Certificate Scandal: Finance Minister Resigns
Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has resigned her appointment withe the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to several sources, Adeosun resigned over allegations that she forged her National Youth Service Corps certificate.
Though she was sighted in her office Friday, it is yet unknown whether the president had accepted her resignation letter or she was in her office to pack her personal belongings.
Adeosun had come under fire with several Nigerians, particularly on the social media demanding investigations from the Federal Government into the allegations and calling for her sack.
A report by an online portal, Premium Times had claimed that the Minister forged her NYSC certificate which became known to some lawmakers when she was to be screened and later turn it to an avenue to blackmail her.
The reports claimed that the finance minister, who did not participate in the one-year national youth service, allegedly forged an Exemption Certificate several years after her graduation.
The certificate, which is dated September 2009, was reportedly signed by an NYSC Director-General, Yusuf Bomoi, who already left the scheme in January 2009.
In November 2015, Adeosun was appointed as Minister of Finance under President Muhammadu Buhari after she had been cleared by the Department of State Services and by the Senate.
