Nigeria’ former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has made a second attempt to mislead the public as regards NYSC certificate forgery. This was the same issue that led to her resignation from her ministerial office in 2018.
Kemi Adeosun was a guest on Channels Television on Friday, and she framed certificate forgery allegation levied against her. She dismissed the controversy around her resignation from office as a mere allegation that she “graduated at 22, skipped NYSC, and therefore the certificate I presented must have been forged.”
There are reports that Ms Adeosun skipped the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program and forged an exemption certificate during her tenure as Commissioner in Ogun state and Minister of Finance.
This lead to her resignation from the Ministerial office on October 14th, 2018. Even though she admitted to forging the NYSC exemption certificate as at 2018. But on the contrary during her recent interview with Channels, she reframed her misdemeanor as a debate about NYSC eligibility instead of forgery.
She claimed that she resigned inorder to protect the integrity of her office and also because she intend to challenge the matter in court.
Her words,
“People kept asking, Why did I resign? That no one resigns as Minister of Finance as I did. I still think it was the right thing for me to do,” she said.
“My resignation is a matter of principle and not an admission of wrongdoing. It was a step to protect the Office of the Minister of Finance and defend my reputation.”