Citizen Buhari: Lest,Nigeria be lost

You Can't Build Something On Nothing.

Let’s stop celebrating mediocrity. If Citizen Buhari dropped out of secondary school to join the army, then at the time of his enlistment his highest qualification was a First School Leaving Certificate (obtainable at the end of Primary education in Nigeria). If at the time his highest qualification was a First School Leaving Certificate, then he wouldn’t have been qualified to attend Officer Cadets Training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, consequently he shouldn’t have been commissioned thereafter as a Second Lieutenant. Without a WASC his starting rank will have been at the bottom of the Non-Commissioned Officers rung, as a Recruit, 8 ranks away from Second Lieutenant. For the avoidance of doubt, the ascension would have been; Recruit, Private, Lance-Corporal, Corporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Warrant Officer Class II, Warrant officer Class I, and then Second Lieutenant.
If he hadn’t (fraudulent as its beginning to appear) commenced his career as a Second Lieutenant, he would have been unable to rise to the position that will make him eligible to attend the US War College to obtain the much celebrated diploma. He will also have been unable to attain the rank of General, based on qualifications, unless by self-promotion like Idi Amin, Eyadema, Mobuto, etc.
That is the point. You can’t build something on nothing.
But of course Buhari can save us this conjecture by presenting his WASC. My Igbo brothers who attended secondary school but left to pursue a trade before they could sit for WASC are referred to as “drop-outs”.
Reminds me of the nursery rhyme ‘For Want of a Nail”
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.







Jekwu Ozoemene