Finance Ministry Staff Lament Adeosun’s Resignation

Staff of the Federal Ministry of Finance lamented on Friday night as former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, bade them farewell and stepped out of the finance ministry.

The minister encouraged and joined the staff in prayers and praise worship to God for the over three years she handled the affairs of the ministry.

Adeosun finally bowed out of office at exactly 11 p.m on September 14.

Adeosun, who arrived the Office at 10 a.m. on Friday, spent the day completing outstanding tasks till 11 p.m. when she finally stepped out of office to a guard of honour mounted by the staff.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday accepted Adeosun’s resignation, ending rumours that she actually resigned for allegedly presenting a fake certificate of exemption from the mandatory National Youth Service.

Buhari’s Special Adviser on the Media, Mr. Femi Adesina confirmed this development in a statement released. Her resignation was earlier denied by the presidency and officials of her ministry.

Adesina said Buhari accepted Adeosun’s letter of resignation and wished her well in her future pursuits, adding that the president appointed the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed to preside at the finance ministry.

However, Buhari’s choice of Ahmed is causing disquiet in the South-west where most people believe the next minister of finance should be picked from to replace Adeosun, who is from that geopolitical zone.

Explaining her resignation, Adeosun said: “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.”