Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, who is also an Oyo State governorship aspirant has also been accused of not participating in the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
Barely one week after erstwhile Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun resigned, Premium Times who also broke the news has reported that Adebayo didn’t do NYSC after graduating from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in 1978.
Shittu was said to have graduated at the age of 25, completed his programme at the Law School, and was elected into the Oyo State House of Assembly.
According to Premium Times, he graduated in 1978 at the age of 25, and finished Law school in 1979, the same year he was elected into the House of Assembly .
On his part, the Minister said he deliberately skipped NYSC, because “The constitution provides for the qualification needed for state assembly members, NYSC is not there. I didn’t need it to become a member of the state assembly, and that is already a service.”
Nigerians have taken to social media to react
In #Nigeria , u r qualified 2 hold any public office (up to President) wt ordinary schl cert bt if u r a graduate u r disqualified unless u go tru #NYSC (service or exemption). So d system is designed to favour d less educated, no need asking why we r whr we are. Naija I hail o!
— TAOPHEEK BABAYEJU (@TAOPHEEK) September 21, 2018
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Getting a Ministerial job without having the mandatory qualifications like NYSC Certificate is corruption and fraudulent.
It’s strange how Buhari and his appointees seem not to understand this.
— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (GCFR) (@Rouvafe) September 21, 2018
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That Adebayo Shittu, a minister in Buhari’s cabinet skips NYSC even though he graduated at age 25 is no longer news.
But his defence is news – he thought his first political post after graduation could suffice as national service.
Adebayo Shittu is a lawyer
— Miz Cazorla (@MizCazorla1) September 21, 2018
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The people that said you must do NYSC before you can get a proper job didn’t do NYSC.
— Mazi Ibe (@I_pissVodka) September 21, 2018
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If Shittu did not do NYSC and has no NYSC certificate, how did pass the screening in DSS and NASS?
— Yinka Ogunnubi (@yinkanubi) September 21, 2018
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Nigerians react to Minister of Communication, Shittu skipping NYSC .
Why
Comment: we that did Nysc wat have we gain, are they not better than uz?
Comment: There are a lot of graduates who had done their compulsory 1 year service but are unemployed.
The secret things errors are coming to the open.
The king makers in Nigeria are crownless!
Too much drama in Nigeria because of desperate politicians.
Nigerians are funny
I suggest every Nigerian should do education update
na to laminate my nysc cert o
What type of country is this ours. Always full of drama everyday. Is this their new strategy for the up coming election. They issues of NYSC.
Where have they been all this while when this people was elected. This is too late naaaw. It’s no longer WAEC now NYSC. May God deliver us from the hands of this polithiefciabs.
There are a lot of graduates with there NYSC certificate still seeking for jobs yet those without it are employed by government
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