Why I Went Back to School To Study Law, Rotimi Amaechi Finally Reveals
- Rotimi Amaechi has revealed the main reason why he went back to school and study law degree programme
- The former minister and governor also hinted that he would go a step further by going to Law School to be called to bar
- He added that contrary to claims in some quarters that he bought the Law degree certificate, he actually worked hard for it
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In what many Nigerians will describe as motivational, former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has revealed why he went back to study law at the university.
According to him, he went back to school to study Law just to fulfill his father’s wish to be a lawyer, Vanguard Newspaper reports.
The former governor of Rivers state however added that he had no intention of practicing law.
Going further, he also revealed that he had started a Masters programme in Corporate and Company Law at Kings College, London.
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The former minister also dismissed claims in some quarters that he bought the Law degree certificate.
He insisted that he actually worked hard for it because throughout the duration of the programme, he was dedicated to his studies.
Amaechi said:
”Going back to obtain Law degree at 57 is normal. I should have graduated a long time ago. When I hear people say I bought a degree, I just laugh. I laugh because until I started campaigning for presidency, I never missed a class.
”So for three years and six months, I never missed a class. And I came before all the lecturers and I came before all the students.
“The school gave me award for being deligent and punctual. I never failed any course work. But that’s not important, what is important is that I wrote all my course work in person, so they can’t say lecturers gave me pass marks..
”In Baze University, we don’t write matriculation number or our names. They give you a barcode which you place on the answer sheet. So when the teachers mark, they mark what is called blind marking and they can’t take it home.
”They mark there in the school. If they can’t finish, they leave it there and come back the next day. When they come the next day, they continue. And as they are marking, they mark with barcode so they don’t know the name of the person or the matriculation number and I don’t think they are handwriting experts.
”Let me give you an instance. I scored 69 per cent in Jurisprudence which was a B grade. The person who taught me Jurisprudence was my supervisor in my long essay, I’m sure if he had known that it was me, he would have added me one percent to make it 70. The whole faculty was like “oh,no,he should have added you one percent to make it 70t.”
Top Buhari's former minister bags law degree from Peter Obi's running mates's private university
Recall that Legit.ng reported that Rotimi Amaechi bagged a law degree from Baze University in Abuja.
Amaechi who also aspired to contest for the 2023 presidential election under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had his convocation on Saturday, November 19.
The former minister dressed in his full graduation attire also shared photos from his convocation on his personal page.
Source: Legit.ng
