By Kola Alhassan
Bill which seeks to increase the minimum educational qualification for the office of Nigeria’s president and other positions has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.
A source said the bill, sponsored by a lawmaker, Adewunmi Onanuga, is aimed at amending Sections 65, 106, 131 and 171 of the 1999 Constitution and raise the qualification from school certificate to degree or its equivalent.
This is coming after the Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila in a lecture at the University of Lagos proposed a review of the law which pegs the minimum educational qualification for aspirants to the presidency and other elective positions at senior secondary school certificate.
Onanuga said the school leaving certificate was not enough to qualify anybody to rule Nigeria.
The lawmaker noted that to qualify for employment in the senior category of the civil service, an applicant must possess the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate.
Adenuga, however, stated that it was shocking that a person seeking to rule the country, including the graduates, would only have a senior secondary school certificate.
Bill to raise educational qualification for president scales second reading
