Former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has said her resignation from the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari was orchestrated by “powerful enemies” who exploited the controversy surrounding her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate to push her out of office.
Adeosun made the claim during an interview on Inside Sources, a programme on Channels Television, scheduled to be aired on Friday. An excerpt from the interview was broadcast on Thursday during a news bulletin.
The former finance minister resigned in 2018 following allegations that she submitted a forged NYSC exemption certificate as part of her credentials, a development that sparked widespread public debate and scrutiny.
Reflecting on the episode, Adeosun said certain influential figures within the Buhari-led administration seized on the NYSC certificate saga as an opportunity to remove her from office, despite her performance and contributions to government at the time.