Reps to cancel secondary school certificate as qualification for President, governor, others

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">House of Representatives members has begun a move to cancel out secondary school certificate as qualification for President&comma; governor&comma; and others&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18567" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;61f9863ea381d&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1067" height&equals;"799" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The bill sponsored by Oriyomi Onanuga from Ogun State seeks to increase the minimum academic qualification for election as a President&comma; governor&comma; state&comma; and federal lawmaker to at least a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;university degree level or its equivalent”&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">The bill which was introduced on Tuesday to amend sections 66&comma; 106&comma; 131&comma; and 171 of the 1999 Constitution&comma; has passed its<strong> <&sol;strong>first reading at the lower chamber of the national assembly&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">However&comma; a date is yet to be set for the second reading of the bill&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;