TORI News had reported on Friday that an investigative report by PREMIUM TIMES, revealed that the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, did not partake in the National Youth Service Corps scheme, and the minister said he took political office to compensate his deliberate refusal to take part in the compulsory national service.
While speaking to Tribune newspaper, the National Youth Service Corps dismissed the Minister's excuse for refusing to serve his fatherland. The NYSC spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi, said the minister’s juxtaposition of holding an elective office and undergoing the obligatory national service is an error.
Se said the provisions of the Act are very clear, and there are no exceptions for any person like Shittu who became a lawmaker at the age of 26.
She said “Serving in the National (or state) Assembly is not one of them (conditions for exemption from national service)”.
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