Mrs
Kemi Adeosun, the finance minister until yesterday, in her letter of resignation to
President Muhammadu Buhari responded for the first time officially to the
allegation of forging the NYSC exemption certificate, by expressing profound
shock.
In the letter dated today, the British-born Nigerian said she did not relocate
to Nigeria until she was 34 years old, four years older than the 30-year limit
for participation by corps members. She blamed those she called ‘trusted
associates’, who helped to arrange the ‘exemption certificate’, that came back
to haunt her many years after.
“I obtained my first Nigerian passport at the age of thirty-four (34) and when I relocated there was debate as to whether NYSC Law applied to me. Upon enquiry as to my status relating to NYSC, I was informed that due to my residency history and having exceeded the age of thirty (30), I was exempted from the requirement to serve.
“I obtained my first Nigerian passport at the age of thirty-four (34) and when I relocated there was debate as to whether NYSC Law applied to me. Upon enquiry as to my status relating to NYSC, I was informed that due to my residency history and having exceeded the age of thirty (30), I was exempted from the requirement to serve.
Until
recent events, that remained my understanding. “On the basis of that advice and
with the guidance and assistance of those, I thought were trusted associates,
NYSC were approached for documentary proof of status. I then received the
certificate in question.
Having never worked in NYSC, visited the premises, been privy
to nor familiar with their operations, I had no reason to suspect that the
certificate was anything but genuine.” Her letter also revealed that she took
the decision to resign after an internal investigation ordered by President
Buhari declared the exemption certificate as fake.
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