Ex NYSC Director Explains why Kemi Adeosun’s Exemption Certificate Is Fake

Anthony Ani, a former Director of Mobilisation at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has given reasons why the purported ‘Certificate of Exemption’ owned by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, is a fake and “wouldn’t have emanated from the NYSC”.

The estranged finance minister was alleged to have skipped the mandatory NYSC year and went ahead to procure a certificate to cover her tracks in an exclusive report by Premium Times.

Although Kemi Adeosun is yet to respond to the allegations since they became public last weekend, Ani, who appeared on Channels Television’s breakfast show, Sunrise Daily, said the certificate had footprints of a fake NYSC certificate.

The Ex NYSC director insisted that there was no way NYSC would issue Certificate of Exemption to anyone who graduated before 30 years.

“You don’t apply for either NYSC certificate or NYSC certificate of national service or certificate of exemption, you present yourself for mobilisation. The system will determine whether you are to be exempted or you are not to be exempted,” Ani said.

Replying another question, he insisted that “[by] the NYSC procedure, you don’t apply for exemption and expect a certificate. You make yourself available [for mobilisation], when you are mobilised, those who are to be exempted are exempted and those who are to be deployed are deployed.”