{"id":917233,"date":"2022-01-18T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/18\/we-need-to-raise-minimum-educational-qualification-dor-president-lawmaker-gbajabiamila\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:45:57","slug":"we-need-to-raise-minimum-educational-qualification-dor-president-lawmaker-gbajabiamila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/we-need-to-raise-minimum-educational-qualification-dor-president-lawmaker-gbajabiamila\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need To Raise Minimum Educational Qualification Dor President, Lawmaker: Gbajabiamila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_828288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-828288\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-828288 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Femi-Gbajabiamila--600x322.png\" alt=\"We Need To Raise Minimum Educational Qualification Dor President, Lawmaker: Gbajabiamila \" width=\"600\" height=\"322\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-828288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Femi Gbajabiamila<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has stated that there is a need to amend the constitution to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president.<\/p>\n<p>Gbajabiamila also wants the academic qualification of other elective offices including the legislature to be raised from the current minimum requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Section 131 (d) of the 1999 constitution states that \u201cA person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker spoke at the University of Lagos\u2019 convocation on Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_inline  tdi_2_667 td_block_template_1\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GiftCards-300x250-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gift Cards\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0It\u2019ll Be Unfair Not To Zone 2023 Presidency To South East \u2013 Anyim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He noted that raising the minimum academic requirement for the office of the president will help to reform the electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also sincerely believe that the national assembly needs to look into section 131 (d) of the 1999 constitution with a view to increasing the minimum educational qualification for persons aspiring to be future presidents of Nigeria and other top offices including the national assembly as against the current minimum requirement of a secondary school certificate or its equivalent,\u201d Gbajabiamila said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we have reduced the age for eligibility to contest those offices, so also, we should increase the minimum educational requirement. It will be another step in reforming our electoral system and providing strong leadership for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Femi Gbajabiamila Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has stated that there is a need to amend the constitution to increase the educational qualification for election into the office of the president. Gbajabiamila also wants the academic qualification of other elective offices including the legislature to be raised from the current minimum requirement. 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