25th January, 2015 Jonathan’s PhD certificate authentic — UNIPORT JANUARY 25, 2015 BY CHUKWUDI AKASIKE 199 Comments President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy FOLLOWING speculations in some quarters that President Goodluck Jonathan did not complete his doctorate degree programme at the University of Port Harcourt, the institution has come out in his defence. But the Uniport Deputy Registrar (Information), Dr. William Wodi, explained that apart from acquiring his first degree in the institution, Jonathan also got his Masters and Ph.D in the same institution. Wodi, in a statement sent to SUNDAY PUNCH via electronic mail, described the rumour about the President’s educational qualification as baseless. The deputy registrar of the university specifically stated that Jonathan was among 422 students that matriculated in the school in 1977 and was admitted in the Department of Zoology, which had been renamed Animal and Environmental Science. “The authorities of the University of Port Harcourt are aware of rumours that are now spreading like harmattan fire over the doctoral degree status of President Goodluck Jonathan. The allegations have neither legs nor grounds to stand on and we hope that its purveyors will now rest in silence. “For the avoidance of doubt, the authorities of the University wish to state without equivocation that Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, as he then was, was among 422 students, who matriculated in 1977. He was admitted into the then Department of Zoology, now Animal and Environmental Biology in the then School of Biological Sciences, now a Faculty in the new College of Natural and Applied Sciences. “At the end of a successful residency period, Jonathan was awarded the Bachelor of Science (Upper Division) in 1981. It was rumoured among students that the young university was reluctant to award the First Class to its pioneer class in an effort to consolidate its academic profile,” Wodi said. He said the President later enrolled into the postgraduate programme and obtained the Master of Science degree in Hydrobiology and Fisheries in 1985 and crowned his academic pursuit in the University with the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology in 1995. He said, “From the above account, it has become obvious that Dr. Jonathan successfully completed the prescribed courses and programmes as specified by the Senate of the University of Port Harcourt to earn his degrees from the university.” Stressing that the university remains proud of Jonathan, Wodi advised any person or organisations in need of further information on the educational qualification of the President or any other student of the institution to contact authorities of the university. “We have absolutely nothing to hide as an institution that has a statutory mandate to advance the frontiers of knowledge,” Wodi added. COPYRIGHT PUNCH. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH. 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Ahmed We believe you. Ade# Let him release his PhD thesis. DrPhilip Soneye Am sure many Nigerians will trust you more if you can post a link to any paper written by GEJ during his PhD program. Tell us the topic of the paper and we will google it. In addition, topic of his thesis will also be needed, we can search for it on PhD thesis academic database. Just Keeping it REAL Dis kin country, na wa! Uniport, thank you for sharing the certificate. His performance says it all. So you need not tell us, we know that it is an “arrangee” certificate. Na only him waka come. Jonathan_Must_Go Haha very funny when you should be ashamed that you produced a Phd holder that speaks like a primary school student. I can’t stop laughing. Ola Onanugaola Let us see the 1995 graduation booklet where is name is stated as having being awarded PhD. List all his publications in journals before he was awarded the PhD. What about his graduation pictures, mind you PhD grown is different from B.Sc or M.Sc graduation grown. AdemolaOluwa Tell him to publish the PHD thesis for scrutiny. You will soon discover perhaps high level of plagiarism!!! Okay now!!! How many papers has he published to contribute to knowledge in Zoology??? georgia23 Over to the otta ape! babatope Lol. I dey laugh o! This is obviously an attempt to mess this clueless man up bcos it is not enough to just make a statement that a PhD is authentic but you must show us the PhD Thesis. Let him also show us his classmates of which obtained PhD at the same time plus the professor who supervised the PhD. Anything short of this is a scam. zuberu Uniport has cleared all the doubt. #GEJNaija Tamuno Which University did Buhari attend? Please can someone help me out….Because as at the last time i heard him speak..He apparently talks like an established illiterate. Idoani How does his certificate PHD saga reduce the price of garri in the market. babatope Lmao! Palasa PhD! This guy is just a disgrace the the entire Niger Delta. PhD with kindergarten brain and illiterate wife Omoluabi I beleive the Deputy Registrar about the awards