reg # 170222

Whynotthetruth:
If the assertion or groupings in this link is right ;

1)Why are Igbo termed land grabbers or expansionists or such other derogatory names when they opine there are Igbo in Benue or Rivers etc?

2)What is the historical evidence that all these groups are distinct culturally, religiously etc

If you ask me, nah who I go ask

More seriously, now, on the issue of distinct culture, I think self-identification has to be honoured.
Think of the way the US population census is now conducted...

Almost 10 million Americans changed how they identify their race or ethnicity when asked by the Census Bureau over the course of a decade, according to a new study, adding further uncertainty to data officials already consider to be unreliable.

Source:http://time.com/3087649/census-race-ethnicity-report/

What does the Census Bureau mean by race?
The Census Bureau collects race data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and these data are based on self-identification. The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country, and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically or genetically. People may choose to report more than one race to indicate their racial mixture, such as “American Indian” and “White.” People who identify their origin as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish may be of any race. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include both racial and national origin or socio-cultural groups. You may choose more than one race category.

Source:https://www.census.gov/population/race/about/faq.html

”It is understandable that the psyche of those who are making the frivolous allegations concerning the TSA has been badly affected by the impunity that permeated the country under the immediate past administration, when unappropriated funds were freely used to finance elections and the public till was seen as an extension of personal piggy banks.

”But the lies that have been wilfully disseminated by scandalmongers over the TSA cannot and will not fly, because it was precisely to put an end to such impunity that Nigerians voted massively for President Muhammadu Buhari, who has an unblemished reputation for integrity, due process, transparency and the rule of law,” he said.

Let's hope the Thug4Life Governor gets hit by this salvo...

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informato:
...fayose knows more about his fellow politicians than you do

No, he does not.
What makes you think you have a measure of how much I know?

natasha:
Atiku Abubakar Owns the Company.
REMITA is a subsidiary of INTELS which is 100% owned by Turaki.....so there goes your checkmate!!!

For those who have google.....google INTELS and follow the bread crumbs

What don't you confine yourself to what you know instead of peddling rumour sourced from various pepper-soup joints?

Founded in 1991 by John Obaro, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the company, SystemSpecs has since emerged as a leading provider of e-Payment, Financial, and Human Capital Software solutions for the Nigerian and African environment. SystemSpecs is a software house with a focus on providing the most qualitative human capital management and financial software solutions for the Nigerian and African market. SystemSpecs offers applications that focus on the core aspects of your business.

With corporate headquarters in Lagos, SystemSpecs has a vision to be the Software Institution of reference in Africa and a mission to be the leading provider of qualitative e-payment, financial and human resource management software solutions to discerning clients in the Nigerian and larger African market. SystemSpecs today has a number of solutions which, altogether, is driving electronic payment revolution in the country. Leading the pack of the company’s innovative solutions and its flagship is Remita, which is a world class electronic courier service that rides on secured e-Payment Highways to deliver funds to bank accounts and associated schedules to relevant bodies in their pre-specified formats.
It is a one-stop solution that enables you to meet payment obligations to your employees, pensioners, vendors, contractors and other 3rd parties from the comfort of your office or mobile devices. Today, the volume of transaction through the Remita platform has exceeded N500 billion monthly. Remita comes in three modules designed to deliver specific functionalities to organisations.

They are Remita e-Payment Module, Remita e-Collection Module and Remita Payroll & Biometrics Module. Others are HumanManager, which is a comprehensive, innovatively-designed and easy to use Human Capital Management software solution that has become Africa’s leading HR and Payroll solution and Infor FMS SunSystems is a flexible and proven financial, business and performance management software solution used by organisations globally, with over 18,000 implementations in about 190 countries.

Infor FMS SunSystems delivers value irrespective of the nature of your business or the changing business environment in which an organisation operates. SystemSpecs solutions also include Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) which gives large, asset-intensive businesses the tools to monitor and manage the deployment, performance, and maintenance of company assets, helping to prevent operational surprises and uncover hidden profits; and Infor Performance Management (PM) is a cost-effective solution tailored to the business requirements of organisations.

Source: http://newtelegraphonline.com/new-telegraphs-2014-top-100-companies-in-nigeria-2/

Why couldn't garrulous Fayose simply look up this information himself?

Remita boss, Obaro writes Buhari, explains all about TSA contract

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The company that handled the refund of Federal Government funds in commercial banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria, System Specs, said it was not the only one that benefited from the revenue that accrued from the exercise.

Systems Specs said the CBN and the banks from which the funds were moved also shared in the proceeds.

System Specs owns Remita, the e-payment and e-collection software used for the implementation of payments into the Treasury Single Account.

TSA, the movement of Federal Government funds into the CBN was directed by President Muhammadu Buhari on assumption of office.

System Specs, in a letter to the President, signed by its Managing Director, John Obaro, said the contract for the refund of the money by the commercial banks to the CBN was signed in 2011.

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, endorsed the contract while the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was then the Governor of the CBN.

System Specs, in the letter to Buhari, said the N25 billion profit it was alleged to have made from the 1 per cent processing fee approved for it was actually shared by the company, the CBN and banks involved in the refund of the money.

It said based on an agreement, the processing fee was shared among itself, the affected banks and the CBN in ratios of .5 %, .4% and .1% respectively.

It said instead of the N8 billion, which the incumbent Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emiefile, said got to it, the company only received N3 billion.

The letter by Obaro to Buhari reads further: “Your Excellency, we are aware that you must have heard series of reports around the 1% processing fees chargeable on e-Collections of Government receipts. We will like to provide some background on these issues sir.

“System Specs was engaged to provide the Payment Gateway for TSA in 2011. While the payment leg of TSA commenced in January 2012, the collection component did not start as scheduled due to the resistance from a number of quarters and the absence of the political will to push this through.

“In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a multi-stakeholder implementation committee and organised a joint seminar with key stakeholders, including banks, to agree formalities for commencement of e-collection.

“The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to compensate for the fact that they would no longer keep float.

“The implementation committee however recommended 2.5% after negotiation with the banks.

