Reno Omokri, former aide to
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to the claim by the spokesman for
the All Progressives Congress, APC, Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, that one
does not need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria.
Keyamo had in an interview on Sunday
claimed that under the Nigerian constitution, one does not need a WAEC
certificate to become President of Nigeria.
According to him, if you have
occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, you do not need a
WAEC certificate to become president of Nigeria.
Keyamo said: “There are other
levels of qualifications to run for the office of President. In fact, if you
have occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, by the
provisions of the constitution, you do not even need a WAEC certificate to
become President of Nigeria.
“It becomes extremely foolish for
anybody who is not statutorily empowered to issue WAEC certificates to come and
challenge the body that has the statutory power to issue certificates.”
Reacting on his Twitter page on
Monday, Omokri wrote: “And if next year, we see a mass failure in WAEC, how
would @MBuhari have the moral authority to say anything? When he has told our
youths that they don’t need WAEC to secure the highest post in the land, who
will now study? They will just say ‘to hell with WAEC’, I don’t need you!”
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