Nigeria’s
governing All Progressives Congress (APC) says the resignation of Kemi Adeosun
as Minister of Finance and acceptance of same by President Muhammadu Buhari is
an action of honour, strength, character and integrity.
Yekini Nabena, the APC acting National
Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
Premium Times exposed Mrs Adeosun’s certificate
scandal that showed the minister procured a forged exemption certificate after
failing to perform the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) upon
graduation from the university before the age of 30.
For over 60 days after the scandal was exposed,
Mrs Adeosun kept mum and continued in office, while the Buhari administration
also largely kept mum on the scandal. The APC also kept mum.
Mrs Adeosun in her resignation letter to the
president, made available by the presidency on Friday, admitted that her NYSC
exemption certificate was not genuine and might affect the credibility of the
administration, if she failed to quit office.
Reacting to the development, Mr Nabena said
that like all responsive and responsible governments concerned about the truth
and due process, the APC-led federal government undertook diligent
investigation of the allegation.
“Now that the report of the investigation is
out, the right thing has been done, the honourable Minister has taken the path
of honour and resigned,” he said.
Mr Nabena congratulated Mrs Adeosun for her
action and wished her success in her future endeavours, and joined the
president in appreciating her immense contributions to the stability of the
Nigerian economy in the past three and half years.
He added that in Buhari’s administration of
integrity and transparency in the conduct of public affairs, no government
officer with a modicum of questionable conduct or integrity should stay in
office.
He alleged that in past Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP)-led administrations, the country was held down by “corrupt and
irresponsible public officers.”
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