The Independent National Electoral Commission has cleared names of 20 candidates as contestants for the August 9, 2014 governorship election holding in Osun State.
This was contained in a list signed by the Administrative Officer of INEC in Osun State, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, and made available to journalists on Wednesday.
According to the document, while the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, presented a PhD as his qualification, Governor Rauf Aregbesola presented West Africa School Certificate.

The electoral body also cleared Alhaji Fatai Akinbade as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party while it listed Niyi Owolade as the Accord Party’s candidate and Mr. Segun Akinwusi as the flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party.
The INEC urged members of the public who had any question on the qualification of any if the candidate to do so.
The statement read in part, “In compliance with section 31 sub sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Independent National Electoral Commission, Osun State, on Monday, 16th June, 2014, displayed personal particulars of all candidates contesting the August 9th 2014governorship election in the state.
“By this act, members of the public by law, have the opportunity to scrutinise the documents submitted by candidates as pasted by INEC.
“Any person who has any claim to question information given by these candidates should approach the Court of law.”
Meanwhile, the Body of Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries in Osun State has condemned the governorship candidate of the SDP, Akinwusi, for allegedly telling lies by claiming that the current administration was owing about N350bn debt.
The body in a statement signed by the Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, described the activities of Akinwusi as perfidious.
Owoeye said that Akinwusi, was precluded from placing in the public domain classified official information until after 10 years of his retirement from service under the Official Secrets Act.
The statement read, “Contrary to the lies being peddled by the former Head of Service, Mr. Akinwusi, the State Government of Osun owes only N30bn as loans, and N11.4 billion as bonds from the Capital Market totalling N41.4 bn.

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If I talk now some nuisance would quote me
I reserve my comment!
Space Booked sha

The people of oshun should vote this ordinary unlettered tout out next month!

So? Isn't a zookeeper the president of this country?

The claimed Engineer downgraded himsefl to WAEC Holder.

The truth shall come out one day.

Technology has really exposed these scratch-faced people..

They have been living in denial that they were the most educated people in Nigeria, but now stats has shown that they are merely trailing their northern cousins!

Firefire: The claimed Engineer downgraded himsefl to WAEC Holder.

The truth shall come out one day.

And he is doing what PhD holders are not doing, it's time we drop this paper/certificate thing, same reason some of them go to forge certificate from one university in uk, us and come tell us they have foreign degree. Handi work of PDP if I just say.

Whoever that refer to someone as a Nuisance is actually the number 1 candidate.

FruityLass: If I talk now some nuisance would quote me
I reserve my comment!
Space Booked sha

My brother you are absolute right.

brownlord: And he is doing what PhD holders are not doing, it's time we drop this paper/certificate thing, same reason some of them go to forge certificate from one university in uk, us and come tell us they have foreign degree. Handi work of PDP if I just say.

Kai! Chino you beat me to it cos i had already created a thread on that ready to post it but nairaland server was overwhelmed.

A school cert holder ruling osun? Na wao! So where are the educated ones na?

Tinubu attended chicago university in his dream.His lies were also busted by those who should know.

Nnewi1stSon: Chino, Chino,Chino... You're a comic relief i swear... You're just of one of the few reasons why i still visit this drained site.

bestviewer: Technology has really exposed these scratch-faced people..

They have been living in denial that they were the most educated people in Nigeria, but now stats has shown that they mere trailing their northern cousins!

Full list of the contenders for the Osun August 9th Election.

brownlord: And he is doing what PhD holders are not doing, it's time we drop this paper/certificate thing, same reason some of them go to forge certificate from one university in uk, us and come tell us they have foreign degree. Handi work of PDP if I just say.

I don't know what you think he is doing but whatever it is ,isn't developing the sshithole rather it's retrogressing it. Propagator on the loose.

That’s one of the reasons he dropped engineer from his identity, and adopted Ogbeni. He knew very well that the kind of lies he told them in Lagos where he served as commissioner can’t work in Osun here. He should just forget about second term issue.
Proverb- wind has blown and we have seen the rump of the cock!
Last bullet-QUOTE me for rubbish at your own PERIL.

Goddex: The man used to be a refrigiration techinician. That made him to start claiming "Engr" title. When COREN threatened to sue him he queitly dropped it and took up "Ogbeni"

Aregbesole, na wa for you ooo

bestviewer: What Nigerian tribe specialize in certificate forgery (oluwole)? Answer correctly please!

Come if you are expecting me to join in this your tribal bashing you fail my brother, this is my first comment since I return from the unbelievable ban mynd gave me, since I joined nairaland I've never gotten this kind of ban, all the ban I got was from the section I violate or committed the offence, if I'm ban from politics I just pack my load to romance sex-ction till my ban expire, but this the guy finish me, it dawn on me when I wanted to post on sport section I could not, the ban touch my soul. So bro, I'm a changed person now. Oga mynd_44 thank you o

bestviewer: This list you posted has more of SSCE and WAEC than B.Sc and MBA..why is that? Where are the so called yolobar educated people?