“The then AGF later approved 1% as processing fee, which was in turn communicated to all the stakeholders through CBN in December 2013. Subsequently, we executed a contract with CBN and other stakeholders involved on the provision of services to support TSA.

“Based on the increased scope of the TSA project, following your directive in August 2015 for all MDAs to join the scheme, we had highlighted the need for a stakeholder meeting to discuss the TSA e-collection fees. This was communicated to both CBN and OAGF.

“Instead of an invitation for a stakeholders meeting as requested, we received a directive from the CBN Governor to refund all TSA e-collection fees earned to date and to suspend all charges on the platform.

“System Specs has since complied fully with this directive and refunded all monies earned to date to CBN. This we did in good faith and without prejudice to avoid distractions that could becloud the bigger potential of the TSA project for our country.

“While we await clarification from OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we have since suspended all TSA e collection fees on the platform. This means that none of the TSA collection parties/channels are earning any fees for providing services to Government.

“This position is however not sustainable as the collection partner banks are threatening to suspend FGN TSA collections. This would clearly be playing into the hands of those who do not wish this initiative to succeed.

“We understand the strategic importance of the TSA project to this administration and the country at large. We have demonstrated good faith and continued commitment to the project in the last four years to deliver on our mandate.

“We will continue to do all within our power to bring the project to full term.

“Your Excellency, we would appreciate your kind and urgent intervention to ensure a speedy resolution of this matter before the banks stop collections.”

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/16/remita-boss-obaro-writes-buhari-explains-all-about-tsa-contract/

centvin008:
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state on Sunday declared he was not attending the meeting called by the Federal Government with state governors on the Treasury Single Account, TSA.

Fayose said his decision stems from his belief that the Ekiti state government was not interested in the TSA policy introduced by President Muhammadu Buhari, which, according to him, is a fraud against Nigeria and its people.

The governor said this in a press statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.

Fayose asked the Federal Government to rather remove the veil on the face of REMITA, the alleged firm handling the TSA contract, “so that Nigerians can know the real owners, through whom the All Progressives Congress (APC) is siphoning Nigeria money to fund Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship election.”

Why couldn't garrulous Fayose simply look up this information himself?

Remita boss, Obaro writes Buhari, explains all about TSA contract

https://cdn.dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/buhari-appoints.png

The company that handled the refund of Federal Government funds in commercial banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria, System Specs, said it was not the only one that benefited from the revenue that accrued from the exercise.

Systems Specs said the CBN and the banks from which the funds were moved also shared in the proceeds.

System Specs owns Remita, the e-payment and e-collection software used for the implementation of payments into the Treasury Single Account.

TSA, the movement of Federal Government funds into the CBN was directed by President Muhammadu Buhari on assumption of office.

System Specs, in a letter to the President, signed by its Managing Director, John Obaro, said the contract for the refund of the money by the commercial banks to the CBN was signed in 2011.

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, endorsed the contract while the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was then the Governor of the CBN.

System Specs, in the letter to Buhari, said the N25 billion profit it was alleged to have made from the 1 per cent processing fee approved for it was actually shared by the company, the CBN and banks involved in the refund of the money.

It said based on an agreement, the processing fee was shared among itself, the affected banks and the CBN in ratios of .5 %, .4% and .1% respectively.

It said instead of the N8 billion, which the incumbent Governor of the CBN, Godwin Emiefile, said got to it, the company only received N3 billion.

The letter by Obaro to Buhari reads further: “Your Excellency, we are aware that you must have heard series of reports around the 1% processing fees chargeable on e-Collections of Government receipts. We will like to provide some background on these issues sir.

“System Specs was engaged to provide the Payment Gateway for TSA in 2011. While the payment leg of TSA commenced in January 2012, the collection component did not start as scheduled due to the resistance from a number of quarters and the absence of the political will to push this through.

“In 2013, CBN and OAGF setup a multi-stakeholder implementation committee and organised a joint seminar with key stakeholders, including banks, to agree formalities for commencement of e-collection.

“The Banks proposed a fee of 5% to compensate for the fact that they would no longer keep float.

“The implementation committee however recommended 2.5% after negotiation with the banks.

“The then AGF later approved 1% as processing fee, which was in turn communicated to all the stakeholders through CBN in December 2013. Subsequently, we executed a contract with CBN and other stakeholders involved on the provision of services to support TSA.

“Based on the increased scope of the TSA project, following your directive in August 2015 for all MDAs to join the scheme, we had highlighted the need for a stakeholder meeting to discuss the TSA e-collection fees. This was communicated to both CBN and OAGF.

“Instead of an invitation for a stakeholders meeting as requested, we received a directive from the CBN Governor to refund all TSA e-collection fees earned to date and to suspend all charges on the platform.

“System Specs has since complied fully with this directive and refunded all monies earned to date to CBN. This we did in good faith and without prejudice to avoid distractions that could becloud the bigger potential of the TSA project for our country.

“While we await clarification from OAGF/CBN on the way forward, we have since suspended all TSA e collection fees on the platform. This means that none of the TSA collection parties/channels are earning any fees for providing services to Government.

“This position is however not sustainable as the collection partner banks are threatening to suspend FGN TSA collections. This would clearly be playing into the hands of those who do not wish this initiative to succeed.

“We understand the strategic importance of the TSA project to this administration and the country at large. We have demonstrated good faith and continued commitment to the project in the last four years to deliver on our mandate.

“We will continue to do all within our power to bring the project to full term.

“Your Excellency, we would appreciate your kind and urgent intervention to ensure a speedy resolution of this matter before the banks stop collections.”

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2015/11/16/remita-boss-obaro-writes-buhari-explains-all-about-tsa-contract/

When is a tribe part of an ethnic group? Nah who I go ask?

