PMB & Kemi Adeosun. |
President
Muhammadu Buhari Friday accepted the resignation of the Hon. Minister of
Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. 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.
Below
is the full text of Mrs Adeosun’s resignation letter.
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 colleagues in the Federal Executive
Council for the huge pleasure and honour of working with them. I also thank
most specially, the team in the ‘Finance Family’ of advisers and heads of
agencies under the Ministry of Finance. Your Excellency, this group of
committed Nigerians represent a range of backgrounds, ethnicities and ages.
They have worked well above and beyond the call of duty to support me in the
tasks assigned. The diversity in my team and their ability to work cohesively
to deliver reforms, convinces me that Nigeria has the human capital required to
succeed.
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 appreciate you for your dogged
commitment to improving this nation.
Please be assured, as
always, of my highest regards and best wishes
Kemi Adeosun (Mrs)
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