Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has said the academic qualification that the presidential candidate of the All Progresives Congress, APC, Maj.Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has is equivalent to a Master's degree.
Sagay made this known while reacting to a claim by another lawyer, Mr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN), that Buhari was not qualified to contest because of his failure to provide his certificate.
According to Sagay, it is not stated any where in the constitution that a candidate of a political party must provide his certificate, adding that Buhari attended the Military Training College in Kaduna; the Mons Officer Cadet School in the United Kingdom; and the Army War College in the United States.
He said it would have been impossible for anyone who did not have a secondary school certificate to attend such prestigious military schools.
"This whole discussion of Buhari’s qualification is a negative distraction from the legitimate process of electioneering which should involve issues, records of the candidates, their character, and their capacity to govern. These are things we should be talking about.
"The constitution is very clear on the issue of qualification. It states that you are qualified to be a President if you have achieved the level of school certificate or its equivalent. Buhari has been to Military College in Britain, he has been to colleges in India and USA, involving high level of training and intellect.
"We need to ask if participation and completion of courses at these levels and the basic officers training in Mons Officers Cadet School are less than school certificates. On the contrary, you need school certificate to attend those courses. So, if he has attended all those courses, then there is absolutely no need to be talking about secondary school certificates anymore.
"So, this man attended secondary school and we hear he was even the head boy. He has been to the Cadet School in Mons, he attended the War College in the US and was given a certificate which is equivalent to a master’s degree," Sagay said.
He added that Nigeria had become worse under the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan despite the fact that he is the first doctorate degree holder to become the President of the country.
"If I may add, how has the PhD of the President helped this country?" he said.
Source: Today
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