The controversies over Ms Kemi
Adeosun’s forged NYSC certificate since the past three months have no doubt brought
the taradidles of Nigerian leadership to broad day light. It is exactly how TheCable online described it: “Nakedness of
what we call Nigeria”.
The fact that Ms Kemi Adeosun,
former Minister for Finance has been parading a forged NYSC certificate is no
longer news. There is no explanation to the fact that a person like Ms Kemi
Adeosun obtained NYSC certificate and has been using same without the knowledge
that it was faked. It is unfortunate that when Nigerian leaders tell their cock
and bull story, they imagine Nigerians as morons that has no reasoning faculty.
At least if they must lie about important and serious matters, they should
accord Nigerians some respect; taradiddles are for children and not for adults.
The story line is that Ms
Adeosun never worked in NYSC, visited
the premises, been neither privy to nor familiar with their operations, and had
no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine. According to
Kemi, she presented the certificate at the 2011 Ogun State House of Assembly
and in 2015 for Directorate of State Services Clearance, as well as to the
National Assembly for screening. It is impossible that none of these bodies
detected the forgery.
According to Premium Times,
Some federal lawmakers revealed that the forgery was detected by the Senate
during the minister’s confirmation hearing. But rather than probe the issue,
they turned it into a tool to blackmail Ms Adeosun. Our law makers became blackmailers
while our dear former minister fell for their blackmail, just to cover up her
fake certificate – parody of a nation. This only shows that in National
Assembly routine screening, integrity and merit are meaningless.
It is good that justice has been
served, as Court has given an order compelling Ms Adeosun to refund to the
Federal Government of Nigeria all the salaries, emoluments, allowances and such
other benefits she has enjoyed since her resumption as a Minister of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2015 up to the point of the filing of the
instant suit”. This justice should also extend to all the parties to the
certificate forgery and certification; those mistaken “genuine associates” who
are party to the issuing of the fake certificate should be found and punished
accordingly, Directorate of State Services and National Assembly should also be
questioned and punished accordingly - If there are no mistaken “genuine
associates”, that means Ms Adeosun planned the forgery along with certificate
forgery experts; Whichever the case, let justice be done. Let all those behind
this crime be named and handled according to the law.
We are certain that why the
right thing is been done now is because the truth was revealed after all, and
some people must protect their so called integrity by doing the right thing.
Before this certificate forgery came to limelight, so many who knew about it
must have kept quiet to protect the rotten system, but now, they have to save
their heads by doing the right thing. The corrupt practice of Ms Adeosun has
been revealed, there are yet other leaders, including our so called lawmakers
with worse cases, hiding and covering their illegality up among themselves.
“Men of integrity” they shall remain until the light shines upon darkness and reveal
their nakedness. One by one, their brooms will sweep them into their gutters
and dustbins, and sun and rain will scorch hard and pour heavily on them through
the holes they have personally formed on their umbrellas.
Written by Olive Chinyere
Amajuoyi
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