CERTIFICATE FORGERY: Sagay throws weight behind Adeosun

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, (PACAC) Professor Itse Sagay, has thrown his weight behind the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun over her alleged forgery of the discharge certificate of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

According to the professor of law, calls for her resignation or sack by President Muhammadu Buhari does not hold water, insisting that Mrs Adeosun is too important to the Buhari administration to be let go.

It would be recalled that reports said Mrs Adeosun allegedly forged her NYSC exemption certificate. The minister and the presidency have refused to comment on the scandal, despite repeated calls for her to resign.

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Sagay, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on Thursday at an event, said he does not know why the Federal Government has not reacted to the scandal.

“I don’t know why the government has not reacted.

“But, let me tell you my reaction. This woman is a brilliant and extremely valuable member of this government.

“A lot of the good things happening now – the welfare that Nigerians are enjoying and are going to enjoy, because it takes time, and the way our economy is booming, how we got out of recession – are due to her expertise, her commitment, her sacrifice.

“There is nothing in this world that will make me remove such a woman from the government. The PDP can weep from now until there is no tear in their body; she is going to be there. We cannot afford to lose that woman.”

The PACAC chairman also said he does not care if she skipped national service or not.

“Who cares about youth service? I don’t bloody care whether she did youth service or not. It’s irrelevant as far as I am concerned.”

Also speaking on the allegation of forgery, Sagay said: “I don’t believe it. I don’t see anything serious about not doing youth service. I don’t see anything serious about it. That’s my own bias, not government’s.

“I’m telling you now. If you ask me – If I were President Buhari, I would never, ever touch that woman because she’s damn good.

“The enemies of this government want to reduce his capacity to provide good governance by engaging in social media attacks and trying to get rid of her. It will not work.”

By Timothy Enietan-Matthews…

 

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