Random Opinions by Terhemba Osuji

We play politics with every issue in Nigeria until it affects us directly. What Buhari went through in regards to his certificate is what pensioners and employees are going through with endless verification exercises. Some employees are being terminated because of falling to provide an original certificate instead of a copy of the statement the received at graduation. Do not be surprised if some pensioners are being denied their benefits because they failed to produce an original certificate from their schools despite that having nothing to do with their retirement. God help any elder who loses his records in a fire or to rats, rains or termites, not only will their ministry not have their employment records, they would be lucky if their useless school or ministry would be able to recreate anything from records except through use of an affidavit claiming their employer has them. Satan may even come into the equation where a University may even ask a graduate to go and produce not

1 Constitutional Requirement ( # copied ) (d) educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent. The interpretation of section 131 herein above as provided or stated in Section 318 of the 1999 Constitution as amended is herein below : (d) educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent. (c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and - 2. Problem of Unissued Certificates Typical of the rot after independence Nigeria began to cut corners from plain inefficiency. Attached are sample High school certificates in saner clones that the Katsina Provincial College (renamed to Govt College Katsina) should have issued to Buhari upon graduation. Notice that it is a certificate without grades. 3. Photo Evidence that he went to school and his classmates can attest he graduated or left in the final semester of class 5. 4. Statement of result Buhari statement of result (excluding his picture accommodation) is the typical statement everyon

The constitution has a minimal qualification of a secondary school leaving certificate (How many of you even have your original WAEC certificate, most of you got into a higher institution with a statement of result and your certificate is still at the ministry of education) and the ability to read at an advanced level and write (literacy).  Yet you have a candidate past over 70 years old, a grandfather, that is an Army veteran with blood on his hands, a former minister, former military governor, former President, a retired Major General, chairman of PTF, 5 time presidential candidate and serving President and still energetic to be walking 🚶upandown at his advanced age while you are too tired or lazy to hustle. You claim he is unqualified because he does not have pieces of papers from nearly 60 years ago and even though his class mates are retired judges and a former VP and there is no doubt he made to the final semester of class 5 and there are classroom pictures to prove it. What is

I wholly concur with the precedent set by one judge that: "A candidate must be educated up to secondary school level, that does not mean he must present the certificate" Perhaps this point was covered in his brief and Nigerians need to gain a better understanding of this issue. 1. WAEC has its origins in academics and it is a universal aptitude examination or test that was once the standard for admission into post secondary institutions. Due to the indications of aptitude it provided it became the standard demanded by both schools and employers today. However Unlike in the past, WAEC is not the only aptitude test used today for admission into higher institutions and it is not a certificate in the true sense of the word. 2. Since the focus on WAEC statements secondary schools have abandoned issuance of Secondary School leaving Certificates at terminal conclusion of secondary education, primary schools also abandoned the practice and began issuing testimonials because the f