USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [Naijaintellects] "School Certificate or its equivalent" means: MONDAY QUARTERBACKING:...

Toyin,

You asked,

Should we not be ashamed to find ourselves using school cert or such basic level qualifications as criteria  for Presidential candidacy in this modern age?

And I say:

It seems that provision was weaved into the Constitution to accommodate ex-military officers and people from regions of low educational attainment and poor educational participation rate.  You can see it, just look at it and the words will talk to you.

But mind you, school cert is just the floor, a candidate for presidency can come in with above and superior credentials. 

The thing is for a person to have the certificate they claim, and not lie about it.  Something that simply could easily be a tall order in Nigeria.  Fish rots from the head. 

The fact that a person does not have any, but was able to successfully bamboozle custodians of the process into allowing him break the rules, doesn't mean that the Nigerian legal system shouldn't be able to compel that person to produce the certificate they claim to have at any time.  But that will not happen because Nigerians don't have tolerance for deception if the person doing the "deceiving". 

Nigerians want a reliably functioning society, but they don't want to make the sacrifices that will make that objective a reality.  Nigerians are very good in bending the rules to accommodate and cover up for personalities they know or whose favor and patronage they crave.  We just witnessed a tainted man shoe-horned in to become Transportation Minister by a Mr. Clean President under circumstances that will give Mafia heads goose bumps.  It is not what's right, it is the relationship. 

Nigerians will bear false witness to extricate cult personality types from following the rules and hypocritically put the same person in charge of enforcing the rules. 

Nigeria runs on relationship not honesty.   Relationship is the most important thing in Nigeria.  Anyone who wants to do things the right way in Nigeria will most likely fail, because it is not "what was done, it is whodunit".  That's why you see even people who have lived in the US trying to bend what's right in Nigeria. 

 

Nigerians have little respect for order and procedure, and it shows in Nigerian commercial products and even government products.  Numbers and Stats from the Nigerian government are usually trash and received with suspicion all over the world.  Nigerians know this, they don't like it but they can't change it because it is not "what was done, it is whodunit". 

Relationship trumps the  law in Nigeria.  If I know you and I'm a judge, and your son does something wrong, will I put your son in prison?  No.  There is an understanding in Nigeria that I shouldn't.   Say if I do, all those who know you and know me, families on both sides will be mad at me.  They will ask me if I had forgotten the relationship between both families.  And I  say, "how about the law?"  And they'll come back with  "thought you were supposed to control the law as a judge?" 

Relationship is everything in Nigeria and that's why you can find a mile-long Conga line of people, happily dancing and going to hell, because established procedures were scuttled in favor of their champion.  If you want to be successful in Nigeria, tap into to relationship, that's The Only way. 

                     *ezekwe*

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On 18 November 2015 at 12:57, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:

Should we not be ashamed to find ourselves using school cert or such basic level qualifications as criteria  for Presidential candidacy in this modern age?

toyin

On 18 November 2015 at 12:52, Nebukadineze via naijaintellects <naijaintellects@googlegroups.com> wrote:

VC Aluko,

I have stated, time without numbers, that a person vying for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must not possess a high school certificate to be eligible, but folks have continued to disregard my counsel without ever proving me wrong. All that the constitution says is that the person has to be educated up to high school -- this is self explanatory to anyone who has no difficulty with the English language or to persons who are not dishonest or mischievous.

 

Even as self explanatory as the clause is, it seems to me that the framers of the constitution understood that Nigerians would invoke the dishonesty that some of them have invoked against president Buhari over this school certificate or its equivalent matter, so they took their time and explained what it means. 

