BREAKING: Kemi Adeosun Cleared, As Court Says NYSC Not Prerequisite For Her Ministerial Appointment

Former Finance Ministers, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been cleared of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) certificate scandal that reportedly forced her to resigned her appointment.

BIGPENNGRA reports that this came sequel to a ruling of Federal High Court in Abuja which ruled on Wednesday that NYSC certificate was not needed for her ministerial appointment.

Adeosun, was entangled in a controversial NYSC certificate forgery scandal which became public knowledge following allegations that she did not participate in the mandatory scheme.

Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment on Wednesday, held that Adeosun was not qualified to have participated in the scheme when she graduated at 22 years because she was then a British citizen

The judge further held that as at when she formally returned to Nigeria, and became a Nigerian citizen, at over 30 years, she was not eligible to present herself for the NYSC service.

Justice Taiwo said the plaintiff or anyone did not require a discharge certificate of NYSC to qualify to contest election to the House of Representatives or be appointed a Minister in Nigeria.

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The judgment ‎was on a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/303/2021 filed by Adeosun, with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) as the sole defendant.

The judge proceeded to grant the four reliefs sought by the plaintiff, to include “a declaration that the plaintiff, being a United Kingdom citizen as at 1989 when she graduated from the University of East London, London, United Kingdom at the age of 22 years, was ineligible to participate in the National Youth Service Corpse scheme, established by the National Youth Service Corps Act, CAP N8, LFN, 2004”, according to The Nation report.