All of a Sudden, Certificate became as issue in this Feb 14 SAGA abi?

Here is what APC Leader . Chief Ogbonnaya Onu has to say ...

To qualify to be president of the country, you have to be a Nigerian by birth; you have to be 40 years of age; you have to be a member of a political party and that party should sponsor you; and finally, you should obtain education of at least secondary school certificate level or its equivalent.

We have a man who had attended military schools in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, India and in the United States of America.

He attended the United States Army War College; so, there isn't any reason to create this type of problem we have in the polity.

As far as certificates are concerned, what's the Constitution requires of anybody, who wants to be President, is that the person should have at least a secondary school certificate or its equivalent.

You see, people forget that operational word, which is "at least." So, it did not say it must be a secondary school certificate. It says at least and I want people to go and read section 131 of the Constitution. You don't have to be a lawyer to read it.

The operational word is "at least," and we were satisfied that he had that educational qualification.

When you attend a military school, it is all education. It does not mean that it is only when you go to primary or secondary school; any military school can be the education you are acquiring.