to GEJ but, from his performance in public office, it is evidently clear that these awards are for academic excellence and not for character. Hallmark of educational pursuit is seen in academic excellence and character. Where is the character in a product that told the whole world that ‘stealinig of public fund’ is not corruption. Is UNIPORT producing graduates without character? Chinasa Elechonu It would have been better if Uniport had kept about this PHD scandal. Silence would have been golden. Now I know why WES ( World Education Service)no longer accept certificates from that institution for evaluation. otito I am just laughing at the Goodluck Jonathan gang. They talked about Buhari. Cambridge said if information is needed on any candidate, procedure has to be followed. Goodluck Jonathan attack dogs like Femi Fanikayode said that was not enough. Now Uniport has said the same thing about Goodluck Jonathan-if you need more information follow procedure. Druggist Femi Fanikayode and Goodluck Jonathan are you both okay now? Both of you can see the mess you are making of Nigeria by the falsehood both of you started on certificate. But I am sure by the special grace of God, with the exit of Goodluck Jonathan to Otuoke on FeBUHARI 14th by Nigerian voters, Nigerians will start rebuilding Nigeria. Wizzy While some where in kastina , a secondary school is struggling to confirm some ones wasc result , some where else in rivers state an ivory tower is confidently confirming another mans doctorate degree . nigeria can never be allowed to move backward. GEJ till 2019 Chris Nonyelum What discussion do you want reasonable people to join?. You wiped my comment because it was not in agreement with those calling the president unprintable names. It is a shame that some of you in the Punch Newspaper are in this show of shame. Omo Igbala I hope the University owes a lot to other graduates of the university not to dabble into political defence because Ph.D is not the same of B.Sc. Right now UNIPORT has problem with some Foreign University Education Evaluation. Let the University publish his thesis or where was it ever published or cited. The institution should also release the program containing names of all graduates in 1995 that he graduated. If GEJ is a product of Ph.D of UNIPORT, it is a disgrace to the professors and students passing through the university. It shows the qualify of product as nobody see him as somebody who could defend any certification Cambota As written in, My Watch, OBJ we re waiting for another round. WHAT SHALL WE DO ?. Odogwu Then your PHD is worthless if you gave it to a low thinker like Jonathan. Naira62 Yeye dey smell. Of all enviable and marketable courses,you are talking of Zoology. He couldn’t even tutor his wife to be able to speak common correct simple English.A permanent secretary for that matter. These people need to be probed,Allah. Paul Mr President’s PhD can only be authentic from the school that is not recognized by Western World. If you want to confirm my allegation, just go to WES website and you will discover it’s only University of Portharcourt that WES does not do credential assessment for. akinwale alli Good talk. How about the application of knowledge (the certificate ) thus acquired to solving contemporary issues and problems!!! The issue on ground is not about certificate acquisition but good governance that would make Nigerians — the masses proud and feel belong. sheekana. Liminus Oti UNIPORT wastes its time. Can Buhari understand what is written on it if asked to verify. sophy henry Just keep daydreaming till on the D day being 14 feb, GEJ must win and nothing can stop it Bassey Uni port is a joke, can someone with that spoken english got phd, never. You guys will soon tell the truth. King Carlos Phd is not about certificate. It’s about the intellect and intelligence of the person. Jonathan doesn’t look any inch a Phd holder. He speaks like a normal undergraduate. besides, they should publish his thesis papers. But if actually he got the Phd from Uniport, then their doctorate program has to be closed down because Jonathan is not a good product. Jones Benjamin There is a webpage for doctoral thesis. maybe the school should give the title of his thesis. Even university vice chancellors n professors are corrupt mao Lets not belittle the essence of this election. It is not about whose qualifications are better, its about who can lead us to uhuru; or something close to that. I support GMB and care less about whether GEJ PHD is real or not. Let me indulge PDP agents a bit. Is he going to use his PHD to free the chibok girls? Is he going to use it to address the monumnetal corruption under his watch? Is he going to use it to tackle the depreciation of the naira ( 200 to 1 usd as of friday), is he going to use it to create jobs? If a PHD was advantageous to GEJ, he would hav used it in the past 6 years. Biko I need change not distraction. kayodeoladejo Kudos to u all my brothers back, home i always proud of my country when i m on this forum cus we are gifted set of people.america and western world doesn’t need professors or dr to govern them but they always perform and meet yearnings of their citizens.we dont need dr ebele in aso rock anymore,i think one university in niger delta should create department of corruption and enrichment through dubious means and let us make mr president to be dean so he make more findings on how to be more corrupt after they live aso rock by 29th. Thanks all my brothers who are clamouring for change,naija o ni baje o. charlesbabs Thesis or not,GEJ would continue to pilot d affairs of dis country till 2019.Believe Ade Please publish it Strong System How could people doubt someone’s certificate?