{"id":83370,"date":"2021-07-08T07:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T06:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83370"},"modified":"2021-07-08T07:36:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T06:36:55","slug":"nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun\/","title":{"rendered":"NYSC participation controversy: Judgment a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora &#8211; Adeosun\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1704696624501390341\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adosun has reacted to the judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja which cleared her of the controversy over her participation or otherwise in the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) scheme saying the judgement is a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment on Wednesday, held that Adeosun was not qualified to have participated in the scheme when she graduated at 22 years because she was then a British citizen.<\/p>\n<p>The judge further held as at when she formally returned to Nigeria, and became a Nigerian citizen,at over 30 years, she was no eligible to present herself for the NYSC service.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Taiwo said the plaintiff or anyone did not require a discharge certificate of NYSC to qualify to contest election to the House of Representatives or be appointed a Minister in Nigeria .<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The judge proceeded to grant the four reliefs sought by the plaintiff, to include \u201ca declaration that the plaintiff, being a United Kingdom citizen as at 1989 when she graduated from the University of East London, London, United Kingdom at 22, she was ineligible to participate in the National Youth Service Corpse scheme, established by the National Youth Service Corps Act, CAP N8, LFN, 2004\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">Adeosun who had then resigned her appointment as a Minister in a statement said, &#8220;<\/span>My lawyers have informed me of the judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, in the case of Folakemi Adeosun v The Attorney General of the Federation (FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/303\/2021) in which the court, presided over by Honourable Justice Taiwo Taiwo, ruled that the constitution does not require me to present my first-degree certificate or any other certificate, including the NYSC certificate, to be appointed a Minister.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;More importantly, he also\u00a0 ruled\u00a0 that I was not eligible to perform NYSC by virtue of the constitution. This is the position I have always maintained and am happy for this official clarification.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The ruling vindicates me after a very traumatic spell. It is, however, not only a personal victory; it\u2019s also a victory for many Nigerians in the Diaspora under similar conditions who are desirous to serve their country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I wish to thank God, my family, friends, my counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and numerous well-wishers for their love, care and concern throughout this difficult period, which has lasted 3 whole years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I wish to add in light of the court\u2019s ruling, I will at the appropriate time and without hesitation, take all further steps necessary within the law to\u00a0protect my reputation.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adosun has reacted to the judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja which cleared her of the controversy over her participation or otherwise in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NYSC participation controversy: Judgment a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora - Adeosun\u00a0 - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NYSC participation controversy: Judgment a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora - Adeosun\u00a0 - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adosun has reacted to the judgement by a Federal High Court in Abuja which cleared her of the controversy over her participation or otherwise in&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-08T06:36:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kemi-Adeosun.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nysc-participation-controversy-judgment-a-victory-for-nigerians-in-diaspora-adeosun\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"NYSC participation controversy: Judgment a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora &#8211; 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