{"id":8415,"date":"2019-04-15T15:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2019-04-15T15:19:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T15:19:25","slug":"fani-kayode-reacts-as-keyamo-claims-waec-certificate-not-needed-to-become-president-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fani-kayode-reacts-as-keyamo-claims-waec-certificate-not-needed-to-become-president-of-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Fani-Kayode reacts as Keyamo claims WAEC certificate not needed to become President of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the claim by Festus Keyamo, the Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign Council that one does not need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo had in an interview on Sunday claimed that under the Nigerian constitution, one does not need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if you have occupied the public office for a reasonable length of time, you do not need a WAEC certificate to become president of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Fani-Kayode on his Twitter page on Monday wrote: \u201cBuhari may not need a WAEC certificate to contest but once he swore to an affidavit or presented a form indicating that his qualifications include WAEC, it becomes a different matter. 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