The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, UCLES, now Cambridge Assessment, has provided further details on the West African School Certificate, WASC, results presented by Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Candidate in the February 14 presidential election.
In a new post on its website, the university confirmed result grades for the examination in 1961 were issued in numbers, not letters, as suggested by critics of Mr. Buhari who have dismissed the results he presented as fabricated.
According to Cambridge, “Examination results were classed in grades from 1 to 9”.
“1, 2,3,4,5 & 6 indicate a Pass with Credit; 7 & 8 indicate a Pass; 9 indicate a Failure,” the school said.
Results tendered by Mr. Buhari shows he had credits in English Language, Geography, Health Science, Hausa Language; failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature in English.
In its post, Cambridge said for candidates to qualify for its certificate in 1961, they needed to pass English, and not necessarily Mathematics.
“To pass the School Certificate, candidates had to pass examinations in a variety of groups. It was compulsory to pass English Language, but not Maths, in order to gain the Certificate,” the university said.
The details followed intense controversy over whether Mr. Buhari, a former Head of State and retired Army General, completed his secondary education.
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The Nigerian constitution requires any candidate running for the office of the President to have at least the Senior Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent.
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the campaign office of President Goodluck Jonathan accuse Mr. Buhari of lacking the requisite qualification for the office of the president.
Mr. Buhari, who ran for president in 2003, 2007 and 2011, repeatedly declared that copies of his academic records were with the military.
The former head of state also said original copies of his credentials were lost when his house was raided when he was in detention during the administration of Ibrahim Babangida who toppled his regime.
The Army at first said it had copies of Mr. Buhari’s results, but backtracked later, saying it had only a letter of recommendation from his principal at Katsina Provincial College, result grades without either the statement or certificate.
Responding, Mr. Buhari expressed surprise that the military could claim not to have his results, and insisted that he indeed completed high school and passed at Division Two level.
However after copies of Mr. Buhari’s WASC results as well as a master list containing the results of some of his classmates, obtained from his former secondary school, now Government College, Katsina was made available, some Nigerians, including President Jonathan and the PDP, dismissed the results as forged.
One of the allegations said Hausa language was not part of the Cambridge exams in 1961.
Another said Mr. Buhari’s results that year were recorded in alphabets, not in letters as Mr. Buhari claimed.
While Cambridge has declined to categorically confirm Mr. Buhari’s results, saying only the APC candidate could request or authorize such disclosure, the school posted a response to enquiries on the matter on their website authenticating some of the claims in Mr. Buhari’s result.
The University confirmed that according to the Regulations for 1961, African Language papers, including those for Hausa, were set for the West African School Certificate.
It also put the number of candidates who sat for the WASC Hausa examination in 1961 at 152.
“Our records show that Hausa was set in the Northern Region in 1961,” Cambridge said.
The university also confirmed result grades in 1961 were issued in numbers, not letters.
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Shame on FFK and the PDP!!
ReplyDeleteHe should immediately request for the confirmation to shut up the critics
ReplyDeleteExactly! what stops him then from requesting for his results? Buhari should request for his results immediately to put all doubt to rest. I wont believe all these forged stories until then. Yany there is no shame to FFK and PDP yet, why wont Buhari honorably request for his certificate? your guess is as good as mine!
ReplyDeleteThe statement from Cambridge is not authentic. We must charge GMB for perjury. This is Fani Kayode speaking and I am sorry for him. FFK, Fayose and Okugbe will spend the rest of their lives in Bama prison when EFCC under GMB graps their throats properly.
ReplyDeleteShame on PDP.
ReplyDeleteTell them please, we dont know how to fake result,
ReplyDeletewe dont know how to cheat in an exams or pay for someone to write for us is not in our discipline.
that is what GMB want to see it end in our education system.
So what else will the come up with? The truth is that if the ruling party had something good for Nigerians, they wouldn't have indulged in these frivolities. Its unfortunate GEJ found himself in this mess. Honestly as an easterner, I feel terribly bad over this whole mess. However like my father will always say, Everyone is the architect of his or her misfortune.
ReplyDeleteCan we see jonathan's desertation....I don't mean heresay now.....I mean the real desertation
ReplyDeleteold boy shut up!!! his desertation was not concluded before he became president but when we found out we covered it because he is ours.