Tribe Name State In Nigeria

1 Abayon Cross River
2 Abua (Odual) Rivers
3 Achipa (Achipawa) Kebbi
4 Adim Cross River
5 Adun Cross River
6 Affade Yobe
7 Afizere Plateau
8 Afo Plateau
9 Agbo Cross River
10 Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) Cross River
11 Akweya-Yachi Benue
12 Alago (Arago) Piateau
13 Amo Plateau
14 Anaguta Plateau
15 Anang Akwa lbom
16 Andoni Akwa lbom, Rivers
17 Angas Bauchi, Jigawa, Plateau
18 Ankwei Plateau
19 Anyima Cross River
20 Attakar (ataka) Kaduna
21 Auyoka (Auyokawa) Jigawa
22 Awori Lagos, Ogun
23 Ayu Kaduna
24 Babur Adamawa, Bomo, Taraba, Yobe
25 Bachama Adamawa
26 Bachere Cross River
27 Bada Plateau
28 Bade Yobe
29 Bahumono Cross River
30 Bakulung Taraba
31 Bali Taraba
32 Bambora (Bambarawa) Bauchi
33 Bambuko Taraba
34 Banda (Bandawa) Taraba
35 Banka (Bankalawa) Bauchi
36 Banso (Panso) Adamawa
37 Bara (Barawa) Bauchi
38 Barke Bauchi
39 Baruba (Barba) Niger
40 Bashiri (Bashirawa) Plateau
41 Bassa Kaduna, Kogi, Niger, Plateau
42 Batta Adamawa
43 Baushi Niger
44 Baya Adamawa
45 Bekwarra Cross River
46 Bele (Buli, Belewa) Bauchi
47 Betso (Bete) Taraba
48 Bette Cross River
49 Bilei Adamawa
50 Bille Adamawa
51 Bina (Binawa) Kaduna
52 Bini Edo
53 Birom Plateau
54 Bobua Taraba
55 Boki (Nki) Cross River
56 Bkkos Plateau
57 Boko (Bussawa, Bargawa) Niger
58 Bole (Bolewa) Bauchi, Yobe
59 Botlere Adamawa
60 Boma (Bomawa, Burmano) Bauchi
61 Bomboro Bauchi
62 Buduma Borno, Niger
63 Buji Plateau
64 Buli Bauchi
65 Bunu Kogi
66 Bura Adamawa
67 Burak Bauchi
68 Burma (Burmawa) Plateau
69 Buru Yobe
70 Buta (Butawa) Bauchi
71 Bwall Plateau
72 Bwatiye Adamawa
73 Bwazza Adamawa
74 Challa Plateau
75 Chama (Chamawa Fitilai) Bauchi
76 Chamba Taraba
77 Chamo Bauchi
78 Chibok (Chibbak) Yobe
79 Chinine Borno
80 Chip Plateau
81 Chokobo Plateau
82 Chukkol Taraba
83 Daba Adamawa
84 Dadiya Bauchi
85 Daka Adamawa
86 Dakarkari Niger, Kebbi
87 Danda (Dandawa) Kebbi
88 Dangsa Taraba
89 Daza (Dere, Derewa) Bauchi
90 Degema Rivers
91 Deno (Denawa) Bauchi
92 Dghwede Bomo
93 Diba Taraba
94 Doemak (Dumuk) Plateau
95 Ouguri Bauchi
96 Duka (Dukawa) Kebbi
97 Duma (Dumawa) Bauchi
98 Ebana (Ebani) Rivers
99 Ebirra (lgbirra) Edo, Kogi, Ondo
100 Ebu Edo, Kogi
101 Efik Cross River
102 Egbema Rivers
103 Egede (lgedde) Benue
104 Eggon Plateau
105 Egun (Gu) Lagos,Ogun
106 Ejagham Cross River
107 Ekajuk Cross River
108 Eket Akwa Ibom
109 Ekoi Cross River
110 Engenni (Ngene) Rivers
111 Epie Rivers
112 Esan (Ishan) Edo
113 Etche Rivers
114 Etolu (Etilo) Benue
115 Etsako Edo
116 Etung Cross River
117 Etuno Edo
118 Palli Adamawa
119 Pulani (Pulbe) Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa , Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi , Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, etc.
120 Fyam (Fyem) Plateau
121 Fyer(Fer) Plateau
122 Ga'anda Adamawa
123 Gade Niger
124 Galambi Bauchi
125 Gamergu-Mulgwa Bomo
126 Qanawuri Plateau
127 Gavako Borno
128 Gbedde Kogi
129 Gengle Taraba
130 Geji Bauchi
131 Gera (Gere, Gerawa) Bauchi
132 Geruma (Gerumawa) Plateau
133 Geruma (Gerumawa) Bauchi
134 Gingwak Bauchi
135 Gira Adamawa
136 Gizigz Adamawa
137 Goernai Plateau
138 Gokana (Kana) Rivers
139 Gombi Adamawa
140 Gornun (Gmun) Taraba
141 Gonia Taraba
142 Gubi (Gubawa) Bauchi
143 Gude Adamawa
144 Gudu Adamawa
145 Gure Kaduna
146 Gurmana Niger
147 Gururntum Bauchi
148 Gusu Plateau
149 Gwa (Gurawa) Adamawa
150 Gwamba Adamawa
151 Gwandara Kaduna, Niger, Plateau
152 Gwari (Gbari) Kaduna, Niger, Plateau
153 Gwom Taraba
154 Gwoza (Waha) Bomo
155 Gyem Bauchi
156 Hausa Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna,Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Niger,Taraba, Sokoto, etc
157 Higi (Hig) Borno, Adamawa
158 Holma Adamawa
159 Hona Adamawa
160 Ibeno Akwa lbom
161 Ibibio Akwa lbom
162 Ichen Adamawa
163 Idoma Benue, Taraba
164 Igalla Kogi
165 lgbo Abia, Anambra, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi,Enugu, Imo, Rivers
166 ljumu Kogi
167 Ikorn Cross River
168 Irigwe Plateau
169 Isoko Delta
170 lsekiri (Itsekiri) Delta
171 lyala (lyalla) Cross River
172 lzondjo) Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers
173 Jaba Kaduna
174 Jahuna (Jahunawa) Taraba
175 Jaku Bauchi
176 Jara (Jaar Jarawa Jarawa-Dutse) Bauchi
177 Jere (Jare, Jera, Jera, Jerawa) Bauchi, Plateau
178 Jero Taraba
179 Jibu Adamawa
180 Jidda-Abu Plateau
181 Jimbin (Jimbinawa) Bauchi
182 Jirai Adamawa
183 Jonjo (Jenjo) Taraba
