senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Dino Melaye, it is
imperative to note that the law makers are mostly the first breakers of
their own laws.It has been reported that Dino melaye didn’t
graduate from Ahmadu Bello Unibversity Zaria (ABU) as he claimed. He
also claimed he’s a graduate of London school of Economics and student
of Harvard University. The both higher institutions have come to deny
the claims why ABU is yet to make a statement on Dino graduating from
Geography department from the prestigious university.
Here are 7
things I have learnt from this Dino melaye certificate saga, and I
believe you should also take a clue from this incident.
Most Nigerian Politicians are not loyal and care about the feelings of the masses:
If a Nigerian politicians are not loyal to this country. They are not
afraid of the masses or our feelings. They just do what they like and
how they like it. If they really care, some of them won’t use dubious
means, forged certificate to enter the seat of power. So most of them
are not loyal.
Our lawmakers are mostly the first to break laws:
Most of our law makers are the first to break laws in this country.
They don’t respect the rule of law. They just find a way to cover up
their flaws after abusing the laws.
NYSC photos shouldn’t be enough proof that one served:
In this age and time when corruption and forgery is so easy in Nigeria,
photos of you wearing NYSC uniform is not enough proof that one served
because anyone can get the uniform and take a photo with it. So many
Nigerian politicians have claimed that they served by showing us a photo
of them on NYSC uniform. But how about showing us certificate rather
than photo. Couple of children of rich Nigerian politicians don’t serve,
and they will want to go into power years to come. Don’t be surprised
that they will bring out photos of them on NYSC uniform that time.
It
was reported that Davido served in Lagos from November 2015-october
2016. But during the orientation course he was far away outside Nigeria
for a show. Years to come he go still tell you say him serve.
Keep records of your academic dealings and let them be genuine:
We are in internet age, anything can be traceable. Not the age of
yester years when getting information is difficult. Internet and Social
media has made things easy. I have heard of people who keep their
academic work records back in school, from their test scripts to others
just to avoid future controversies. Because immediately you start
climbing the ladder to greatness, people will start tracing your past.
Having those records will help you tackle any educational controversy
that comes your way.
I loved the way Former President Goodluck
Jonathan handled his own when it was reported in the media that he never
finished his PhD thesis. He just showed us his PhD results. Na so
matter die down. But the records Dino is showing us are just
contradicting themselves. Like, he said graduated in 2000 but claimed to
go for his NYSC in 1999. The master project he showed us, he claimed he
finished in 2015 but his supervisor’s signature was showing January
2017.
Laws and punishments are mostly meant for the poor people:
If Dino would have been a poor man or a nobody he would have been
thrown out of that senatorial position or arrested. ABU for don release
statement long ago. But because he’s rich and powerful they kept mute.
The Nigerian system is weird, it favours the rich and the powerful. With
everything going on with Dino Melaye certificate saga, it’s obvious
that there’s something fishy about it.
Nigerian Educational systems is in a big mess:
Yes the Nigerian educational system is in a big mess. If it took within
24 hours to denounce Dino’s claims by Harvard and LSE that he never was
once a student at the university, ABU which is a Nigerian university is
not saying anything about it. It is easier to forge results in Nigeria
without any verification. There are so many runs going on in our higher
institutions. I heard of so many institutions that students have been
studying for up to 3 years but yet to have a matriculation number.
Most Nigerian politicians parade themselves with Titles and things they are not:
Nigerian politicians are always in the habit of showing off power. They
parade themselves with titles they are not, e.g like MSc, msn, hsb and
other sorts. It might interest you to note that most of these
politicians forged their certificates and bought titles they didn’t
earn. They will lie to us, and we bought the lies. Time has come when we
have to verify very well about titles and academic records of our
politicians before they contest for any position in this country.