Tag: Kemi Adeosun

Adeosun: “Court judgment on NYSC vindicates me, it’s a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora”

Aminu Imam

Former finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has hailed a court ruling that she had no obligation to produce a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate to hold a public office in Nigeria. A judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Taiwo Taiwo, granted a declaration that Adeosun cannot be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture in relation to her occupation due to the NYSC certificate. Recall that Adeosun had tendered her resignation in 2018 following allegations that she tendered a forged NYSC certificate as part of her credentials.The court, however,…

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Court vindicates ex-Minister, Adeosun, says she was ineligible for NYSC

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, in Abuja, on Wednesday ruled that former Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun was ineligible for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC). The court said she was not supposed to present herself for National Youth Service because under the 1979 Constitution, which was in force at the time of her graduation, she was not a Nigerian citizen either at the time of her graduation or when she turned 30. According to the ruling, the constitution does not require her to present her first-degree certificate or…

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