West African Examination Council (WAEC) has confirmed the West African School Certificate (WASC) obtained by President Muhammadu Buhari after the completion of his secondary school education, the presidency said on Friday.
WAEC registrar, Iyi Uwadiae, presented the certificate to Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Uwaide also issued an attestation certificate to the Nigerian president.
“WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school cert result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?,” presidential spokesman Femi Adesina said in a tweet.
The authenticity of Buhari having obtained the compulsory certificate from the Council has being a subject of debate and discussions in the national and political space.
Buhari in 2014 while campaigning to be Nigeria’s president, said his certificate was with the Nigerian Military.
But, since his election as president in 2015, the certificate saga became more intense as political opposition, especially the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have accused the president of not being truthful about his certificate.
The PDP had said the president’s claim to be a man of integrity was false, noting that he was hiding the truth on the certificate issue.
“The Buhari Presidency should know that their threats and confrontation cannot take away the fact that their principal’s certificate issue requires a personal responsibility and the President cannot wish away this responsibility as he had always done on official matters,” PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondinyan said in a statement.
“If Mr President has nothing to hide, he should end the confrontations and show integrity by writing the military authorities to make the certificate public.”
Presidential spokesman, Adesina had earlier stated that the Nigerian Military said it had lost Buhari’s certificate.
“The military knew where they kept the original certificates of the president. In fact, a former chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade, corroborated that the military collected the original certificates of all its officers.”
“The military already said they lost the certificates. But does it mean that it did not exist that the president went to school, sat for examinations and passed; attended military courses and War College?,” Adesina said.
Nigerians have taken to social media to react to President Muhammadu Buhari receiving his attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result from the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
The president made this known in a tweet via his verified personal handle on Friday afternoon.
See tweets:
Today I received the attestation and confirmation of my 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) Examination result, from the Registrar of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). It was also an opportunity for me to thank WAEC for upholding its integrity over the years. pic.twitter.com/coJpMFZ0Kr
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) November 2, 2018
WAEC just issued Buhari a new certificate?
Argh, Compared to Buhari, Kemi Adeosun is a Saint. pic.twitter.com/29aGVk1GJX
— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (GCFR) (@Rouvafe) November 2, 2018
FINALLY: President Muhammadu Buhari receives his WAEC Certificate nearly 60 years after writing exams and the original disappeared from military files… pic.twitter.com/RVmJysxaBA
— Dele Momodu Ovation (@DeleMomodu) November 2, 2018
Attestation certificate, egbami ooo. Where in the roots of our extant laws is this tapping annoiting from? Attestation ke! Haba kadan kadan ooo. Court must settle this Attestation wahala ooo. Not Army secretary again. Shame is foreign to APC. – SDM
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) November 2, 2018
He sat for WAEC examination in 1961 and collected certificate in 2018 – 57 Years after!#Sakamanje!
— Lere Olayinka – Aresa 1 (@OlayinkaLere) November 2, 2018
So WAEC now gives out honorary certificates?
Because I'm not understanding
— Tunji Andrews (@TunjiAndrews) November 2, 2018
In 2015, The WAEC Certificate, Mr Recession Showed Us Had Mathematics As One Of The Subjects He Wrote
In 2018, Mathematics Is Nowhere To Be Found In His Recent WAEC Certificate
This Man Is The Biggest Fraudster Of All Time https://t.co/XYzJHu5vhd
— Ohiozoje Augustine Ohio (@OhiozojeAug) November 2, 2018
I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari on his "attestation" certificate. Now can we see the real one?
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) November 2, 2018
Someone, somewhere, somehow is hiding something.The letter Buhari’s principal wrote to Army recruiters in 1962 clearly stated that he took Maths & would pass it.The results released by his School in 2015 showed he failed Maths and Woodwork. How come this WAEC result lacks both? pic.twitter.com/vO2skEcdjO
— Dr Chima .M. Amadi (@AMADICHIMA) November 2, 2018
Pic 1: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on WAEC website. Read No 18
Pic 2: Answers to FAQ on WAEC website. Read No 18.
Pic 3: @MBuhari's reissued "certificate"These people don't rate us at all pic.twitter.com/7Gwz9joS8Z
— Igala_King (@I_Am_Ilemona) November 2, 2018
This is Buhari's WAEC result as presented to him today. This country is a joke, so it's no more with Nigerian Army? see the picture on this result 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/eLz7u368Hu
— Adesina Tosin Nathaniel (@Donteewrites) November 2, 2018
For 60 years and through more than 5 election cycles Buhari could not produce a WAEC certificate. He finally got one today. Stupid people. Now you have nailed his coffin. Perjury and now forgery.
Thank you for this gift
— Babasola Kuti (@SKSolaKuti) November 2, 2018
In 2015, the WASCE result issued by the Govt College, Katsina indicates that Buhari had F9 in Mathematics. In 2018, the result issued by the so called WAEC, did not even list Mathematics as one of the subjects Buhari sat for. Who is fooling who?🙄
— Jackson Ude (@jacksonpbn) November 2, 2018
How old was Buhari when he wrote waec please pic.twitter.com/9J9XmALmNN
— Pre-Ye (@B_moree_) November 2, 2018
So if I want to get a new WAEC certificate, I can send the body a recent passport photograph? I never liked the one on my original sef.
— Chidi Okereke (@Chydee) November 2, 2018
Lmaooooo. Buhari before our very eyes went on to forge a WAEC certificate.
This country is banter.
— – jeffrudeen (@VillageParrot) November 2, 2018
What made it possible for PMB to get attestation WAEC certificate, and what does that mean? Why did he not get it 2015? My issue here is not the certificate as it has never been an issue for me, but the manner in which institutions are used for personal benefits. Shame.
— Dr. Ogho Okiti (@Dr_Okiti) November 2, 2018
In 2015, The WAEC Certificate, Mr Fraudster Showed Us Had Mathematics As One Of The Subjects He Wrote
In 2018, Mathematics Is Nowhere To Be Found In His Recent WAEC Certificate
This Man Is The Biggest Fraudster Of All Time as Eadiris predicted yesterday. pic.twitter.com/OHpE4ScByy
— PDP Vanguard (@PDPVanguard) November 2, 2018
Are these people calling Nigerians fools again?
What is this!
A bald, aged Buhari on WAEC's result? pic.twitter.com/fNu4CBgA2e
— The Morris Monye Factor (@monye_morris) November 2, 2018
First you say your original WAEC result is with the military, then WAEC suddenly re issues you one which is against WAEC Law. After forging the result you forget to add Mathematics in it.
Affliction will not rise the 2nd time!!!
— KinG NomSo👑 (@ani_nomso) November 2, 2018
