Nigerians Celebrate People With Fake Certificates – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on
Tuesday said public servants and
many in the private sectors who
have questionable wealth are
celebrated with alumni recognitions,
honourary degrees, chieftaincy titles and sometimes higher religious titles
in the country. He stated this during the 65th Annual
Council Meeting of the West African
Examinations Council (WAEC) in
Abuja. Buhari, who was represented by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo, said
Nigerians are no longer concerned
about the process of attaining success
because the end justifies the means
for them. The President also said cheating in
examination and attainment of fake
certificates among Nigerians had
become a normal thing because of
collapse of values in the society. Such collapse in value, he explained,
makes it difficult for policy makers to
effect change in the society. He said: “Today the attainment of
wealth, power or educational
influence is the mark of success which
is not necessarily a bad thing except
we are no longer concerned with the
process of attaining success. “The end it appears today justifies the
means which explains why cheating
in exams and fake certificates simply
do not generate the sort of outrage
that such conduct would have
generated years ago. “Public servants and many in the
private sectors who have
unexplanable wealth are celebrated
in one form or the other with alumni
recognitions, honourary degrees,
chieftaincy titles and even higher religious titles. “Often, cheating is with the collusion
of parents and teachers. This only
reflects the failure of values in our
larger society.”
