"Certificate Dichotomy in my country,how it favours the Political class"

I have been resisting the temptation to write on this topic.

The people who wrote the Nigeria constitution did so to favour the political class, if you had studied the constitution you will agree with me without cause to reservation.

The Nigeria constitution affirmed "Certificate dichotomy" as a concession to the political class, how did the constitution do this? By stating the "SSCE" as the minimum requirement into the highest elected offices in the land.

“A person shall be qualified for election to the Office of President if: (a) He is a citizen of Nigeria by birth; (b) He has attained the age of forty years; (c) He is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and (d) He has been educated up to at least SCHOOL CERTIFICATE LEVEL OR ITS EQUIVALENT .” – Section 131 of the 1999 constitution.

The constitution did not however state that a candidate must pass the exams.

For us on the other side, we are required by law not to only seat for the exams but to ensure will have a credit in 5subjects including Mathematics and English language to get admission into the tertiary institutions.

When we are seeking for jobs there is dichotomy in our classes of degrees,the society discriminate the nature of awarding institutions e. g University vs Polytechnic Dichotomy.

But the constitution was silent on grades of candidates seeking elective positions,meaning if one had F9 in nine subjects,he or she is still eligible to vie for an office.so far there is an evidence he or she sat for the exams.

If one wants to dwell on the NYSC certificate and the issues surrounding it, that will expose another concession to the political class.

In a country,whose constitution gave priority to some group of persons that country is not expected to grow.

Okosun Osemudiamen.
Uromi Voice Ambassador/Moderator.


Mynd44

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Omololu001:
Millions of money has been released by the APC,they wanna spend a lot of money to win the governorship election.

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Omololu001:
Millions of money has been released by the APC,they wanna spend a lot of money to win the governorship election.

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