Ben Murray-Bruce, the Senator
representing Bayelsa East has blamed the Nigeria police and the Department of
State Services, DSS, for the appointment of some Ministers under Buhari
government despite their failure to carry out the one-year compulsory National
Youth Service Corps, NYSC.
Bruce said this in reaction to
the latest report that the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, failed
to participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC), despite
graduating from the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) at
the age of 25.
Shittu admitted that he did not
serve, but claimed he thought his first political post after graduation could
suffice as national service.
The revelation about Shittu is
coming a week after Kemi Adeosun was made to resign as Finance Minister, after
allegations that she skipped the compulsory national service and then procured
a fake exemption certificate.
Reacting to the latest
development, Ben Bruce in a post on his Twitter page said Ministers are
screened by security agencies before being brought before Senate for further
screening.
Hence, the DSS and Nigeria Police
should be blamed.
He wrote: “As I am reading the
story on PremiumTimes about another Buhari minister who did not serve, I am
struck by the sheer number of members of this administration who have high
profile, highly paid jobs without serving, yet millions of youths are
unemployed despite serving Nigeria.
“Are you aware that the Nigeria
Senate screens these ministers based on the information given to us by the
security services?
“If they were able to fool the
police and the DSS, how does it make sense to blame me or the Senate?”
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