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By Henry Umoru
ABUJA- A Civil Society Organisation, CSO nether the aegis of Nigeria Integrity Movement (NIM) has urged President Bola Tinubu to let a transparent probe into Interior Minister’s NYSC certificate controversy.
Addressing Journalists successful Abuja yesterday, the convener of the group, Davies Ijele who called for a transparent probe of the NYSC certificate of Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, saying immoderate cover-up would erode government’s credibility and invitation governmental exploitation, described calls by immoderate involvement groups for the president to shield the curate arsenic unsafe and damaging to the government’s estimation for rule-based governance.
According to Ijele, careless of a minister’s performance, the regularisation of instrumentality indispensable instrumentality precedence and immoderate allegation of forgery oregon irregularity should beryllium afloat and transparently examined, conscionable arsenic helium urged the president to defy unit to support immoderate appointee accused of papers irregularities, calling for an open, authoritative probe into allegations surrounding the minister’s NYSC certificate.
According to him, the information that Tunji-Ojo is seen arsenic a high-performing authoritative does not spot him supra the law.
He said, “President Tinubu should nonstop the curate to taxable to autarkic scrutiny truthful the nationalist tin beryllium satisfied that the documents helium submitted connected information are authentic.
“This telephone for scrutiny is predicated connected a study that raised questions astir discrepancies successful Tunji-Ojo NYSC records and the timing of his certificate issuance.”
The convener added that an probe by a nationalist media has prompted the NYSC to respond, saying the curate was archetypal mobilised successful 2006, absconded, and was aboriginal remobilised successful 2019 with his certificate produced successful 2023 aft an administrative omission delayed printing.
He questioned method gaps successful the NYSC effect to media queries for example, however a remobilised trainee could service simultaneously with different nationalist duties and wherefore the certificate was not produced until years aft his reported completion date.
He truthful called for a full, impartial probe of some the minister’s records and the administrative processes astatine the NYSC to find wherever work lies.
“The corps described the certificate arsenic genuine, but its mentation near immoderate observers seeking further clarification astir the series of events,” helium said.
Ijele warned that accepting calls for a cover-up would truthful manus opponents a potent governmental contented and harm Tinubu’s anti-corruption and good-governance credentials.
He recalled a precedent wherever a curate stepped down amid certificate controversy, saying voluntary transparency oregon resignation erstwhile wrongdoing is established helps support organization integrity.
“We are not connected a governmental witch-hunt. We request information if determination were administrative lapses astatine the NYSC, those indispensable beryllium fixed; if the minister’s documents are flawed, the instrumentality indispensable instrumentality its course,” helium stressed.
He appealed to President Tinubu to nonstop the applicable information and oversight agencies including the Department of State Services and anti-corruption bodies wherever due to analyse the substance and study publicly.
“Decisive, transparent enactment volition reassure Nigerians and fortify assurance successful the administration’s committedness to accountability,” Ijele added.
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