184 Jukun Bauchi, Benue,Taraba, Plateau
185 Kaba(Kabawa) Taraba
186 Kadara Taraba
187 Kafanchan Kaduna
188 Kagoro Kaduna
189 Kaje (Kache) Kaduna
190 Kajuru (Kajurawa) Kaduna
191 Kaka Adamawa
192 Kamaku (Karnukawa) Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger
193 Kambari Kebbi, Niger
194 Kambu Adamawa
195 Kamo Bauchi
196 Kanakuru (Dera) Adamawa, Borno
197 Kanembu Bomo
198 Kanikon Kaduna
199 Kantana Plateau
200 Kanufi Kaduna, Adamawa, Bomo, Kano,Niger, Jigawa, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe
201 Karekare (Karaikarai) Bauchi, Yobe
202 Karimjo Taraba
203 Kariya Bauchi
204 Katab (Kataf) Kaduna
205 Kenern (Koenoem) Plateau
206 Kenton Taraba
207 Kiballo (Kiwollo) Kaduna
208 Kilba Adamawa
209 Kirfi (Kirfawa) Bauchi
210 Koma Taraba
211 Kona Taraba
212 Koro (Kwaro) Kaduna, Niger
213 Kubi (Kubawa) Bauchi
214 Kudachano (Kudawa) Bauchi
215 Kugama Taraba
216 Kulere (Kaler) Plateau
217 Kunini Taraba
218 Kurama Jigawa, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau
219 Kurdul Adamawa
220 Kushi Bauchi
221 Kuteb Taraba
222 Kutin Taraba
223 Kwalla Plateau
224 Kwami (Kwom) Bauchi
225 Kwanchi Taraba
226 Kwanka (Kwankwa) Bauchi, Plateau
227 Kwaro Plateau
228 Kwato Plateau
229 Kyenga (Kengawa) Sokoto
230 Laaru (Larawa) Niger
231 Lakka Adamawa
232 Lala Adamawa
233 Lama Taraba
234 Lamja Taraba
235 Lau Taraba
236 Ubbo Adamawa
237 Limono Bauchi, Plateau
238 Lopa (Lupa, Lopawa) Niger
239 Longuda (Lunguda) Adamawa, Bauchi
240 Mabo Plateau
241 Mada Kaduna, Plateau
242 Mama Plateau
243 Mambilla Adamawa
244 Manchok Kaduna
245 Mandara (Wandala) Bomo
246 Manga (Mangawa) Yobe
247 Margi (Marghi) Adamawa, Bomo
248 Matakarn Adamawa
249 Mbembe Cross River, Enugu
250 Mbol Adamawa
251 Mbube Cross River
252 Mbula Adamawa
253 Mbum Taraba
254 Memyang (Meryan) Plateau
255 Miango Plateau
256 Miligili (Migili) Plateau
257 Miya (Miyawa) Bauchi
258 Mobber Bomo
259 Montol Plateau
260 Moruwa (Moro'a, Morwa) Kaduna
261 Muchaila Adamawa
262 Mumuye Taraba
263 Mundang Adamawa
264 Munga (Mupang) Plateau
265 Mushere Plateau
266 Mwahavul (Mwaghavul) Plateau
267 Ndoro Taraba
268 Ngamo Bauchi, Yobe
269 Ngizim Yobe
270 Ngweshe (Ndhang.Ngoshe-Ndhang) Adamawa, Borno
271 Ningi (Ningawa) Bauchi
272 Ninzam (Ninzo) Kaduna, Plateau
273 Njayi Adamawa
274 Nkim Cross River
275 Nkum Cross River
276 Nokere (Nakere) Plateau
277 Nunku Kaduna, Plateau
278 Nupe Niger
279 Nyandang Taraba
280 Ododop Cross River
281 Ogori Kwara
282 Okobo (Okkobor) Akwa lbom
283 Okpamheri Edo
284 Olulumo Cross River
285 Oron Akwa lbom
286 Owan Edo
287 Owe Kwara
288 Oworo Kwara
289 Pa'a (Pa'awa Afawa) Bauchi
290 Pai Plateau
291 Panyam Taraba
292 Pero Bauchi
293 Pire Adamawa
294 Pkanzom Taraba
295 Poll Taraba
296 Polchi Habe Bauchi
297 Pongo (Pongu) Niger
298 Potopo Taraba
299 Pyapun (Piapung) Plateau
300 Qua Cross River
301 Rebina (Rebinawa) Bauchi
302 Reshe Kebbi, Niger
303 Rindire (Rendre) Plateau
304 Rishuwa Kaduna
305 Ron Piateau
306 Rubu Niger
307 Rukuba Plateau
308 Rumada Kaduna
309 Rumaya Kaduna
310 Sakbe Taraba
311 Sanga Bauchi
312 Sate Taraba
313 Saya (Sayawa Za'ar) Bauchi
314 Segidi (Sigidawa) Bauchi
315 Shanga (Shangawa) Sokoto
316 Shangawa (Shangau) Plateau
317 Shan-Shan Plateau
318 Shira (Shirawa) Kano
319 Shomo Taraba
320 Shuwa Adamawa, Borno
321 Sikdi Plateau
322 Siri (Sirawa) Bauchi
323 Srubu (Surubu) Kaduna
324 Sukur Adamawa
325 Sura Plateau
326 Tangale Bauchi
327 Tarok Plateau, Taraba
328 Teme Adamawa
329 Tera (Terawa) Bauchi, Bomo
330 Teshena (Teshenawa) Kano
331 Tigon Adamawa
332 Tikar Taraba
333 Tiv Benue, Plateau, Taraba
334 Tula Bauchi
335 Tur Adamawa
336 Ufia Benue
337 Ukelle Cross River
338 Ukwani (Kwale) Delta
339 Uncinda Kaduna, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto
340 Uneme (Ineme) Edo
341 Ura (Ula) Niger
342 Urhobo Delta
343 Utonkong Benue
344 Uyanga Cross River
345 Vemgo Adamawa
346 Verre Adamawa
347 Vommi Taraba
348 Wagga Adamawa
349 Waja Bauchi
350 Waka Taraba
351 Warja (Warja) Jigawa
352 Warji Bauchi
353 Wula Adamawa
354 Wurbo Adamawa
355 Wurkun Taraba
356 Yache Cross River
357 Yagba Kwara
358 Yakurr (Yako) Cross River
359 Yalla Benue
360 Yandang Taraba
361 Yergan (Yergum) Plateau
362 Yoruba Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Kogi
363 Yott Taraba
364 Yumu Niger
365 Yungur Adamawa
366 Yuom Plateau
367 Zabara Niger
368 Zaranda Bauchi
369 Zarma (Zarmawa) Kebbi
370 Zayam (Zeam) Bauchi
371 Zul (Zulawa) Bauchi

