The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has disowned the purported exemption certificate in possession of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun.


The NYSC was reacting to the exclusive story published by PREMIUM TIMES at on Saturday detailing how Mrs Adeosun skipped the mandatory national service and forged an exemption certificate of the service to cover for it.

The story has generated outrage from Nigerians who asked the minister to resign from her post or be fired by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Details published by this newspaper on Monday show that the certificate is among the set of documents submitted by the minister for her appointment and screening in 2015.

A statement by the NYSC’s director of public relations, Adenike Adeyemi, emailed to PREMIUM TIMES said the service will “investigate the origin of the purported Exemption Certificate in question”.


The statement, however, said Mrs Adeosun had applied for exemption. It was, however, silent on when the application was made and what decision was taken on the application.

This newspaper first wrote to the NYSC on April 16, 2018 requesting verification of the certificate.

After weeks of silence and promises, the paper’s editors decided to re-channel the request through a Freedom of Information request.

This followed disappointment suffered by journalists working on the story when the formal letter that was to be issued on June 1 by the organisation was suddenly withheld.


Our reporter who was at the NYSC headquarters on Thursday, May 31, was told to come back the next day to pick up the organisation’s response to our letter, following intense checks that afternoon that confirmed that “Folakemi Adeosun” was not in the register.


However, on arriving on Friday, June 1 to pick the response, a new decision was announced: the NYSC officials said the verification has been channelled to the organisation’s ICT unit to check its “electronic database.”

The organisation then became curiously non-response to our request.

Before the corps went cold on it, PREMIUM TIMES had made a payment of N2,000 through federal government’s Remita platform.


The Remita receipt was later swapped with an official receipt of the NYSC at the organisation’s account department. The receipt is numbered 711133.

Frustrated by the sudden back-tracking by the agency, this newspaper, on June 8, delivered a Freedom of Information request to the NYSC headquarters which is yet to be responded to.

The FoI Act mandates agencies to respond to requests within one week or write to seek extension if unable to comply within the stipulated time.

The full text of the NYSC’s statement is produced below:


PRESS RELEASE

RE-EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE OF THE HON. MINISTER OF FINANCE, MRS. KEMI ADEOSUN

Our attention has been drawn to the issue of the alleged forgery of an NYSC Exemption Certificate by the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun.

Checking our records, Mrs. Adeosun did apply for an Exemption Certificate.

We shall investigate the origin of the purported Exemption Certificate in question.

Thank you.

Adeyemi Adenike (Mrs.)


Director, Press and Public Relations


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/275568-breaking-nysc-disowns-kemi-adeosuns-exemption-certificate.html

This has been a bad week for all APC zombies

Damn

still love her... false report where did they deny the authenticity of her certificate?

cc mynd44 close thread and ban Op

hmmm...



does it mean pmb's minister's were never screened by the appropriate security agencies despite the length of time he took to appoint his 'saints'?


however, the nysc statement does not totally admit the certificate is forged though...


but 'purported'... hmm...

Dey want to quickly backdate her request lol... Folakemi Adeosun was not in d register but d next day dey suddenly want to check their electronic database lol... Which database did dey check before responding? I didn't expect nothing less from dis govt... Dey neva cease to disappoint..

Ehn?

smellingmenses:
still love her... false report where did they deny the authenticity of her certificate?

cc mynd44 close thread and ban Op

Zombie u must be high on burukutu

The headline is misleading and sensational. NYSC did not disown her certificate in the report. They simply confirmed that she actually applied for an exemption certificate. We should all wait for NYSC to complete their investigation before rushing to crucify her.

Kemi is finished.

What nobody will discuss is that dullard Buhari took 6 months to pick her.

I guess Buhari only understands fundamentalism and blood shed. Not good governance, economy or selection of bright minds for delegation of duties.

If dat is d case she should just resign, not honourably though, cause she would have done dat long ago. But I admire her courage of taking up such responsibility of being a finance minister oo.

If false, op must be a fake itself.. .

It took buhari 6 Months to choose Kemi, Hope Now we can see the effect of choosing someone that didn't go to school to lead a nation
Bubu is a slowpoke

Some zombies will still come and defend her.

SalamRushdie:
Damn

Dayuum! One NLer said Kemi was a nasty MILF

This is just the beingining

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a minister, sorry, saint was seeked and confirmed after 6months of searching, yet the dss no fit verify her certificates before confirmation, na waooo.
Make I go change my biodata to Prof Sam abeg, no one go care, I fit be the next osun gomina

How thief wan prosecute thief?

If they jail this woman, what happens to the biggest fraud in Aso Rock?

Kai, i can smell mago mago from a long distance away. Underground work by the presidency is in progress. To save their face, her name must be introduced into the database.

CharlotteFlair:
Dayuum! One NLer said Kemi was a nasty MILF

Hahahahahaha...a very dubious MILF oooo

KEMI ADEOSUN VINDICATED
PLENTY SHEGE FOR THOSE BEHIND THIS FORGERY SCANDAL

GOD BLESS NIGERIA

I expect her to resign and the government should commence prosecutions of her case of forgery and lying to the nation is under oath






anything less than this is unacceptable

Nackzy:
It took buhari 6 Months to choose Kemi, Hope Now we can see the effect of choosing someone that didn't go to school to lead a nation
Bubu is a slowpoke

Do you even read through or modify your text before submitting. What do you mean by "...see the effect of choosing someone that didn't go to school to lead a nation." Did they say she didn't go to school?

The press statement says she did apply for exemption and they're going to investigate while @op is claiming NYSC disown her exception, so which one are we following now?

The NYSC was asked about this issue 3 months ago. The should have settled it before now. They waited till it became a scandal to look into issue. Let come back with an answer quick.

April 16, 2018: documents first requested no response.
June 8, 2018: FOIA request made.
July 9, 2018: Still investigating.

Front page: Lalasticlala

Yekpa! Ori Iya mi o

Specialist900:
Yekpa! Ori Iya mi o

I knew her phonetics where fake! Eziokwu!

Ok

She should resign if she has a shred of integrity in her.