Adebayo Adenrele
The Minister of Art, Culture & Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has broken her silence on the controversy of retaining office while serving as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Hannatu said she breached no constitution as no NYSC Act hinders a serving Corp member to be appointed by the President of Nigeria or any other appointing authority into political positions.
“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 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 corps 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.”
