The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, “did apply” for a certificate of exemption.
In a three paragraph statement issued on Monday by Adeyemi Adenike, Director, Press and Public Relations of the Corps, also promised to investigate the origin of the “puported exemption certificate”.
However, it did not disclose whether the Minister was issued with an Exemption Certificate in response to her application.
The statement reads: “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.”
The terse statement is coming on the heels of public outrage over reports by an online news portal, Premium Times, detailing how Adeosun allegedly skipped the mandatory national service and used a forged certificate to cover for it.
