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NYSC Saga: Nigeria's Minister of Culture Musawa Speaks- Says "She Hasn't Broken Any Law"!


Nigeria's Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy Hannatu Musawa has broken her silence over what she called media attacks that trailed her Ministerial apppointment by President Bola Tinubu despite controversies surrounding the status of her NYSC service. The Minister while thanking President Tinubu for finding her worthy and for giving her the opportunity to serve the country as one of his Ministers, she admitted that it is true she is currently on the NYSC national service which she began eight months ago as a matter of duty and devotion to her country, having been unable to complete the scheme since she was first mobilised in 2001.

According to her : "I started the mandatory service as a Corp member deployed to Akwa-Ibom Sttate in 2001 upon the completion of my university education. I could not complete the service same year after my redeployment to Kadunna State due to family reasons. Despite this, it has been my personal resolve and commitment that I will always fulfill thhi national duty whenever I have opportunity to do so. 

"I appplied to NYSC to be mobilised again for national service last year which the NYSC obliged and graciously mobilised and deployed me to serve in Abuja where I have been serving in the last 8 months before my current appointmet as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “I will like to state clearly that contrary to wrong insinuations and false assumptions in a section of the mainstream media and social media where false accusations have been made, there is no breach of any law or constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended regarding my current position as a Minister and status as serving Corp member.

“It must be said that there is no law of Nigeria or any part of the our constitution and NYSC Act that states that a serving Corp member can not be appointed by the President of Nigeria or any other appointing authority into political positions. Equally, no part of our existing laws and NYSC Act says that a corp member must finish service before he/she can be appointed into political office. There is no legal and constitutional limitations whatsoever. I have not broken any law of Nigeria. 

“In fact, in a decided case before a Federal High Court Abuja in 2021, Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled that the Constitution of Nigeria, which is the grundnorm, does not require anyone to even present a first-degree certificate or any other certificate, including the NYSC certificate to be appointed a Minister in Nigeria.

“I decided to participate in the current NYSC programme in fulfillment of my own personal commitment and out of sense of duty which I am proud of. “I will continue to serve my country using every opportunity and platform. My current NYSC status which will end in another 4 months will not in anyway impede the discharge of my duties as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, which, on its own, is a higher call to national service.

The ministers reation comes after several groups ad Nigerians had faulted her appointment as Minister while still undergoing the NYSC scheme. The NYSC had also in a reactions through its spokesman Eddy Megwa come described the action of the minister has a violation of the NYSC act. 

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