 

• "School Certificate or its equivalent" means
  (a) a Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, or Grade II Teacher's Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate; or
  (b) education up to Secondary School Certificate level; or
  (c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent and -
  (i) service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for a minimum of ten years, and
  (ii) attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may be acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for periods totaling up to a minimum of one year, and
  (iii) the ability to read, write, understand and communicate in the English language to the satisfaction of the Independent National Electoral Commission, and
  (d) any other qualification acceptable by the Independent National Electoral Commission;
• (Part IV Interpretation, Citation and Commencement [section 318(1)])

 

From the above interpretation, all that Buhari needed to be eligible for president was mere evidence of having attended a high school, whether he obtained the school certificate or not. Even if he did not attend high school, he is still eligible as long as he holds a primary six leaving certificate and meets riders (i) through (iii). Since no one disputes that he holds a primary six leaving certificate, no one should be in doubt that he has more man met all three riders in (i) through (iii). Evidence of that is found in: His Sandhurst training as an officer; his successful commissioning as an officer after passing the training exams; his progressive rise in ranks, up to General; the Ministerial positions he held; his US Army War College and similar courses; his tenures as Minister, Chairman of government parastatals, GOCs, Governor, Head of State, PTF Chairman, his more than 20 years service in the Nigeria Army, etc. 

 

Some Nigerians need to get a life and stop bringing up this certificate non issue. Folks should focus their energies into making sure that he does at least 50% of his promises and that he does not relapse into a tyrant. Those are laudable functions of good citizenship, not this obsessive whining over and over at a non issue.  

 

As you would say, there you have it.

 

 

Nebukadineze Adiele
Reject Religion; Relive Reason!

 

In a message dated 11/18/2015 12:40:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, alukome@gmail.com writes:

Dokita:

The most important "certificate" to Buhari right now is INEC's certificate of winning the Presidency five months ago...all the others are secondary.  So the certificate that Wilson and others were asking him to produce has been produced! :-)

And there you have it.

Bolaji Aluko

Shaking his head

And having a belly laugh

PS:  By the way, the Constitution states that all the Ministers act on behalf of the President.  He Presides over the Ministers....he is the "Prime Minister" in short.

  

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Adeniran Adeboye <aadeboye@mac.com> wrote:

Dear Bro Iguade,

I would have hoped that you stop referring to the issue of certificate. From 

what I know, Buhari could not have become an officer without some certificate 

ranked higher than GCE O'Level. One does not have to be his friend or party 

man to know that. 

The jury must wait to see how he performs as president. The electorate already

judged him as better than the then incumbent. That is all a democracy asks for.

From November 16, 1963 till January 15, 1966, Nnamidi Azikiwe served first as Governor-General of the Federation of Nigeria and later as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The change in title occurred on October 1, 1963, when Nigeria became a republic. In both

positions, he was the Head of State ------ a purely ceremonial office not  uncommon in former British colonies. Today, that is still the arrangement in Israel, Australia, and Canada. Under this system, the Head of Government is the Prime Minister ---- a position occupied in those years by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa as the Leader of the majority party in the Parliament. By the

fiat of the constitution, Parliament was supreme and the Prime Minister was thead of the Executive Council. All bills passed by Parliament had to be (ceremonially) signed into law by the Head of State who had no veto power. Any refusal to do so would lead to a constitutional crisis. 

Cheers, 

Adeniran Adeboye

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On Nov 16, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Wilson Iguade Iguade@Hotmail.com [NIgerianWorldForum] <NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Prof. Adeboye,

I believe that we were been reminded that we have a NoCertificate president, who lacks fundamental understanding of the presidential system of government. Those from 16 years to 30 years in Nigeria do not need such reminder of antiquity or obsolete frame of government no longer in practice.

They need to be reminder of jobs, where jobs are available, were opportunities abound. How they can contribute in the productions of the country. 

Moving on!

Quote

Thus he reigns by signing all passed bills into laws, and rules by 

executing all laws. He also has the power to 

veto a bill. A vetoed bill can only become law 

if the veto is overridden by the NASS.

Unquote

Response: Prof, Adeboye can you allocate from yours below and in reference to your quote cited above, what functions are that of Zik to perform as president, and which functions Balewa will perform as prime minister? To be clear, does Zik signs the bills, and Balewa executed the law, or vice versa or under prime minister frame of government the prime minister do it all, and the prez siddon dey look.

Please address my query, much appreciated. Thank you, sir. Iguade 

  

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On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:51 PM, "Adeniran Adeboye" <aadeboye@mac.com> wrote:

VC Aluko is probably reminding us that under the

current constitution, PMB as President is both 

Head of State, like Azikiwe, and Head of 

Government, like Prime Minister Balewa. Thus he 

reigns by signing all passed bills into laws, and rules by 

executing all laws. He also has the power to 

veto a bill. A vetoed bill can only become law 

if the veto is overridden by the NASS.