Educated great sons and daughters of YORUBA LAND have abandoned politics for the rascal for fear of assassination

Firefire: Who killed Chief BOLA IGE

Who killed Engr. Funsho Williams

Who killed Otunba Dipo Dina in Ogun State - ACA


Who killed Toyin Hamzat
{The former chairman of Ikeja local Government and a strong member of the Action Congress of Nigeria who was rumored to be preparing to contest for the governorship position of his state under the ACN platform but was gunned down on his way to Aiyepe in Ogun State}.

who killed Otunba Ismail
{Another chieftain of the ACN and a strong loyalist of Aremo Olusegun Osoba who was warming up to contest for the Chairmanship of Ogun waterside local government against the desire of the sitting governor was mysteriously killed in a motor accident while returning from Abeokuta.

Who killed Yomi Bamgbose
{Another strong supporter of Aremo Olusegun Osoba who was murdered in cold blood right in the capital city of Abeokuta}

Who killed the Vice chairman of the ACN in Ipokia local government of Ogun State

{He was slaughtered in the middle of the night by some yet to be identified hoodlums}


The blood of the fallen Heroes in Yoruba Land and all over Nigeria in the name of politics is crying for vengeance.

Many were killed for some to claim relevance but GOD is the JUDGE who has the final says.


BECAUSE the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. - HB Eccl 8:11

OdenigboAroli:

I don't know what you think he is doing but whatever it is ,isn't developing the sshithole rather it's retrogressing it. Propagator on the loose.

I'm no fan of aregbe, I was in Osun for 1 year and I'm not happy with most of his policies, what I'm saying is certificate, PhD etc should not be used as a measure in selecting leaders, PDP also said the same thing about Adams oshiomole after he won 2nd term, and I'm like if someone without secondary school result can perform and even expose than a phd and other certificate holder, it's better we stick to the one with lower grade. I don't give a phuck about aregbe.

The question you guys need to ask yourselves is, Is he qualified with his WAEC certificate to run for governor? If yes what the heck is you guys problem?. He is honest enough to declare his education level. Vote him if he is good not because he has a phd.

So, the fact that INEC put WAEC on their website means Ogbeni is not an engineer?

Engr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola was born in the month of May, 1957. He had his primary and secondary education in Ondo State, and l[b]ater attended The Polytechnic, Ibadan, where he studied Mechanical Engineering and graduated in 1980.[/b] As a pupil in the primary school, Rauf was a centre-point around whom his mates hovered for guidance and direction. As a student, he was focused for remarkable performance which he made distinctively and seamlessly. In the Polytechnic, he positioned himself to conquer his environment by engaging in prolific studies.

Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Management (FNIM), Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers (FNSE), Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Technological Engineers (FNATE) and Fellow of the Certified Marketing Communications Institute of Nigeria (FCMCIN), Rauf Aregbesola has a wealth of experience garnered through wide exposure in the private sector, such as the Nigerian External Telecommunications, now renamed Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd. and Lagos Airport Hotel, before establishing his own Engineering Services Company, Aurora Nigeria Limited, in 1986. The company had handled numerous major projects for both government and private organisations in most States of the Federation.

Too many olodo and shallow thinking people on NL these days.

............... A supporter of APC Governor..........

The fake Engineer without a COREN or NSE certificate.

Ndi ara,,
APC = Lies, forgerry and Evil

NOTE;
Goodluck Nigeria Ebele Jonathan till 2019.

FruityLass: That’s one of the reasons he dropped engineer from his identity, and adopted Ogbeni. He knew very well that the kind of lies he told them in Lagos where he served as commissioner can’t work in Osun here. He should just forget about second term issue.
Proverb- wind has blown and we have seen the rump of the cock!
Last bullet-QUOTE me for rubbish at your own PERIL.

I remember when we where in camp, God knows if I was ask to write Osun state governors name, I would have written ogbeni as part of his name. I never knew that was not part of his name, because what they told us in camp and during welcome ceremony, I was thinking his name is ogbeni until someone called me ogbeni and I was like wtf is that, why calling me someone's name sib you miss road, before they explained to me that it's just like mister.

One thing about APC governor they are very good in propaganda when compare to their PDP folks who are slow and don't even care what you think about them.

Why are you quoting dictionary instead of telling us why he presented WAEC as his highest qualification. I am sure he had presented higher degree if he had it!

aresa: So, the fact that INEC put WAEC on their website means Ogbeni is not an engineer?
Too many olodo and shallow thinking people on NL these days.

OP, dnt u think we shld give thus man some credit as an achiever?
Come to think of it....people like bills gates and some many more billies were drop out yet, they manage to make significant impact in this generation and will still do in the next.

Now, this man aregbesola, u said, was a WAEC holder, but let's compare his worth and impact with ur dad who I bilived shld go more than the WAEC level,.and let's see who gets more respect, more recognition, and made more impact.

I'm sorry I mentioned ur dad but I wld av said u but I'm sure u aint even a masters holdr yet.

Now son, did u knw ds man jes showed u there is no limit to where u can take urself to?

This man jes made u realise that ur level of education means nothing as much as u've made it seems.

Did u knw dt INEC wldnt disqualify him even if ur malicious story is true?
because there is no law yet in Nigeria that stops u from contesting any post so far u meet the required age and a standard 6 level.

Sorry....