The controversy over alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate by Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun may not disappear anytime soon.
This is as an allegedly photoshopped photo of the minister in NYSC uniform has rent the social media air.
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Recall that the controversy broke out after an investigative report by Premium Times.
According to the viral report, the minister graduated from the Polytechnic of East London, United Kingdom as a 22-year-old in 1989 but failed to make herself available for national youth service as required by Nigerian law.
She then allegedly “procured” an NYSC exemption certificate in 2009 on account of age.
The forgery was said to have been discovered by some members of the Senate during her screening as a minister, information which some members of the National Assembly allegedly used to blackmail her into releasing billions of naira to the assembly.
Read reactions by Nigerians below:
📸 @HMKemiAdeosun 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⁉️ pic.twitter.com/FljX8UXYpP
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí (@ogundamisi) July 8, 2018
Femi Falana’s (SAN) NYSC Cert was withheld for 18years until the Oputa panel. Many folks have issues with sorting out their exemption application but to FORGE a Certificate MUST be the height of mischief. Worst still is the delay in the response to the damaging allegation 😞
— SEGA L'éveilleur®🚨 (@segalink) July 8, 2018
You don’t need to be a graduate to be a Senator. But if you are a graduate, you must present an NYSC certificate.
— Dr. Joe Abah (@DrJoeAbah) July 8, 2018
https://twitter.com/Rouvafe/status/1015968047276969984
I like how Kemi is following my footsteps.
If I can look 68 in my WAEC passport in 1961, why can’t Kemi look 45 in her NYSC picture?
Wailers will say it’s photoshop. pic.twitter.com/7qTESRSV1R
— Parosident Spending (@TheMbuhari) July 8, 2018
The embattledFinance Minister and her Supporters are pushing round poorly photoshopped Picture of her participating in the NYSC scheme.
She submitted a forged NYSC Waiver Certificate and the unintelligent liars are bring a picture where she was serving.
We will see to the end. pic.twitter.com/F2zVropZFl
— Ọlayinká Samuel (@_olayinka) July 8, 2018
Madam did her NYSC, says Joe Igbokwe. So, she served and was also exempted? Shokolokobangoshay pic.twitter.com/VtPme38TnR
— Great Oracle (@AbdulMahmud01) July 8, 2018
People who are eligible for NYSC but skip it because it is below them have cheated the rest of us. The ones who now go the extra mile to forge it insult us – do they think we also did not know the way to Oluwole before decided to toil under the rain and sun for fatherland?
— HENRY Okelue (@4eyedmonk) July 8, 2018