Source: www.onlinenigeria.com/tribes/

bjdon:
Firstly I would like to thank you for a detailed response, I truly admire intellectual well thought out responses over and above the usual juvenile rantings that are all to common these days on NL.
The central plank of your argument is that the Army high command under GEJ, destroyed Buhari's certificate. I find it quite hard to believe that this would happen without somebody leaking it out. Moreso now that Buhari is President would you not expect him to open an investigation into such a serious matter?

Do recall the only reason we are still talking about this issue, is because the new defense minister has basically attacked the former COAS(his senior by the way) over the certificate issue. So if the minister is so sure that Buhari indeed had a certificate and
the former COAS conspired to destroy it, let him conduct an investigation, present proof that this is indeed what happened and then take any appropriate next steps. To come and tarnish the name of the former COAS, without either providing the said certificate or any proof whatsoever that the former COAS was responsible for it's destruction, is the worst kind of slander possible.

BTW Politicization of the armed forces did not start with GEJ. I am sure you recall how former president Yar'dua was flown back to Nigeria in the dead of Night, the whole operation conducted by the then COAS, without the acting President Jonathan being informed. Sometimes people seem to think that everything bad and negative with Nigeria started the day GEJ assumed office.

No sir, here is a summary of my arguments:

(1) An affidavit is perfectly acceptable under INEC's extant rules, so what's with the hullabaloo?
(2) The 'certifying statement of result' which was produced, shows Buhari achieved an overall grade of Division Two
(3) Anyone who faults the veracity of the document tendered by Katsina College (2) can take legal action - our laws afford us that luxury.
P.S - while Buhari himself is protected by immunity, the College and WAEC (local affiliate for UCLES) are not.

x

hush15:
Bros, let's be reasonable. So, Minimah destroyed Buhari certificate cos he wanted Jonathan to win... thats the most preposterous idea ever heard... If he misplaced or lost it, that different ish. But to such reason to destroy a council of state member's school certificate is a fat lie. An they do that and nobody will surface to hold Minimah to ransome is absued

In case you missed the memo, the military - much like the DSS - became heavily compromised during the course of Jonathan's administration.

Why don't you tackle the substance of my arguments, instead of hedging your bets on that particular hypothesis?

--------------------------------------------------------------

One of my earlier takes on this issue, in response to a TANoid...

k9ine:

1. A man submits an application form to INEC, and does not attach supporting docs IRO his academic certifications and deposes to an affidavit that the Secretary of the Army Board is in possession of them. – Who among you does your current/former employer keep their certificates?

Read the excerpt provided below...

On Buhari’s educational qualification, he said: “Buhari’s principal was my principal. From their school, the principal, Mr. West was sent to our school.

“In those days when Nigeria was Nigerianising its military, many of the officers that you see today did not even have their school certificates until long after.

“When we were invited to go to Kaduna, we were given qualifying examination in English, Mathematics and General Knowledge, even before we took the school certificate exam. Some did not even wait to take their school certificates because vacancies were already waiting for them.

“It was after that qualifying exam that we were recruited into the army. By the time some had their school certificates, they had become officers.

“For example, Gen. Babangida never saw his school certificate until when he was head of state. I got my school certificate long after I became an officer.

“But there was officer cadet qualifying examination. About 240 of us sat for that exam in Kaduna”.

Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/buhari-ordered-dismiss-48-errant-cadets-nda-32-muslims-gen-paul-tarfa/

2. Sometime in the heat of the controversy generated, the APC tells Nigerians that the regime of Gen. Babangida looted Gen. Buhari’s documents when he (GMB) was overthrown. He and the APC visited IBB at his Hilltop residence and couldn’t smooth talk him into releasing his documents? By this the ruling party will be put to shame.

^^^Puerile arguments that are not worthy of a response.

It’s absurd to say Buhari has no certificate – Gen. Tarfa

Published on Saturday, 14 February 2015

An elder statesman and former Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) retired General Paul C. Tarfa said yesterday that it is insulting for anybody to say the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate retired General Muhammadu Buhari has no school-leaving certificates. He explained that apart from their school certificates, as military cadets in the 1960s, they were made to sit for other examinations before joining.

Reacting to the Military Secretary’s claims that it didn’t have Buhari’s records, General Tarfa said “It is very silly to say that.

Buhari and I went to the United Kingdom for training. We joined the military at 18, 19 years of age. When someone went through all the trainings abroad and passed through all the military examinations in all cadres and so on, and just one cranky idiot will say you don’t have school certificate. That is absurd.” He explained that “Buhari’s principal was my principal. From their school, their principal Mr. West was sent to our school.”

General Tarfa spoke to Weekly Trust during a meeting of some Christian leaders, under the auspices of Northern Christian Leaders Eagle-Eye Forum with Buhari, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/new-news/19039-it-s-absurd-to-say-buhari-has-no-certificate-gen-tarfa

4. The General happened to be in the UK for two weeks, during this period and made a presentation at the Chatmam House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs. One wonders why he didn’t go to Cambridge during this period and collect his 1961 WASC, this would have dealt a heavy hammer blow to the PDP and increased his chances at the polls.

