Former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr. Yemi Farounbi, has said that leaving a blank space on primary and secondary schools attended by Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the form he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission looks strange.
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He said that anyone aspiring to govern a country must be a model and epitome of what could inspire the younger ones.

Farounbi stated this, yesterday, at the sideline of a programme organised by Tunde Odunlade Arts and Culture Connecxions to celebrate Orlando Julius Ekemode in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

He said: “For the candidate not to present his primary and secondary school certificates sounds very strange because in everything that I know about university education anywhere, to have a first degree, you will need to have a college, high school and primary school certificates.
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“I know you can have a doctorate degree without any of those, but I do not know of any university yet that awards first degree on honorary base or a degree without a high school and a primary school. This sounds strange. It is unusual because even now, Mohammed Ali that was invited to teach poetry had a high school. So, I found it very strange.”

He, therefore, urged Tinubu to show uprightness and ideals to be Nigerian President, adding: “He is expected to be a mentor. His life is supposed to be something that everybody will look up to. What is happening doesn’t sound like a motivation to the young ones or appear to serve as an example. I am wondering what INEC will make out of this because the constitution doesn’t talk of a post-degree.

“It talks about a school certificate. So, I would like to see how INEC would resolve this issue in high school.”
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