The Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali, has made interesting revelations on the Secondary school certificate of President Muhammadu Buhari which dramatically went missing during the presidential election campaign.
The Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali
The Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali, on Friday revisited President Muhammadu Buhari’s certificate scandal by lambasting the then leadership of the Nigerian Army under Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah.
Dan-Ali said that it was inconceivable for the former Chief of Army Staff to say that Buhari, who was a former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, did not have the requisite West African School Certificate for the last presidential election.
According to Punch reports, the minister made the comment on the first day of his assumption of office as the new Minister of Defence in Abuja on Friday. He said that the army leadership should have opposed the claim that Buhari had no certificate even if it meant losing their jobs.
He said, “Where was your integrity when your own Chief of Army Staff stood up and said his Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces had no WAEC certificate. How?
“Please, let us be sincere with ourselves because (on) that very day, you should have stood up and said ‘no’; but because you were there, you could not. If you leave the job, is that the end of your life? If you leave the job, there are other ways, better ways (through which) God can bless your life.”
Dan-Ali placed emphasis on integrity, honour and transparency as the core ethos of leadership and the military tradition. He said that it would not be possible for anybody to be a good leader without the three qualities.