Who told you it is possible to get a certificate for an examination held more than 50 years ago, in 2015, TANoid @k9ine?

When are you untutored clowns going to understand that things worked a little differently in the 1960s? Or that 'University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate' (UCLES) no longer exists in its original form.

For one; all enquiries relating to certificates of exams held that far back, must now go to 'Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Exams' (OCR) - a new examination board

Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Exams (OCR)
Contact OCR if your old exam board was one of the following:

East Midland Regional Examinations Board (EMREB)
Midland Examining Group (MEG)
Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council (OCEAC)
Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board (OCSEB)
Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Southern Regional Examinations Board (SREB)
Southern Universities Joint Board for Schools Examinations (SUJB)
University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES)
University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations (UODLE)
West Midlands Examinations Board (WMEB)
If your exam board was the East Anglian Examinations Board (EAEB), contact either Pearson Edexcel or OCR - they both hold some of the records.

Source: Get a replacement exam certificate -- https://www.gov.uk/replacement-exam-certificate/if-your-old-exam-board-no-longer-exists

And two; OCR would only provide a 'certifying statement of results' - the equivalent of the same document already provided by Katsina college - and not an original CERTIFICATE.

*** Refer to screen shot attached, for further information.

5. I wonder why the APC should say that "anyone who will disqualify a presidential candidate on the eve of an election can only have one and only one purpose for that: to trigger chaos and pandemonium across the country”… "This is why we are hoping that good reason will prevail and nothing will be done, deliberately, to plunge Nigeria into crisis… Why would there be chaos, is GMB bigger than Nigeria, he had all the time in the world to present his certificate(s), but didn’t, now they threaten us? If a man is not qualified he is not qualified QED. Why bend the rules for one man, is he different from other contestants? The PDP has gone to court (as advised by the APC) and now they threaten everyone - funny indeed. I pray that the rule of law is upheld and that justice is done.

APC issued a warning, simple.
If you look around you, you will find that no upstanding Nigerian of repute has ever repudiated Buhari's claim of fulfilling the qualifying the criteria; which is nothing more than a secondary school certificate. That a section of the political class led by the likes of FFK and the TAN movement have decided to milk the issue of a sworn affidavit for all its worth, is the greatest testimony that Jonathan's administration is bereft of ideas! I say this because anyone with an ounce of sense knows fully well that this was the same tactic employed by the so-called truthists (Tea-Party) movement in the United States, on account of Obama's birth certificate.

It is up to you to show that you are capable of rising above sentiments, by providing more germane arguments rather than the asinine logic you have rehashed here.

rooftech:
fools that why some of you need to get a good education,the man said he left that money for APC in 2009, because governance was adulterated.

it is known fact he was imprisoned by akpabio.

^^^Comprehension is clearly not one of your stronger points.

Mr. Udoedehe, a former Minister of State for FCT, said caucus members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were given at least N3 million each as “transport”, every night they met to discuss the party’s affairs.

He admitted the governor gave him a “special” sum, way more than the already outrageous N3 million others received.

“Godswill Akpabio used to give us at least N3million each as transport money every night we attended caucus meeting in Government House,” he said during an interview on Planet FM in Uyo on Saturday, November 7. “My own was special, it was more than N3million.”

The former minister said despite the largesse, he still fell out with Mr. Akpabio, who is now the senate minority leader.

Dannyset:
This rogue Udoedeche is crazy and should be arrested for collecting bribe Somebody was giving you above 3million as Tfare at a sitting and ur here talking about you can't be bought. What kind of politicians are we even dealing with in Nigeria? And APC didn't even vet him before accepting him into the Party, now he's already saying rubbish.

The emboldened portion of your post speaks to the kind of inverted reasoning Nigerian politicians advance, on good conscience.
For sheer tomfoolery, he needs to be tied to the stakes.

Saraki went after the poisoned chalice which the Senate Presidency has become, in the mistaken belief that it was business as usual.
I commend the CBN for calling his bluff on this one.

Akpabio gave us N3m “transport money” each after PDP caucus meetings – Ex-Minister

November 16, 2015

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A former Nigerian minister and senator from Akwa Ibom State, John Udoedehe, has narrated how the state’s immediate past governor, Godswill Akpabio, regularly doled out huge amounts of money as “transport” to politicians, each time they had a political meeting.

Mr. Udoedehe, a former Minister of State for FCT, said caucus members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were given at least N3 million each as “transport”, every night they met to discuss the party’s affairs.

He admitted the governor gave him a “special” sum, way more than the already outrageous N3 million others received.

“Godswill Akpabio used to give us at least N3million each as transport money every night we attended caucus meeting in Government House,” he said during an interview on Planet FM in Uyo on Saturday, November 7. “My own was special, it was more than N3million.”

The former minister said despite the largesse, he still fell out with Mr. Akpabio, who is now the senate minority leader.

He made the claim to buttress his argument that he could not be bought with money.

Mr. Akpabio could not be immediately reached for comments.

Mr. Udoedehe, who is now a Board of Trustees member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, also narrated how a Divisional Police Officer was held in his community by villagers, for attempting to illegally take away election materials during the April 11 governorship poll in the state.

He said the DPO was held for some time at Afaha Offot, Uyo Local Government Area, and was eventually rescued by a team of mobile policemen led by the commissioner of police, Akwa Ibom State.

Mr. Udoedehe did not give the name of the officer, but said he was from the “C” Division, Uyo.

Gabriel Achong, now retired, was the commissioner of police in Akwa Ibom State at the time.

A tribunal recently nullified the outcome of the polls in 18 out of 31 Local Government Areas of the state.

“What I did in my village, I need to tell you this. They came to carry the ballot boxes in my village. The incident is recorded at the police headquarters in Akwa Ibom State,” Mr. Udoedehe said.

“The villagers stopped the DPO ‘C’ Division and other policemen who came to cart away the (election) materials. In fact, the commissioner of police mobilised police from everywhere to my village to release the DPO,” Mr. Udoedehe said in response to a question whether he participated in the governorship election.

