GCFR, on the School Certificate Issue:
Good Morning , Gentlemen of the Press.
I only consented to address you this morning
because of the genuine concern expressed by
many supporters and other well-meaning
Nigerians that the issue be addressed.
Otherwise, I would have dismissed it for what
it is—sheer mischief and would not have
considered it an issue worth the nation's
while.
I had assumed all along that all my records
were in the custody of the Military Secretary
of the Nigerian Army. Much to my surprise,
we are now told that although a record of the
result is available, there are no copies of the
certificates in my personal file. This is
why I formally requested my old school the
Provincial Secondary School, Katsina [which
is now known as Government College,
Katsina] to make available the school's copy
of the result of the Cambridge/West African
School Certificate. This will be made
available to the press the moment this is
available.
However, before we obtain that, let me say
for the record that I attended Provincial
Secondary School, Katsina. I graduated in
1961 with many prominent Nigerians,
including General Shehu Yar'adua, former
chief of staff at the Supreme Headquarters,
and Justice Umaru Abdullahi, a former
President of the Court of Appeal. We sat for
the University of Cambridge/WASC
Examination together in 1961, the year we
graduated. My examination number was
8280002, and I passed the examination in
the Second Division.
And although the ruling party may want to
wish this away, the issue in this campaign
cannot be my certificate which I obtained 53
years ago. The issues are the scandalous level
of unemployment of millions of our young
people, the state of insecurity, the pervasive
official corruption which has impoverished
our people and the lack of concern of the
government for anything other than the
retention of power at all costs.
Thank you very much.
General Muhammadu Buhari..
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