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Nigerian politicians and pestilence of forged, missing certificates

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Many of Nigeria's presidential and vice-presidential candidates informed the electoral body that they had lost their academic certificates. Certificate forgery, identity trickery and fraudulent misrepresentation have become a meme of Nigerian politics, even from the pre-colonial times. In the 1940s, with the colonial government underscoring the essence of certificates, Nigerians as fabulists, contortionists and fraudsters assumed frightening notoriety.

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Nigerian politicians and pestilence of forged, missing certificates

Last week, media reports indicated that at the end of filing of personal information before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), many of Nigeria’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates informed the

2 years ago·Abuja, Nigeria

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