“So, did the election (eventually) hold in your village?” Planet FM went on to ask Mr. Udoedehe who is also a former senator.

“No, we had that incident,” Mr. Udoedehe responded.

“So, did you vote or did you not vote?” the interviewer pressed.

“I said we had an incident in my village,” he responded again.

Mr. Udoedehe said the incident was another demonstration that he should have been the governorship candidate of APC in the state – not Umana Okon Umana.

“What I did in my own ward (during the election), Umana Okon Umana (the APC governorship candidate) couldn’t do in his own village. I am giving you fact. My village did not allow the DPO to leave with the ballot materials. It took the entire mobile police base to come to my village. They shot guns and arrested the people,” he said.

Mr. Udoedehe said he deserved to be a governorship candidate of APC, and not Mr. Umana, because of his contributions to the party within and outside Akwa Ibom state.

He said APC leaders in Lagos and Abuja were compromised before the party primary that produced Mr. Umana as the APC governorship candidate, and that the primary was rigged in Mr. Umana’s favour.

“The party wanted to do to Timipre Sylva in Bayelsa State what they did to me here. But the good people of Bayelsa who supported Sylvia stood against it,” Mr. Udoedehe said.

“They succeeded against me because of the individuals we planted in the party. They betrayed me because their interest was money and position. They abandoned me because I didn’t make them to swear to mbiam (fetish oath). I trusted them. I loved them. People said I should not put them there, but I put them there. At the time they were supposed to support me, they left me without any reason,” said Mr. Udoedehe.

He said he was in court to challenge the APC primary that Mr. Umana won, and that he would fight on till the case gets to the Supreme Court.
But APC in Akwa Ibom State denied having any pre-election case in the court against Mr. Umana.

“The case exists only in the imagination of Udoedehe,” the APC Publicity Secretary, Akwa Ibom State, Ita Awak, told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr. Udoedehe said in the interview that nobody in APC or PDP could use money to influence him to do anything that was against his conviction.
He denied the rumour that PDP paid him to go out and speak publicly against APC because of the fresh political battle prompted by the Akwa Ibom governorship Election Tribunal judgment.

“People go about telling lies that I am coming out to speak so that I could be given money, do I look like somebody you can pay? I have sustained opposition in Akwa Ibom state on my own, is it now that I’ll collect money from someone?

“When I had N1billion to pay as deposit for the Nigeria Newsprint Manufacturing Company in Oku Iboku, how many people in Akwa Ibom state, apart from government, had money? When they were selling Nigeria, through privatization, how many of them in Akwa Ibom had money to buy anything?”


To reiterate his claims that nobody can buy him with money, the former senator said he was bold enough to leave the then Akwa Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio, and the PDP at a time Mr. Akpabio was doling out money regularly to members of PDP caucus in the state, of which he said he was part of.

“Godswill Akpabio used to give us at least N3million each as transport money every night we attended caucus meeting in Government House. My own was special, it was more than N3million. But even with this gift, I disagreed with him (Akpabio) and left him. I left because Akwa Ibom’s interest was paramount to me than any other thing.

“The main reason I quarreled with Godswill Akpabio is that the government derailed initially by bringing people that were not supposed to be in government. Government is so sacred. There are people that are not supposed to be in government. If you allow them in, then that sacredness would be broken,” Mr. Udoedehe said.

Mr. Udoedehe accused Mr. Akpabio, who is now senate minority leader, of misusing state funds and causing poverty in Akwa Ibom state.
“Development goes beyond infrastructure,” he said. “People in Uyo are now selling off their properties, including their fathers’ graves. It shows the level of poverty here.”

Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/193222-akpabio-gave-us-n3m-transport-money-each-after-pdp-caucus-meetings-ex-minister.html

ArodeTsolaye:
You are now sounding like an underaged. The whole thing is simple- GET US A COPY OF THE DAMNED CERTIFICATE OR HOLD YOUR PEACE.

I am not the juvenile delinquent who has made it his life's mission to spam the blogosphere with invidious opinions, sourced from a cesspit of ethnic and religious bigotry. That's your calling in life.

See this place nah leveler...

bjdon:
I am sorry but you have made no real point. All you've done is state that the requirement for the officer corp is a school leaving certificate. We all know that, the question here is simple, WHY CAN NOBODY PRODUCE A COPY OF BUHARI's CERTIFICATE? Please understand in Nigeria anything goes, we've seen people graduate who never attended classes, people get jobs who never attend assessment interviews, so coming here to say because the criteria for officer coprs, automatically means that every officer in the Nigerian army indeed has said certificate, is quite an ignorant statement to make.This issue can only be put to bed for good, by the production the certificate either from the Army or from the exam board.

I am going to save myself the hassle of rehashing the same points all over again, by referring you to an earlier response...

mrrock:
I'm not against Buhari as a person, but want the law be followed since Buhari carry himself around as incorruptible.

Yes, he did swore an affidavit stating that the secretary of military was having his original certificates, which turned out to be a lie. A big lie!.

So, if the new defence minister claim he have the certificate now, let him show it to Nigerians or keep quiet.

So what is to say the Military which became unashamedly partisan under Jonathan, did not destroy his certificate? What then...?

As someone who schooled many petulant traducers on these boards, during the entire saga, let me ask you this: do you know what a 'certifying statement of result' connotes?

Even if Buhari was interested in getting hold of an original copy of his certificate, how do you propose that he gets around the following constraint (pay attention to the statement highlighted in purple)?

Examination centres are required to keep hold of unclaimed certificates for a period of 12 months. So if you took your exams within the last year you should contact the Exams Officer at your school or college to check if they have the original certificates.

Otherwise, you will need to apply for a certifying statement of results (for 14–19 qualifications) or a replacement certificate (for vocational qualifications). The processes are different so please ensure you complete the correct form.

