President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday accepted the resignation of the Hon. Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun.
According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the president on media and publicity, in Abuja on Friday night, the President thanked the Minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits.
The President also approved that the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, should oversee the Ministry of Finance with effect from today.
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Below is the full text of Mrs Adeosun’s resignation letter.
His Excellency
Muhammadu Buhari
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria
State House
Aso Villa
Abuja
Dear Excellency,
Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly rewarding experience to learn from you and to observe at close quarters your integrity and sense of duty.
I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in an online medium that the Certificate of Exemption from National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) that I had presented was not genuine. This has come as a shock to me and I believe that in line with this administration’s focus on integrity, I must do the honourable thing and resign.
Your Excellency, kindly permit me to outline some of the background to this matter. I was born and raised in the United Kingdom, indeed my parental family home remains in London. My visits to Nigeria up until the age of thirty-four (34) were holidays, with visas obtained in my UK passport. I obtained my first Nigerian passport at the age of thirty-four (34) and when I relocated there was debate as to whether NYSC Law applied to me. Upon enquiry as to my status relating to NYSC, I was informed that due to my residency history and having exceeded the age of thirty (30), I was exempted from the requirement to serve. Until recent events, that remained my understanding.
On the basis of that advice and with the guidance and assistance of those, I thought were trusted associates, NYSC were approached for documentary proof of status. I then received the certificate in question. Having never worked in NYSC, visited the premises, been privy to nor familiar with their operations, I had no reason to suspect that the certificate was anything but genuine. Indeed, I presented that certificate at the 2011 Ogun State House of Assembly and in 2015 for Directorate of State Services (DSS) Clearance as well as to the National Assembly for screening. Be that as it may, as someone totally committed to a culture of probity and accountability I have decided to resign with effect from Friday, 14th September, 2018.
Your Excellency, It has been an exceptional privilege to have served our nation under your leadership and to have played a role in steering our economy at a very challenging time. I am proud that Nigeria has brought discipline into its finances, has identified and is pursuing a path to long term sustainable growth that will unlock the potential in this great economy. Under your leadership, Nigeria was able to exit recession and has now started to lay the foundations for lasting growth and wealth creation. Repositioning this huge economy is not a short term task and there are no short cuts, indeed there are tough decisions still to be made but I have no doubt that your focus on infrastructural investment, revenue mobilisation and value for money in public expenditure will deliver growth, wealth and opportunity for all Nigerians.
I thank His Excellency, the Vice President and my
Your Excellency, let me conclude by commending your patience and support, during the long search for the truth in this matter. I thank you again for giving me the honour of serving under your leadership, it is a rare privilege, which I do not take for granted. As a Nigerian and committed progressive, I
Please be assured, as always, of my highest regards and best wishes
Kemi Adeosun (Mrs)
You call this man Buhari , are you sure . Am not blind this is not Buhari .
Buhari is fake and must do the honourable thing. Resign. Mr Fake .
Really, oya let another Hausa person be appointed jare sharp sharp
Waao. This is woman of integrity, that is how people leaving in civilized society behaves whenever indicted. You really proves where you are from.
You have done the right thing and I’m asure you that a good Nigerians will continue to remember you for your excellent service . Best wishes
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Those shouting she did the right, that she’s a woman of integrity should check their heads because the last time I checked there wasn’t even a person of integrity serving in this present dispensation at all. Where’s her integrity when she took this appointment knowing she wasn’t qualified for the job? What about the salaries, allowances and even the loots she have gotten all these years, will she refund? I’m sure this saga will die just like that because lots of people up there are parading fake certificates too. This is the only country where politicians hire multiple lawyers to defend certificate they claimed to have abstained through normal academic process and some people who call themselves academic doctors and professors are serving under them knowing too well that their certificates don’t exist, elsewhere learned people will resign their appointments once the find out that those who appointed them forged academic qualifications.
Certificate forgers.
Another Southerner out and northerner mrs zainab Ahmed in…government of the north, by the north and for the north only…oooh God how did we end up with this calamity government?
Read the details bros,Allah karemu da miyagun kaddarori
Hmm now that she’s set a sterling example,When will Buhari toe the same path of honour&hand in his resignation to osinbajo?
We are waiting for Mr. Integrity to tender his own resignation letter for certificate forgery and age falsification. The ball is in yr court Mr. president. Take d path of honor.. Yours faithfully with the best regards.
Buhari remove adeosun so that he his brother to gather enough me for election
D babe ran away….
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I respect Madams’decision to resign, it has shown she is a woman of honor. The lesson here is that people with track record should watch before accepting invitation to parley with individuals who actually appears very sincere in the open but are laden with ulterior motives. I believe they have the minister exactly where they want her as a remotely managed pawn. I must also say the claims that our nations financial woes are over is not also true because there have been many unintelligent decisions taken outside the control of the diligent and experienced executives. The average citizen on the streets is unsure of the next meals and the few that have financial stability are now becoming threatened specie because of the increasing pressure to take care of their friends and wards who have lost their jobs. When the head is bad, all the body is bad even if you give it a new kidney – that is the story of the nations governance! Anyway the minister did her best working within a cage of a myopic leadership philosophy. Ma, go back to your family it’s a better place to be right now.