………probably because he doesn’t act like someone who’s worth that certificate. chukwu smart Mr GEJ u re academically sound, all ur cert re intact, we don’t need a witness to prove dat u re well read, we re waiting 4 ur arrival come may 29th 2015. jj Buhari is not ashamed of himself. …….. even the seamles people that supported him how can an illiterate rule me it’s impossible in this 21st century Hafetr I am really surprised when i hear people say Uncle Joe has failed. Imagine an animal scientist ruling human beings what would expect? He will definitely treat them like animals. He should go to sambisa forest and tame those animals(Boko Haram). batman-news JJ The university should be closed down if this is an example of what you produce as graduates. This is a big embarrassment to Nigerian education system. Can the institution proudly publish his Phd thesis as well? kareem Can we have names of prominent mates of Jonathan in d public space todsy. This notwithstanding Jonathan has no word on marble odogwu BSc, Masters & PHD and WAEC can’t be compared in any where. I am not a party to recycling of leadership. The same old pesin that rule Nigeria in 1984 is coming back again to rule 2015. 31 years later. This is not a change! we are actually going backwards. come #Failbuhari 14th #LetGoodluckContinue christobel2010 I do not think this certificates are the things we should be fighting for. Nigerians are always decipating energy on things that don’t matter. What matter here is the output after acquiring these certificates. Buhari doesn’t have certificate? Ok even if that is true but the little time he headed the nation, the petroleum ministry and other public offices what were his achievements? The Dr also have been Deputy Governor, Governor, Vice President and now President what were his achievements? Who did better? Fula One could start asking all manner of unreasonable questions about this claim like PDP are won’t to do…but for the purpose of choosing a president for Nigeria, that will be neither here nor there. Suffice to say that doctorate or no, he can’t have another chance at closing same of the same rubbish again. I laughed though when I read the portion that said Uni port almost gave a first class degree.. Well the guy is a good advert of the quality Uni port produces. senghor2013 BT Uniport can’t state his thesis for us . Absence of Peace This unimportant self. Una get time dey on matter that is of no importance. The main issue here Is the APC plan to force down a certificate forger down our throat. Buhari claimed in his result that he passed out from form 6 but we all knows that there was nothing like form 6 in the 60s. He claimed to have c5 in Hausa language but a former permanent secretary in ministry of education said the only language in our educational curriculum in the 60s was Yoruba because the Yorubas have Yoruba teachers.the Igbo language was introduced in 1972 while the Hausa language buhari got c5 in 1961 was introduced in 1974. In the 60 a1 and b2 and credits are not used as marks. What they use then is distinction , excellent good very good pass poor pads and fail. Salisu Suleiman If a 1995 Phd from Uniport is as clueless as GEJ is, what do today’s graduates look like? GEJ is a poor advert for the university. What was his thesis on? Manmustwack Interesting that you people believe the man has no PHD but will die in an argument with anyone one who suggests General Buhari does not have Waec. What more confirmation do you need when the school has come forward? If you have proof contrary to what the University of P.H has said the please by all means bring it forward,if not go and sit down in one corner and start bracing yourself for the monument defeat “Sai Buhari” will suffer….. ONCE AGAIN. Like I have always said. You lot should contribute money to pay his lawyers for election tribunal. MAN Great campaign Mr Deputy Registrar, Presido is definitely your man. Okoko Shame on APC haters. I’m sure none of them can, in their life, can attain his height. Hehe Meme Ok then get us the soft copy of his PhD Thesis so that we can put it in TurnItIn to check the PLAGIARISM index. Rubish School. #GEJWhereIsYourThesis, #GEJPhDThesis peaceometer IT’S NOT ABOUT THE PHD ITS ABOUT THE ABILITY TO USE THE KNOWLEDGE AQUIRED, FROM FIRST DEGREE, TO MASTER TO PHD TO TURN THINGS AROUND. THANK YOU. ogechi Port Harcourt Diploma(PhD), my foot!!!! 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