By Halimah Olamide
Amidst controversies surrounding her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate, the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has stated that she did not break the law.
She made the assertion in an interview with Channels Television on Sunday.
She said, “I don’t know what you have heard.
“There have been so many different accounts of that particular situation.
“But I have not come out to set the record straight as to what happened. Social media has just run rife with different accounts.
“The matter has been adjudicated and one day, I will come out with my account. I have probably done more NYSC than you (presenter). I have done at least two NYSCs in my life.”
“I think what I owe Nigerians is to say that I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t break the law. The NYSC I did and finished. That is the much I can tell you. Everything I did was by the law.
“That was why I also said that one day I would come out with my account of what happened to set the record straight. As of now, I think it is important for me to focus on giving Nigerians the deliverables,” she said.
NPO Reports that the minister faced criticism over her failure to provide evidence of her participation in the mandatory NYSC scheme during her Senate confirmation screening.
Howver, the case was eventually thrown out in April 2024, with the presiding judge, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked locus standing (legal right) to institute the suit.