‘Publish candidates’ academic certificates, credentials’ – Peter Obi tells INEC

The statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called connected the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to marque nationalist the world certificates and credentials submitted by each candidates seeking elective office.

Obi made the telephone portion reflecting connected questions contained successful the INEC information form, peculiarly those relating to candidates’ intelligence fittingness and the authenticity of their world qualifications.

He argued that publishing candidates’ credentials would amended transparency and fortify nationalist assurance successful Nigeria’s electoral process.

Questioning wherefore specified documents should stay confidential, Obi said: “Have you ever presented a forged certificate to INEC? Again, the reply is either Yes oregon No. This raises different important question: Why shouldn’t INEC, successful the involvement of ensuring that our leaders are exemplary successful pursuing the rules and to fortify nationalist assurance successful our electoral process, people the world certificates and credentials submitted by each campaigner seeking elective office?”

He added: “Transparency strengthens ideology and builds nationalist trust. Nigeria’s problems are excessively superior for authorities arsenic usual. It is tim...