NIGERIA: 2015 POLLS- Opposition Presidential Candidate Buhari Defends School Record
Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has rejected claims that he did not obtain his school-leaving certif...
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Nigeria's main opposition presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has rejected claims that he did not obtain his school-leaving certificate.
Candidates must have it as a minimum requirement to run for office.
Mr Buhari said the governing party was trying to divert attention away from campaign issues such as unemployment, insecurity and corruption.
One paper has obtained a copy of his results from his former school showing he graduated in 1961 but failed maths.
Nigeria's Premium Times has uploaded a statement from the education ministry in his home state of Katsina and the 1961 University of Cambridge West African School Certificate result sheet for the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina.
'Scandalous'
It shows he passed English language and literature, Hausa language, history, geography and health science, but failed maths and woodwork.
Mr Buhari, who is standing for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party in the 14 February election, told journalists that he had asked his old school to make available a copy of the certificate showing that he had "passed the examination in the second division".
Source: BBC Africa
Photo Credit: Premium Times
Candidates must have it as a minimum requirement to run for office.
Mr Buhari said the governing party was trying to divert attention away from campaign issues such as unemployment, insecurity and corruption.
One paper has obtained a copy of his results from his former school showing he graduated in 1961 but failed maths.
Nigeria's Premium Times has uploaded a statement from the education ministry in his home state of Katsina and the 1961 University of Cambridge West African School Certificate result sheet for the Provincial Secondary School, Katsina.
'Scandalous'
It shows he passed English language and literature, Hausa language, history, geography and health science, but failed maths and woodwork.
Mr Buhari, who is standing for the All Progressives Congress (APC) party in the 14 February election, told journalists that he had asked his old school to make available a copy of the certificate showing that he had "passed the examination in the second division".
Source: BBC Africa
Photo Credit: Premium Times
