The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has reacted to claim by the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress,
APC, campaign Council, Festus Keyamo that one does not need a WAEC certificate
to become President of Nigeria.
Keyamo said this while appearing
on Channels Tv on Sunday night when asked about the eligibility of President
Muhammadu Buhari to contest the presidential election.
According to him, if you have
occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, you do not need a
WAEC certificate to become president of Nigeria.
However, reacting, PDP in a
statement on Monday by its spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan called on President
Muhammadu Buhari to tender his West African Examination Certificate (WAEC) to
the presidential election petition’s tribunal.
The main opposition party also
called on Nigerians to note that by claiming that an aspirant does not need
WAEC certificate, but the ability to speak English, to contest for the office
of the President, the Buhari Presidency, through Festus Keyamo, had finally
admitted that President Buhari does not have a WAEC certificate as he claimed
in his INEC documentation.
The PDP, therefore warmed APC
campaign spokesperson, Festus Keyamo, to stop “insulting” the sensibility of
Nigerians .
The statement read in part “An
attempt to deceive the public using a defective reading and skewed
interpretation of a section of the constitution cannot exonerate President
Buhari.
“Moreover, Section 295 of the
1999 Constitution (as amended) is very clear on issues of interpretations and
reference to questions of law.
“The PDP, therefore, maintains
that the onus is on President Buhari, as ‘Mr. Integrity’ to tender the
certificate he claims to possess before the tribunal instead of this lame
diversion from Presidential aides
“It’s completely inexcusable for
President Buhari to swear to an affidavit to claim an educational qualification
he did not possess.”
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this is very bad. but when you go to civil service work, they will insist you present YOUR WAEC FSLC etc CHAI CHAI
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