Source: http://www.ocr.org.uk/ocr-for/learners-and-parents/lost-or-incorrect-certificates/

Now if you have any iota of objectivity, would it not be right and proper to acknowledge that Katsina College has already provided a 'Certifying Statement of Result' - which was credited to the Cambridge Examination board?

Rossikk:
Mr Fashola must set new standards for our urban roads. He should initiate a nationwide standard for such roads which all states must meet henceforth, ie EVERY road built in an urban area must have:

1) Covered drainage
2) Pedestrian sidewalks
3) Road markings and signs
4) Street lights
5) Bicycle lanes where appropriate (eg on major roads)


https://www.rieth-riley.com/assets/images/pages/curbs-and-sidewalks.jpg


Any new road construction which does not comply with the new national standard will be rejected and its builders investigated.

The law, backed by the National Assembly, will operate retroactively, ie all states will be obliged to commence compliance with the new standard on already existing roads, in addition to new constructions.

Mr Fashola will write his name in gold in terms of infrastructure if he can enthrone this new national urban road standard.

Thanks for bringing this rather important subject to the fore, Ogbeni Rossikk.
I see you are back on familiar and less contentious ground

Ikiriye:
You they mind am.foolish boy that is more dull than his president

Being the nincompoop you are, it is no surprise that you refused to honour your earlier pledge - to seek out greener pastures far away from this thread.

Tell me who is responsible for cloning your special brand of retaarrrdation, and I swear I will deal with that individual personally.

ArodeTsolaye:
You spoke a lot of english but didn't address the meat of the matter. I thought i was gonna find your dulllard-general's certificate on the link you gave after reading your epistle, alas it was same old defense.

If cambridge can only provide results on request of the student in question. What actually stops your dulllard-general from requesting a copy and debunk this issue ONCE AND FOR ALL. Is it constitutional that you followers be even duller than your dull master. We are not interested in plenty turenchi, JUST GET US A COPY OF THE DAMNED RESULT OR GO TO BLAZES! Damned Baboons and dogs as your master called you!

You add new meaning to the word "daft".
As I have iterated more than once on these boards, it is only an untutored and unexposed mind that will continue to pound the same beat - in the face of insurmountable evidence.

I know your parents probably had you believing that all Northerners were "dullards" in the 60s, thereby creating a factoid which you seemingly cannot see beyond, but the truth always bears itself out.

Now why don't you do the rest of the sane world a favour and jump off a cliff.

Ikiriye:
I like your last words,cos you are like the hen,the eagle is way to high to find himself in the same environment as you.have a good new week as this one was not favourable to you.hear from you next time on diff.topic

Get enlightened - check out my earlier posts here: https://www.nairaland.com/2735461/buharis-certificate-defence-minister-flays

anigbajumo:
God bless you sir,we have so many ingrates' on this forum....

He is full of inordinate pride and does not understand that one is being magnanimous...
After all, it would be uncharitable to count the fingers of a man who has only nine in his presence.

Ikiriye:
I don't blame you we have a common forum we meet.insults is accepted.I am practicing my profession and own my establishment,I don't.work for anybody as compared to you waiting on pmb to support your miserable life.

That I have chosen to take you to school on matters which wouldn't befuddle an intelligent 12 year old, does not make me a Buhari hireling.
But at least we agree on one thing; but for the adverse rainfall, an eagle (which soars high) is hardly likely to seek shelter under the same roof as a domesticated hen.

anigbajumo:
Their is different between statement of result and certificate.The original result is with Nigeria Army which will be released soon for you not to die because of this your headache.

The Army does not even need to release anything, to be honest.

Buhari could not have been admitted to the Officer corp without the equivalent of a school leaving certificate - fact.
Now we can argue over the quality of his results (which did not include a pass in Mathematics) but, at the end of the day, he met the requisite standard. Facts are scared.

Ikiriye:
Thank you the topic was certificate,wrong word I accept.but did you the Aristotle of our time spot the rubbish statement there or you foolishly overlooked it cos you are a flock,swine

^^^You are not particularly bright and it shows.
Continue spewing bile rather than broadening your horizons, with opportunities afforded to you, and see how far you get in life.

EasternPride:
Some people from western side of this awa kwantri always say we should blame our governors for underdeveloping the Eastern side.

Why is it they don't blame their leaders for schools like this?

You've written well.
The government of Ogun State needs to be reminded that negligence at this level, is a crime that cannot be forgiven.

Ikiriye:
Please take a look at the fake certificate,that certificate is neco and the date is 20 cancelled out and 1961 in place of date.you are a physics student and you don't know how to observe for errors sorry

^^^Check out this sleuth who cannot tell the difference between a certificate and a statement of result.

ArodeTsolaye:
In actual fact Yes! In the 50s, 60s, if you are from the north, all you need is a letter from the sarduana's office and you are in the army. The Sarduana made it a point of duty to encourage young northerners to join the army by hook or by crook. Waec or no waec.

The problem with Nairaland is that, because the standard of discourse it allows is so low, every bit of conjecture gets posted.
On well moderated websites that I visit, 95% of the respondents on this thread will be banned outright - for making a mockery of human intelligence.

Do you think the British who kept accurate records, which show that Buhari did achieve Division two level at WASC, subscribe to your low-grade reasoning?

Were you not the same set of clowns, lead chiefly by FFK and ThisDay newspaper, who went to town with claims that Hausa was not offered as a school-leaving exam? Even before University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) reacted to that delinquent assertion, with a public statement, I actually took time to explain how things worked back then. Yes, it was on good authority that I made my own independent assertions - backed by facts, which the seeing-blind clannish bigots refused to entertain.

Thankfully, when all is said and done, the truth actually stands on its own merits. No matter the manner of denigration, it is what it is.


Source:http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/news/statement-in-response-to-nigerian-presidential-election-enquiries/

See image attached for further details on entry qualifications. Source: The Nigerian Military: A Sociological Analysis of Authority and Revolt 1960-67 (African Studies), Robin Luckham

They are at it again, scrambling to make mud stick.

https://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-when-the-seagulls-follow-the-trawler-it-is-because-they-think-sardines-will-be-thrown-eric-cantona-4-70-49.jpg