DeleteFFK, Fayos and aribisola they all mad shame you all u can success GMB either they like it or not Buhari is our next President watch FeBuhari election to see if you can stop people from voting him, he is can stop corrupted people like the all of you FFK know that if GMB win FeBuhari election they all go to jail that is why they are finding the way to stop him from been our President, u can success find another stupid people, Nigeria sai Buhari
ReplyDeleteNEEDLESS OF CALMING ffk FOR HE HAS BEEN PAID TO RUN HIS MOUTH UNDER PRESIDENTIAL COVER AND IMMUNITY! FOR US NIGERIANS, BUHARI IS OUR CANDIDATE AND IN SHORT OUR PRESIDENT COME FEBRUARY 14. SECURE AND SAFE-GUARD YOUR PVC AS ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS!
ReplyDeleteFemi Fani Kayode must go back to court to explain to the world and Nigerians in particular how he bribed the judges for his conviction.
ReplyDeleteHe is going to pay dearly for insulting Our father GMB.
We shall sweep him to the oblivion where he rightly belong.
He insulted virtually almost every Important men in Ibo land.
He insulted virtually all his kins men just because of a portion of the national cake.
He insulted an important man from the Hausa community in the person of GMB.
He has no place to hide.
He thinks he is smart.
He will bite his finger with senior thief okupe when the time comes.
They should be sued for deformity of character. That will serve as lesson to other politicians not to jst come to the public domain and be saying rubbish jst in the name of politics. For every action there is suppose to be a consequence, that is the only way we can get it right in nigeria and dats the only way impunity can stop.
ReplyDeleteI begin to wonder where all dis animals are coming from.They vowed to bastardize dis country for their selfish interest!!God forbid.
ReplyDeleteWe will surely see ur end by God's grace
So this certificate issue really got you people worried? And you were pretending as if it does not matter. Good please Buhari shoud ask the Cambridge to realise his certificate and let him make it available to INEC That is all PDP is asking nobody is above the law, period
ReplyDeleteSo you guys still don't believe. Blessed are those who have not seen but yet believe for they shall make the next president of Nigeria. Pdp can go ahead being distracted about Buhari's result while Buhari has already taken over Aso rock.
DeleteAnother FFK,how much were you paid?shameless people.your end has certainly come and you'll all rotten in JAIL.
Deleteso it matters to you more than our girls eh #bringbackourgirls
DeleteCertificate or no certificate leadership comes from God alone, the person that makes china what it is today didn't go to school
ReplyDeleteGo to school first be/4 u come to seek for election, Apart from going to school study good subject and write the exam not by cutting corners and unable bto defend ur result when called upon. INEC should disqualify Buhari for not submitting the requirement as demanded within the time frame in electoral act. Buhari should demand for verification of the certificate for Nigerians to accept it-Shame to APC with fake forge Change.
ReplyDeleteI really do support Buhari, but I just don't know why he cannot request a disclosure of this information. He shouldn't be trying to place himself above the law when he promise to fight corruption and uphold the law...smh
ReplyDeleteShame on you FFK,and what's your next game plan now?perhaps if you've run out of ideas may be I should borrow you one.DON'T YOU THINK BUHARI & OSINBAJO DOES NOT MAKE A PROPER FRACTION".BUHARI IS TALL & OSINBAJO IS SHORT,HENCE THEY SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED.BASTARD!!!
ReplyDeleteThe BASTARD call FFK should be sued for character deformation and he be jailed along with his cohorts for the forged result he displayed.
ReplyDeleteBUHARI SHOULD FACE THE LAW. IF INDEED HE HAS THE RESULT WHY DID HE FAKE WASC RESULT? HE SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE SCHOOL AUTHORITY WHERE HE WROTE THE EXAM. FURTHERMORE, HE SWORE AN OATH THAT HIS CREDENTIALS WERE WITH THE MILITARY WHEN IN FACT HE KNEW IT WAS FALSE. FOR ALL THESE FOOLISH ACTS , HE MUST BE PROSECUTED AND JAILED FOR PERJURY. THERE IS NO GOING BACK IN THE MATTER.
ReplyDeleteI agree!!! no going back to PDP lies, we are moving forward to change. Buhari I do not need your certificate to vote for you. 80% of the world's discoveries was not done by people with certificate Nigerians Sai Buhari!!!
DeleteI see so much of illiteracy among our compatriot, the right thing is for buhari to have submitting his result than goin to sworn an affidavit. simple instruction, give pdp a plus 4 ensuring that those who are not qualify to still come act the live of ameachi and kwankwaso who now represent tout in govt.
