BREAKING: Former Finance Minister, Adeosun Wins NYSC Case Against FG In Court

By theGazetteNGR

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Posted: July 7, 2021 at 12:27 PM, Updated: September 21, 2022 at 7:47 AM

Mrs Kemi Adeosun, the former Finance Minister, has been awarded relief by Justice Obiorah Egwuatu of the Federal High Court Abuja, who granted all of the reliefs she requested in her action against the Federal Government on Wednesday.

Delivering judgment on the matter, the court declared

â€œThat the
plaintiff is under no constitutional disability, disadvantage,
prohibition, inhibition or disqualification to hold any of the following
offices established by the Constitution, to wit: offices of member of
the House of Assembly of a State, a Commissioner in the State Executive
Council; Governor of a State; member of the National Assembly; Minister
in the Federal Executive Council or the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on the ground, that she did not participate in the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, established by the National
Youth Service Corps Act, CAP N84, LFN 2004.

Among other reliefs sought by Adeosun, which the court granted were:

â€œA
declaration that the plaintiff is not under any constitutional
disability, disadvantage, prohibition, inhibition or disqualification to
hold any office as a member or Chairman of any of the State Executive
or Federal Executive bodies established by the Constitution or
otherwise, on the ground that she did not participate in the National
Youth Service Corps scheme, established by the National Youth Service

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Corps Act, CAP N84, LFN 2004.

â€œA declaration that the plaintiff cannot be subjected to any penalty,
forfeiture or put under any encumbrance in relation to her occupation or
assumption of any of the following public offices, created by the
Constitution, to wit: membership of the House of Assembly of a State, a
Commissioner in the State Executive Council; Governor of a State, member
of the National Assembly; Minister in the Federal Executive Council,
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, membership of any of the
States or Federal Executive bodies, established by the Constitution or
otherwise, on the ground that she did not participate in the National
Youth Service Corps scheme, established by the National Youth Service
Corps Act, CAP N84, LFN 2004.

A declaration that the plaintiff was ineligible to participate in the National Youth Service Corps Scheme, established by the National Youth Service Corps Act, CAP N84, LFN 2004, because she was a United Kingdom citizen as of 1989 when she graduated from the University of East London, London, United Kingdom, at the age of 22.

Mrs Adeosun did not engage in the obligatory one-year national youth
service plan and instead faked an exemption certificate several years
after graduation, as was revealed in July 2018.

This conduct was in violation of the National Youth Service Corps legislation, which carries a prison sentence.

Mrs Adeosun submitted her resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on September 14, 2018, after continuous pressure from various sectors. It was accepted by the President.