SARAKI APPEARS BEFORE ETHICS C’TTEE, CLEARS SELF OF SEIZED RANGE ROVER
what I have it on my university certificate.
“But because I am now popularly known as Dino, I applied to the court and asked that I needed an affidavit for a change of name before my admission and I submitted it to ABU,” Melaye told the committee.
He also tendered several documents including his secondary school certificate, admission letter in 1994 to study Geography at ABU, statement of result from ABU, identity cards from the school, and his First Degree thesis and the thesis for his first Master’s degree in the same institution in International Affairs and Diplomacy.
Melaye, who is currently studying for another Master’s in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in ABU also tendered his SSCE result.
“Where I have C5 in CRS, A3 in Agriculture, C6 in Economics, C6 in Geography, C6 in Biology and a Credit in English. After my graduation for the Ahmadu Bello University, the school sent my name to the NYSC for the mandatory service and I participated in the one year NYSC.
“I served in Police College, Kaduna, and by the grace of God, that year I won the National Prize of the DG and it is on record and verifiable and I beg to tender my discharge certificate from NYSC,” he said.
His discharge certificate read that he served between July 9, 2000 and July 8, 2001.
Melaye, responding to queries from the committee, disclosed that he swore an affidavit to declare his original statement of results missing, not his certificate.
“As I speak to you, I have not collected my original certificate. What I declared missing was the original statement of results. Certificate collection is at your own will and I have used the statement for NYSC to apply for any thing since then,” Melaye said.
In between taking submissions from Saraki and Melaye, the committee heard from Ndume who insisted that he requested that both issues be investigated to protect the integrity of the Senate.
The former Senate Leader also noted that his action should not be misconstrued as petitioning the Senate or the committee, but a point of privilege to protect the institution.
“I did not know the issue would generate interest like this. They said Dino does not have a certificate, he should show the certificate, simple.
“It is not personal. As a leader, if there is anything that affects the Senate, we should raise it. The whole public is saying Dino does not have a certificate and now this clears public perception,” he said.
When asked by the Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Senator Ibn Bala Na’Allah (Kebbi South) if he was satisfied with the presentations made ABU vice chancellor and Senator Melaye, Ndume said he was satisfied with the clarification by both parties.
“These are matters that cannot be swept under the carpet. Let me emphasise that I did not bring this matter up to be satisfied, but because I wanted to protect the integrity of the Senate.
“Dino was here, he presented his certificate; the VC who is the final authority in this matter says he graduated, then the public can make their judgment,” Ndume said.