President Muhammadu Buhari has not acted on the alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, exemption certificate by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, because investigation into the matter is still going on.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Monday during a visit to the Abuja office of The Authority newspaper.
He said until the investigation being carried out over the matter was completed, Buhari would not be able to take an action.
The minister, however, gave the assurance that the matter would not be swept under the carpet.
His words: “Until when an allegation is proven, you do not expect the President to act. The appropriate agencies have spoken and they say they are investigating. The only thing we can do is to wait.
“By saying that the minister should resign or be sacked while investigation is still ongoing may also not be feasible in our clime because of the level of false accusations.
“How many times have they accused me of embezzlement? Even recently, they said my driver jumped out of the car, abandoned me and decamped to Peoples Democratic Party. People even made the allegation that President Buhari did not have certificate.’’
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He likened the situation to the case where he said he was called upon to shut down some radio and television stations for allegedly spreading fake news.
He said he could not shut them down because it was not his duty to do that even though the agency responsible for that was under his ministry.
“For instance, people have come to me that so and so TV and Radio stations are spreading fake news and I should shut them down. I told them that I do not have the power to do so; it is the responsibility of the National Broadcasting Commission, even though it is an agency under my watch.
“We are as concerned as you are; but having spent some time in government, you will see that a lot of lies are being peddled about us,” he said.