Cheers,

Adeniran Adeboye


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On Nov 15, 2015, at 9:23 PM, Wilson Iguade <iguade@hotmail.com> wrote:

What I don't understand from VC Aluko's table is the use of "prime minister" in association with the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY.  I think the reason for that association is to educate their Prophet, BUHARI, in the manner of communication President NoCertificate will understand. 

Stay tuned! Let the governance BEGIN! Ready set GO!

Iguade ("pray for me")

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On Nov 15, 2015, at 6:31 PM, "John Ebohon" <ebohon@dmu.ac.uk> wrote:

Prof,

 

Great initiative, my advice is for them to identify what needs to be done, prioritise them on the basis of how well these compliment the efforts of other departments. There must be an overall unit located in the VP's office, as part of his economic portfolio, to co-ordinate the various policies from the ministries, this is to ensure policies are not in with one another. It will also curtail inordinate ambition and unhealthy attention to catch the attention of the man at the top – what brought down Margret Thatcher's government eventually. Above all, if Nigeria can achieve regular supply of electricity, all other of its aspirations will surely fall in place.

OJ  

 

From: naijaintellects@googlegroups.com [mailto:naijaintellects@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mobolaji Aluko
Sent: 15 November 2015 23:17
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Subject: [Naijaintellects] MONDAY-QUARTERBACKING: My Brief Charges to the new PMB Ministers

 

 

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MONDAY-QUARTERBACKING:  My Brief Charges to the new PMB Ministers

 

by

 

Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

alukome@gmail.com 

 

 

November 15, 2015

 

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My People:

 

After five months of patient waiting, President Muhammadu Buhari finally got and assigned portfolios to thirty-six federal ministers, and sent them on their way to "change" Nigeria permanently for good.

 

One can only pray that this is so.

 

Although quite a number of the assignments were surprising, the reduced number of ministries (now twenty-five) - meaning that as many as twelve ministers are "of state" - and PMB's stern approach to governance will make it difficult to differentiate "juicy" ministries from "not-so-juicy" ones.  They all appear substantive  - and very well regionally balanced in terms of distribution.   Fashola's "Infrastructure" portfolio appears to be the most substantive of all, while Ngige, being the most experienced (civil servant rising to Perm Sec, Governor, Senator and now Minister), 

 

Let it be clear:  only PMB and Osinbajo were elected of this group - PMB is his own Prime Minister - and hence bear all the real brunt of any failure, but the ministers can be expected to share in the glory of any success.

 

I have shared below my brief charges to these ministers.  For the sake of the country, we should wish them well.

 

And there you have it.

 

 

Bolaji Aluko

 

 

 

 

