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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why President Bola Tinubu’s primary and secondary school certificates were not included among the credentials published for presidential candidates ahead of the 2027 general election.

A senior INEC official, who spoke anonymously to Sunday PUNCH, said the commission only published documents submitted by the candidates and had no authority to question or alter the credentials presented to it.

"We only published what was submitted to the commission. We don’t have any authority to question those ones. I mean, our own is just to publish so that anybody who has an objection can raise issues with what we’ve published,” the official said.

The clarification followed reactions after INEC published the credentials of presidential candidates, with Tinubu’s primary and secondary school certificates absent from the documents released to the public.

The official explained that the publication was also designed to give members of the public an opportunity to scrutinise the documents and raise objections where necessary.

Meanwhile, a legal counsel and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kalu Agu, reportedly submitted a petition against Tinubu to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday.

Agu alleged that Tinubu submitted false academic credentials to INEC and failed to disclose the primary and secondary schools he attended as part of the requirements for the 2027 presidential election.

A video shared on X by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s media aide, Paul Ibe, purportedly showed Agu submitting the petition.

Agu called on the European Union to intervene over what he described as an alleged subversion of Nigeria’s constitutional order.

The allegations have not been established by a court.

Dalohad:
It is in the best interest of Nigeria and our electoral process to reject that submission for incomplete documentation..

Tinubu is applying to be president of Nigeria, Nigerians are asking him to simply submit his complete CV in his application for the job in accordance with our constitution.

"We only published what was submitted to the commission. We don’t have any authority to question those ones. I mean, our own is just to publish so that anybody who has an objection can raise issues with what we’ve published,” the official said.

Awillologo:
https://verynigerian.com/we-only-published-what-apc-submitted-inec-explains-missing-tinubu-school-certificates/

Dalohad:
The question I want to ask INEC is this..

If the application is to be done online in your portal and fields for primary and secondary school were left unfilled, would that application proceed to 'submit'.

The answer is 'No'.

It is in the best interest of Nigeria and our electoral process to reject that submission for incomplete documentation..

Tinubu is applying to be president of Nigeria, Nigerians are asking him to simply submit his complete CV in his application for the job in accordance with our constitution.

Incomplete resume should be thrown out to the thrash, just as many employers do to Nigerian graduates..

If you are a graduate and you are supporting this Tinubu's fraud, you should be ashamed..

Dalohad:
The question I want to ask INEC is this..

If the application is to be done online in your portal and fields for primary and secondary school were left unfilled, would that application proceed to 'submit'.

The answer is 'No'.

It is in the best interest of Nigeria and our electoral process to reject that submission for incomplete documentation..

Tinubu is applying to be president of Nigeria, Nigerians are asking him to simply submit his complete CV in his application for the job in accordance with our constitution.

Incomplete resume should be thrown out to the thrash, just as many employers do to Nigerian graduates..

If you are a graduate and you are supporting this Tinubu's fraud, you should be ashamed..

Dalohad:
The question I want to ask INEC is this..

If the application is to be done online in your portal and fields for primary and secondary school were left unfilled, would that application proceed to 'submit'.

The answer is 'No'.

It is in the best interest of Nigeria and our electoral process to reject that submission for incomplete documentation..

Tinubu is applying to be president of Nigeria, Nigerians are asking him to simply submit his complete CV in his application for the job in accordance with our constitution.

Incomplete resume should be thrown out to the thrash, just as many employers do to Nigerian graduates..

If you are a graduate and you are supporting this Tinubu's fraud, you should be ashamed..

Dalohad:
The question I want to ask INEC is this..

If the application is to be done online in your portal and fields for primary and secondary school were left unfilled, would that application proceed to 'submit'.

The answer is 'No'.

It is in the best interest of Nigeria and our electoral process to reject that submission for incomplete documentation..

Tinubu is applying to be president of Nigeria, Nigerians are asking him to simply submit his complete CV in his application for the job in accordance with our constitution.

Incomplete resume should be thrown out to the thrash, just as many employers do to Nigerian graduates..

If you are a graduate and you are supporting this Tinubu's fraud, you should be ashamed..

Putinofrussia:
No, it is not mandatory to submit all your school certificatees to INEC. Under the Nigerian Constitution, a candidate is only required to meet the minimum educational threshold, which is education up to at least the School Certificate level or its equivalent.

Section 131(d) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) specifies that a candidate only needs to show they have been educated up to a School Certificate level or its equivalent".

Courts and judicial precedents (including interpretations by the Supreme Court) have established that possessing and submitting a higher qualification such as a university degree or equivalent tertiary. credential,satisfies and surpasses the minimum requirement, making the submission of primary and secondary certificates optional.

Candidates are legally permitted to leave primary and secondary school certificate columns blank or unattached on their nomination forms as long as they provide valid proof of meeting or exceeding the baseline educational qualification.

Image123:
This is a lot of tears in one post. Majoring on minors. Go to court.
Or save your money and read the constitution.

Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) states that a person is qualified to run for President if, among other requirements:
“he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent.”

Any sane person knows that a B.Sc is MORE THAN sufficient in this case. But your fellow content creators will use stolen money to carry you on a jolly ride to Supreme Court level to interprete this simple and clear English. Then you'll wail about how the judges have been bought and are being controlled. You obviously went to school but school didn't go through you.

Is there any normal person that will interact with Mr President and conclude that he's not educated to O'level? Common.
The definition includes:
a Secondary School Certificate or equivalent;
a Grade II Teacher's Certificate;
a City & Guilds Certificate;
education up to Secondary School Certificate level;
and, under specified conditions, even a Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent, coupled with qualifying work/service experience; and
other qualifications acceptable to INEC under the constitutional definition.

They said a job is for minimum 35 years. Someone says he's 50 years. You're insisting on seeing his 35 years birthday cake. SMH.

tuoyoojo:
Tulumbu graduated before his secondary school was founded.

He has been a genius even before he born