The Deputy Registrar(Information) of the University of Port Harcourt, Dr. William Wodi has confirmed that President Goodluck Jonathan completed his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the institution. Wodi made this disclosure in a statement sent to Sunday Punch via electronic mail, describing the rumour about the President’s educational qualification as baseless. According to the statement: “The authorities of the University of Port Harcourt are aware of rumours that are now spreading like harmattan fire over the doctoral degree status of President Goodluck Jonathan. The allegations have neither legs nor grounds to stand on and we hope that its purveyors will now rest in silence.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the authorities of the University wish to state without equivocation that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, as he then was, was among 422 students, who matriculated in 1977. He was admitted into the then Department of Zoology, now Animal and Environmental Biology in the then School of Biological Sciences, now a Faculty in the new College of Natural and Applied Sciences.At the end of a successful residency period, Jonathan was awarded the Bachelor of Science (Upper Division) in 1981. It was rumoured among students that the young university was reluctant to award the First Class to its pioneer class in an effort to consolidate its academic profile.”
Wodi added that the President later enrolled into the postgraduate programme and obtained the Master of Science degree in Hydrobiology and Fisheries in 1985 and crowned his academic pursuit in the University with the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology in 1995.According to him, “From the above account, it has become obvious that Dr. Jonathan successfully completed the prescribed courses and programmes as specified by the Senate of the University of Port Harcourt to earn his degrees from the university.We have absolutely nothing to hide as an institution that has a statutory mandate to advance the frontiers of knowledge.”
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Posted: at 25-01-2015 07:00 AM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
shannon034 at 25-01-2015 08:16 AM (10 years ago) (f)
Quote from: presciousoluchi on 25-01-2015 07:25 AM
This election is going to be very tough................Show your certificate~~~~~getting interesting.
Next one will be show your original Birth Certificate.
Yes my sister, Birth Certificate is very important now, because maybe this Buhari is from Chad, Maradi or Nigel Republic....who knows ? with all this his Yahoo Yahoo style
Posted: at 25-01-2015 08:16 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
When ex-president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo accused President Goodluck Jonathan of not completing his Ph. D program yesterday, that information went viral on the spot...And when I spoke to a friend of mine who knows Chief Obasanjo very well, he told me that the garrulous Chief must have made that statement after a heavy meal of "amala and egusi soup" which the Chief relishes so much.
So, now that Dr Jonathan has released his Ph. D certificate within 24 hours of being accused, Chief Obasanjo must, therefore, think fast in order to let the Nigerian people understand why his rather too hasty and very un-statemanly views cum conducts should still be held in any place of honor henceforth.
To me, it is simply one more reason why Chief Obasanjo's views on national politics are at best doctored-views aimed at achieving personal vendettas. May God bless Nigeria
Posted: at 25-01-2015 11:11 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
Anthonimania at 25-01-2015 08:45 PM (10 years ago) (m)
Yes my sister, Birth Certificate is very important now, because maybe this Buhari is from Chad, Maradi or Nigel Republic....who knows ? with all this his Yahoo Yahoo style
Even if Buhari is from Syria, we will vote for him en-mass! Nothing can stand against the wish of the people. And if PDP rig the election, we will stone them to death.
Posted: at 25-01-2015 08:45 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
elobiz20012 at 25-01-2015 09:17 PM (10 years ago) (m)
Malam Ballo Isyaku, Principal of Government College, Katsina, who released Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate, is alive and in good condition, the Katsina Police Command has said.
The Katsina Police command, today, January 25, 2015 debunked the earlier speculated rumours that Malam Balo Isyaku was murdered.
In a press conference, The command’s Public Relations Officer, Aminu Sadiq, stated this to journalists in Katsina.
READ ALSO: Principal Gets Death Threats Over Buhari’s Results
He said that the command had contacted top officials of the ministry of education and they confirmed that the principal was in good condition. Would GMB release a "fake" proof of his academic qualifications? Bucky Hassan tries to explain some aspects of the "Buhari certificate" controversy. READ MORE: http://www.naij.com/371956-gmb-certificate-principal-is-still-alive-police-says.html
Posted: at 25-01-2015 09:17 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
egwuevans17 at 26-01-2015 12:39 AM (10 years ago) (m)
In Nigeria Politics we have seen a head of state without secondary school leaving cert, also a president and a former lecturer without is Degree and Master cum PHD documents. Who is deceiving who, Only in Nigeria does this type of Fallacy exist. Abeg make una campain better thing and leave all this certificate madness
Posted: at 26-01-2015 12:39 AM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
??.......HA HA HA
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