ReplyDeleteI just don't get it. Is it GMB certificate we should be contemplating on this moment ? Losers are always afraid . Instead of them (PDP) to campaign and tell the whole Nigerians what they wanna offer us. They are busy defending! Ruling party for that matters. I don't know how to make it clear to this PDP of a stuff that 95% of Nigerians are now politically educated and all we wants is CHANGE........ Certificate or not! Nigerians are ready to vote for GMB not matter the agenda u wanna use to disqualify him. If GMB presents Papper Booli we re going to vote for him. This is where JoNa PHD has got us to. Boko Haram bombing, kidnapping, high level of corruption, killing of innocent people, bad governance and so on......... All we are saying is CHANGE..... APC for life. Pls collect ur PVC and vote wisely! That's only the way to be free from Stomach Infrastructure and poverty development party! I have spoken!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou've spoken my own person,even if it's NEPA bill that GMB present we go vote him,because the person with PHD has failed us patapsta
DeleteHear yourselves guyz how can someone without education improve it! Hw can you improve what you don't know about! Goodluck is not perfect but @least with him we will move forward but with buhari is backward because you can't give what you don't have! Vote for person not the party because all parties are corrupt if we look at that no one deserve our vot in both parties.......tnx
ReplyDeleteWhere is a certified true copy of the result? How come I can't increase the size of that document to see what is written on it? Another fraud hahahahah!
ReplyDeleteLet the so called Cambridge provide d original result cos from the one earlier produced, it's fake cos it's colured passport of an aged person and d result sheet looks more neat as supposed if it's really from 1961
ReplyDeleteI don't want to exchange issues with anti progress pple, am sure if GMB should seat for new examination under camera some fools will still say is fake, so we that want change should move on discussing relevant issues not this certificate distraction.
ReplyDeleteHear yourselves guyz how can someone without education improve it! Hw can you improve what you don't know about! Goodluck is not perfect but @least with him we will move forward but with buhari is backward because you can't give what you don't have! Vote for person not the party because all parties are corrupt if we look at that no one deserve our vot in both parties.......tnx
DeleteSHAME ON APC...
ReplyDeleteISLAMIC MAGGOTS
All these APC supporters nawa for una oo! It is in constitution that you must present your certificates before contesting for an election, why can't GMB present his? why did he lie that he submitted it to INEC whereas he did not? Or do you want him to unconstitutionally rule Nigeria without presentig his certificate?? HABA
ReplyDeleteWhat was presented was a statement of result, and not a certificate. It can be issued anytime to confirm the grades of a past student based on their records. That is why it has Buhari's recent picture, since the request was likely made after the controversy started. The controversy will surely clear away, and Jonathan will surely have it hot on election day.
ReplyDeleteIt can only be published by Nigerian eye. APC only exist on the media, not on ground!. I know just few individuals are paid to write all these using different fictitious names, just like the way they did in AIT online polls and they were exposed!. Am sorry for APC cos comes 14th April, we will show PDP valentine love and all this deceit will evaporate. Only NigerianEye can see the website and published it. Why can't your Incorruptable Buhari write to Cambridge college to get his certificate?.
ReplyDeleteThis certificate saga shows that PDP are just rulling us in a trial and error manner.PPle with deep sense of responsibility are not in PDP.This shows the reason why we are sufering.About 270 girls were abducted and almost 1 year no,PDP can not locate them but sponsoring useless FFK to be pursuing trivial issue(WAEC CERTIFICATE).This is a non issue in the Nigerian's problems.For over six yrs,Nigerians gave Nigeria to manage but just beating about the bush with no direction.Shame on u all.FFK, u must pay our next president, Buhari for defamation of character.
ReplyDeleteIt is a big shame that it is difficult for Buhari to show a minimum certificate WASC which every truck pusher has in Nigeria. He had every opportunity to improve himself yet he didn't even simply to retake mathematics that he had F9, we are still taking of certificate common diploma that ABU Zaria gives even those with 2 credits admission for I can see Buhari does not have ambition his only ambition is to be president of Nigeria and time has passed for the people with this Kind of academic qualification to rule Nigetia
ReplyDeleteYou are right my dear! Time has pass for people like buhari to rule our country
ReplyDeleteThis result was forged Cambridge confirmed 1,2,3,4,5,6 as credit 7,8 as pass 9 as fail how come in the result published Buhari had 3 Good ? You can now see for yourself Buhari must be prosecuted for forging his result.
ReplyDeleteFFK, have forgot that in Naija you can contest for election with your water/Nepa bills no waver for that you hear. Abi.
ReplyDeleteNigerians needs to know the truth about the religion of Islam. Unfortunately, the world seems to escape this information. Of all the religions of the world, Islam is violent beyond compare. Every Believer. You should know what Islam really is. The Rev. Jerry Vines said at a Southern Baptist convention, "Islam was founded by Mohammed, a demon-possessed pedophile who had 12 wives, and his last one was a 9-year-old girl."Shameless and wicked.
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