The recent documents published by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday, containing the credentials of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2027 presidential election, showed that he only listed his university qualification in the educational sector of his EC9 nomination form.
In the EC9 nomination form, Tinubu left the spaces provided for his primary and secondary school qualifications blank.
NewsRegion had earlier reported on Saturday that the documents published by INEC in line with its revised Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2027 General Election, form part of the nomination papers filed by candidates seeking to contest the January 16, 2027 presidential election.
The electoral body also published the credentials of Vice-Presidential candidates of the political parties.
According to Tinubu’s EC9 form, under the section for educational qualifications, he only listed a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Business Administration obtained from Chicago State University, United States, in 1979.
The spaces provided for primary and secondary school qualifications on the summary page of the form were left blank.
However, Tinubu attached copies of his Bachelor of Science degree certificate and his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate as part of the supporting documents accompanying his nomination papers.
In the form, Tinubu stated that he was born on March 29, 1952, in Lagos and listed his occupation as “Politician”.
The president also gave his employment history, indicating that he worked at Mobil Nigeria Limited between 1983 and 1992 before serving as Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007.
He further listed his current employment as the Federal Government of Nigeria from 2023 to date and declared that he had never been dismissed from the public service.