S/N	Zone	S/N	S/N	States	Minister	Portfolio	My Charge
A	North-West	A	A	Katsina	Muhammadu Buhari	President & "Prime Minister"	All buck stops at his desk as the only elected "Minister"; all blame on him, all praise to his team
B	South-West	B	B	Ogun	Yemi Osinbajo	Vice-President & "Deputy PM"	Ditto – Economy matters in particular, as Chair of NEC
1	South-West	1	1	Ekiti	Kayode Fayemi	Solid Minerals	Diversify, diversify, diversify the economy; there is solid mineral of commercial value in each state, unlike liquid mineral (oil)
		2	2	Lagos	Babatunde Fashola	Power, Works & Housing	As "Infrastructure" Minister, Ensure Reliable power, good roads, affordable housing
		3	3	Ogun	Kemi Adeosun	Finance	Manage our money better, re-balance our capital and recurrent expenditures;  balance our budget
		4	4	Ondo	Claudius Daramola	Niger-Delta (State)	Enrich, empower, employ the Golden Goose area that lays the national egg
		5	5	Osun	Isaac Adewole	Health	Strengthen the national health system, particularly health insurance and primary health care
		6	6	Oyo	Adebayo Shittu	Communications	Strengthen our national communication system (postal, tele- and other electronic), remove customer exploitation
2	South-East	7	1	Abia	Okechukwu Enelamah	Industry, Trade & Investment	Enlarge our national industrial base, seek international markets for our goods, increase FDI
		8	2	Anambra	Chris Ngige	Labour & Employment	Increase employment, reduce labor tensions
		9	3	Ebonyi	Ogbonnaya Onu	Science & Technology	Deploy 21st Century S&T in all ramifications, including in education delivery
		10	4	Enugu	Geoffrey Onyeama	Foreign Affairs	Complement our domestic policy in economy, education, security and anti-corruption
		11	5	Imo	Anthony Anwuka	Education (State)	Lift education standards, increase access, including for the girl-child
3	South-South	12	1	Akwa-Ibom	Udoma Udo Udoma	Budget & National Planning	Re-balance capital and recurrent budgets, and offer quality evidence-based planning
		13	2	Bayelsa	Heineken Lokpobiri	Agriculture & Rural Development (State)	Diversify our economy, feed the nation, increase employment,  reduce urban drift
		`4	3	Cross-River	Usani Uguru	Niger-Delta Affairs	Enrich, empower, employ the Golden Goose area that lays the national egg
		15	4	Delta	Ibe Kachikwu	Petroleum Resources (State)	Manage our main resource better, reduce corruption in the industry,   enlarge the value chain
		16	5	Edo	Osagie Ehanire	Health (State)	Strengthen the national health system, particularly health insurance and primary health care
		17	6	Rivers	Rotimi Amaechi	Transportation	Build a national integrated transportation network; improve air service nationwide (including at Port Harcourt Airport)
4	North-West	18	1	Jigawa	Suleiman Adamu	Water Resources	Water is life; enliven the nation for food, transportation and industry
		19	2	Kebbi	Abubakar Malami	Justice	No justice, no peace - Ensure peace through justice; Justice delayed is justice denied – ensure timely justice. Pursue corruption
		20	3	Kaduna	Zainab Ahmed	Budget & National Planning (State)	Re-balance capital and recurrent budgets, and offer quality evidence-based planning
		21	4	Katsina	Hadi Sirika	Transportaion (Aviation, State)	Build a national integrated transportation network; improve air service nationwide (including at Port Harcourt Airport)
		22	5	Kano	Abdulrahman Danbazzau	Interior	Police our nation within its borders; democratize police operations through establishment of state and community policing
		23	6	Sokoto	Aisha Abubakar	Industry, Trade & Investment (State)	Enlarge our national industrial base, seek international markets for our goods, increase FDI
		24	7	Zamfara	Muhammad Dan Ali	Defence	Protect our territorial integrity; crush insurgency
5	North-East	25	1	Adamawa	Muhammodu Bello	Federal Capital Territory	Improve Abuja as national capital
		26	2	Bauchi	Adamu Adamu	Education	Lift education standards, increase access, including for the girl-child
		27	3	Borno	Mustapha Baba Shehuri	Power, Works & Housing (State)	Ensure Reliable power, good roads, affordable housing
		28	4	Gombe	Amina Mohammed	Environment	Make our country "green", ensure attainment  of relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs)
		29	5	Taraba	Aisha Alhassan	Women Affairs	Lift our women, unleash their energy into the economy, remove all cultural and religious exploitation
		30	6	Yobe	Khadija Abubakar Abba Ibrahim	Foreign Affairs (State)	Complement domestic policy abroad
6	North-Central	31	1	Benue	Audu Ogbeh	Agriculture	Feed the nation, diversify the economy, employ the citizens
		32	2	Kogi	James Ocholi, SAN	Labour & Employment (State)	Increase employment, reduce labor tensions
		33	3	Kwara	Lai Mohammed	Information	Inform the nation about government business, banish ignorance, shed light into darkness
		34	4	Niger	Abubakar Bwari	Solid Minerals (State)	Diversify, diversity, diversity the economy; there is solid mineral in each state, unlike liquid mineral (oil)
		35	5	Nasarawa	Ibrahim Usman Jubril	Environment (State)	Make our country "green", ensure attainable of relevant sustainable development goals
		36	6	Plateau	Solomon Dalong	Youth & Sports	Give hope to the Youth, train their minds, enlarge broad sports participation nationwide, and curb strife in national sports administration

 

 

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