Reps Begin Process To Raise Minimum Educational Qualification For President And Lawmakers

By Samuel Akpan
A bill seeking to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president has passed first reading at the house of representatives.

The proposed legislation also seeks to raise the minimum academic qualification for election as a governor, state and federal lawmaker.

Sections 65, 106, 131 and 177 of the 1999 constitution state that a person must be qualified for election into the aforementioned elective offices if he/she “has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent”.

But the new bill which is sponsored by Adewunmi Onanuga, a lawmaker from Ogun state, seeks to raise the qualification to at least a “university degree level or its equivalent”.

The development comes days after Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, had said there is a need to amend the constitution to increase the academic qualification for elective offices.

“I also sincerely believe that the national assembly needs to look into section 131 (d) of the 1999 constitution with a view to increasing the minimum educational qualification for persons aspiring to be future presidents of Nigeria and other top offices including the national assembly as against the current minimum requirement of a secondary school certificate or its equivalent,” Gbajabiamila had said.

“As we have reduced the age for eligibility to contest those offices, so also, we should increase the minimum educational requirement. It will be another step in reforming our electoral system and providing strong leadership for the country.”

TheCable had reported that for these sections of the constitution to be amended, they must be supported by 24 states houses of assembly.

Section 9 (2) of the constitution states that “an Act of the National Assembly for the alteration of this Constitution, not being an Act to which section 8 of this Constitution applies, shall not be passed in either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of all the members of that House and approved by resolution of the Houses of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the States”.

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A University degree is very much ok. Aside that, the person should be computer literate. Another important aspect is age. Age should be a factor because the affliction we have now would have been averted if we had someone much younger and healthier.

This affliction shall never arise a second time, Amen!

very Good
they should also pass a bill for maximum age too.

I wish they could pass a bill for minimum achievement accross all political offices too.

And the age as well.... We don't want senile old men coming to contest and be dragging the country back to 60s....


The education qualification and the age perks is very important...

Make dem include death penalty for corruption, including any form financial crime, e.g yahoo

Ok

Lol

He no go work wey I still dey plan to use my own NEPA bill...

Maximum age should be 55 so Peter Obi and Atiku can go home together.

And maximum age should be added, anything above 65years should not accepted

Yea they better do so this mistake won’t repeat itself but then to what end ?
We already suffered for 7 mo’fvcking years fam, this time we have to be wise

This should have been done B4 Buhari happened

X

Make them pass light bill too...
Only wen election don near them fight for bill passage,
Mtchew

Whatever

Nice move...

Better

Reduce the age to 20 years and put qualification to master holder that wouldn't still change anything or yield any good development that people craving for.

American system of governance we operate isn't favorable we need to change our constitution that provides Avenue for politicians and civil servants to steal public funds.

I wonder if its only illiterate that steal literate people don't steal it's only old people steal young people don't steal.

2.1 at the least. Nothing should come close

I pray they are able to pass it successfully because their mates and friends from northern region might not like it.

When the supreme Court have ruled that you don’t even need the baseline O level certificate?

True true, all man don learn their lesson now.

Nobody wants NEPA bill qualifications again o.

Hahahaha

Too late but better later than never!

Should have been done before the lifeless disaster came on board to plunge the shithole into a bottomless pit

hatchy:
A University degree is very much ok. Aside that, the person should be computer literate. Another important aspect is age. Age should be a factor because the affliction we have now would have been averted if we had someone much younger and healthier.

This affliction shall never arise a second time, Amen!

Yeah...Oga the youths have been the ones ruling us..maybe u meant to say new generations.

Ppl keep making mistakes about this youth thing...all the presents people in power now we're youths when they all started..it not about youth is about getting a good person either old or young not all the repackaging youths who grew old at it and doesn't want to leave the power..the old ppl in the 1960s didn't interfere in politics then left it in the hands of the youths who doesn't want to leave there now.maybe untill they die.

hatchy:
A University degree is very much ok. Aside that, the person should be computer literate. Another important aspect is age. Age should be a factor because the affliction we have now would have been averted if we had someone much younger and healthier.

This affliction shall never arise a second time, Amen!

How old do you think Tinubu really is?

Utterly dumb cretins like Goodluck Jonathan and Okezie Ikpeazu are University graduates, right?

Making university degree the requirements doesn't change anything..to get a university is easy now ...

Don't u see how ur course mate are power hungry for post while in school.are they not the youths?

make dem exclude some profession like .. nomadic cattle herders... extremists religious scholars.. convicted fellows

Buhari show una pepper abi?

And you expect baba to sign it

A welcome idea